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Superintendents at the Head of the Class

By JOSELYN KING WHEELING — Women serving as school superintendents in the Northern Panhandle praise the support of the local community, as well as the staff and students with whom they work. “As the Superintendent of Ohio County Schools, I have the privilege to collaborate with ...

Sunny Side of Life Is Where Sarah Scott Wants To Be

By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH BELMONT — For Sarah Scott, the most important aspects of her personal life and career are human connections and empowerment. The occupational therapist is employed by the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center and assigned to serve students and ...

Lisa Ingram ‘Comes Home’ To Marshall County 4-H

By EMMA DELK Staff Writer MOUNDSVILLE — As a Marshall County 4-H Agent with West Virginia University Extension, a day on the job for Lisa Ingram is never the same. One week could be spent creating programming for a high school on cyberbullying, while the next could be coordinating a ...

Stephanie Hockenberry Sees Women’s Roles Continuing To Grow

By JOSELYN KING WHEELING — Stephanie Hockenberry — the new growth and retention manager for Ohio County — sees women taking on even more important job roles in the future. “Women are doing great things in government and I’m proud to get to work with each of them and be a part of ...

Local Historians Carry Wheeling’s Past Into The Future

By EMMA DELK WHEELING — Two local historians who share the goal of preserving and sharing Wheeling’s past came to love history through vastly different means. Friends of Wheeling President Jeanne Finstein did not become interested in the subject until later in life when she ...

Sonja Thoms Keeps Wheeling Symphony Orchestra In Tune

By DEREK REDD WHEELING — From the age of 13, Sonja Thoms had wanted to be a professional musician in a symphony orchestra. She put herself on that path as an oboist, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in performance. Yet, during her master’s studies at Rice University, she was ...