– To leaders at Oglebay Park’s Good Zoo for the announcement this week that a new lion habitat will be coming to our area in 2026. And it won’t just be seeing lions — there will be opportunities to get up close and personal with the kings of the jungle. What a unique experience that will be for local residents.

– To the members of Project BEST for their $40,000 donation this past week to help create the new Robert Sonneborn Family WVU Children’s Outpatient Center at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital’s campus. The facility, once complete, will help families get excellent care here in Wheeling from WVU Children’s medical staff.

– To leaders at West Liberty University for making a college education more affordable by expanding its metro rate to students from Ohio and Pennsylvania.