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Old Progress stories 2023

Sen. Laura Chapman Balances Work, Legislature and Family

By JOSELYN KING WHEELING – When West Virginia Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman drives to Charleston she is leaving her job as a constitutional attorney and a young family behind in Wheeling. Chapman, R-Ohio, is serving in her first session as a state senator. “I am a constitutional attorney ...

Olivia Litman Promoting Wheeling As Premier Destination

By DEREK REDD Olivia Litman lives by a simple credo: Don’t stop. The marketing director for Visit Wheeling, WV – the Wheeling Convention and Visitors Bureau – Litman is on an everlasting mission to promote and market the Friendly City as a great place to visit and to live. And ...

Delegate Shawn Fluharty Speaks For “The Voiceless”

By JOSELYN KING WHEELING – Delegate Shawn Fluharty says his goal in life is to speak for and represent those without voices in society. Fluharty, D-Ohio, 39, is both an attorney and a state lawmaker who represents District 5 in the West Virginia House of Delegates. He was first elected ...

Dan Milleson is Modeling the World He Wants to Live In

By SHELLEY HANSON WHEELING – Dan Milleson, 35, has owned his insurance business, Milestone Company, for 10 years, and now is working on another new venture – Waterfront Hall in Wheeling. Milleson, a Cadiz resident, purchased the former Berry Supply building on Water Street beside ...

Joe Rine making strides in law

Joe Rine, 30, is an assistant prosecuting attorney at the Belmont County Prosecutor’s Office, assigned to the Eastern Division County Court. “I am responsible for the cases in that court as well as any felony cases that originate in Eastern Division jurisdiction,” he said. He started in ...

Donnie Murray: Challenges Help Reveal Paths To Success

By ERIC AYRES WHEELING — Wheeling Central Catholic High School’s Donnie Murray has not only faced challenges over the course of his career, he’s counted on them. They say you can’t make diamonds without pressure, and Wheeling Central Catholic’s athletic director and high school ...