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United Way Helps Provide Food, Meals to Local Residents

WHEELING -- United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley has launched a food insecurities grant in partnership with Southwestern Energy. The grant is open to organizations in Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel counties that are providing food products and meals to local residents. “Southwestern Energy is a strong community partner and aware that food insecurity is one of the biggest issues our community members are facing,” Jessica Rine, executive director of the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley, said. “This grant will fund programs addressing these concerns so that they have the ...

Out of this World Room Decor Lands in Homes

It was a tough year here on Earth, but 2020 was a bright spot for space exploration. SpaceX sent its futuristic Starship to new heights, three countries launched Mars missions, and robots grabbed debris from the moon and an asteroid. Next year promises more, including a planned launch of the ...

From ‘Star Trek’ to Wheeling

WHEELING — Pastor Alan Flaitz most definitely believes in the power of prayer. He also has put great faith in the power of his EV — electric vehicle. Rev. Flaitz is the pastor at Fourth Street United Methodist Church in Wheeling and Pleasant Hills United Methodist Church near Sherrard. A ...

Wheeling Jamboree Book Highlights Performers

WHEELING — Fans of country music from its early days at The Jamboree in Wheeling, are sure to delight in the newest publication that includes photos of the many long-ago forgotten performers who once graced the stage at the Capitol Music Hall and Expo Hall on Wheeling Island. The ...

‘Night to Shine’ Prom To Go Virtual in 2021

GLEN DALE — Every segment of the local population has been affected in some way by the COVID-19 pandemic. Children and adults alike have had to make concessions to keep one another safe. Unfortunately that has meant many annual events have been canceled, postponed or altered. And that ...

New Library Exhibit Recalls Wheeling’s Street Car Days

WHEELING — Known from its early days as a transportation hub, by 1866, Wheeling was the second Ohio Valley town (after Bellaire) to have street cars on rails pulled by horses for public transportation. By 1887, those tired horses were replaced by an electric street railway or “trolley” ...