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Wheeling Volkswagen-Subaru Acquired by Crown Auto Group

WHEELING — After 38 years of ownership by the Weaver family, Wheeling Volkswagen-Subaru has a new owner. On Wednesday, David Weaver announced that the dealership along U.S. 40 in Wheeling had been sold to the Charleston, W.Va.-based Crown Auto Group. The dealership is now known as Crown ...

Mayor Speaks Out About Confusion Surrounding Warwood Development

WHEELING – In the wake of community unrest over a planned private development in Warwood associated with the data center industry, Wheeling Mayor Denny Magruder on Thursday issued a public statement in order to clarify the city's limited involvement with the venture so far. Earlier this ...

Market Plaza Pocket Park Gets Big Push

WHEELING – Wheeling Heritage now has nearly $50,000 to place a pocket park on Market Plaza. Wheeling Heritage – a group charged with economic revitalization, historic preservation, and cultural development in Wheeling, was one of 26 organizations nationwide selected in the final round of ...

BOE keeps HVAC contract for now despite $2.7M savings pitch

WHEELING – Ohio County Schools will continue its heating, ventilation and air conditioning maintenance contract with Siemens for at least another year while the school district takes measures to bid out the contract in 2027. Representatives from the H.E. Neumann company of Wheeling earlier ...

Unified Bank’s Bailey takes top Odd Fellows post

MARTINS FERRY — Unified Bank Senior IT Administrator John Bailey has been elected and installed as Grand Patriarch of the Grand Encampment of West Virginia, the highest elected leadership position within the Encampment branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the state. Bailey, who ...