WHEELING — Commemorating Juneteenth is not just about looking back at history, but also seeing the parallels with today’s world and appreciating past sacrifices, according to local speakers. A beautiful day Friday brought the public to Market Plaza in downtown Wheeling for a Juneteenth ...
FLUSHING — As the Underground Railroad Museum prepares to move from Flushing to its soon-to-be home, the Black Horse Inn in Morristown, museum Director Kristina Estle and board member Anthony Atkins have been planting the seeds of a new exhibit. Behind the scenes, the duo recently completed ...
WHEELING — As Ohio Valley families gather this weekend to celebrate Father's Day, some residents shared a few lessons learned from their dads — good or bad. Martins Ferry resident Larry Deaton said he doesn't have many memories of his father, Phillip Deaton, because he worked a lot in ...
STEUBENVILLE — Ask any one of the thousands of people why they have come to Steubenville this weekend for the 30th annual Dean Martin Hometown Festival and you will likely get several answers. There is one, though, that just about everyone will include. That is the quality of his ...
Photo by Shelley Hanson Visitors to the Centre Market area in Wheeling on Friday may have noticed scaffolding erected along one side of the lower market house. The structures are there while men work to remove the old shingles off the roof of the building in preparation for a new roof. The ...
MORGANTOWN — As West Virginia marked another year of statehood and the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, historians, alumni and community members gathered Thursday afternoon inside the Milano Reading Room at West Virginia University’s Downtown Library to reflect on the stories that ...
