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Photo by Derek Redd Wheeling Country Day School students toss colored powder into the air following a color run held on the school’s main campus. Students ran laps around the playground as volunteers coated them in colors, a celebration of the school’s

Students from Wheeling Middle School got a taste of the college life Thursday morning as guests of Wheeling University. WMS students were able to experience aspects of the university’s nursing, engineering and athletic programs, took a tour of the Challenger Center and quizzed a panel of Wheeling University students about their experiences in higher education. […]

WHEELING — A 63-foot Norway spruce weighing 8,000 pounds carefully inched into the White Palace parking lot as spectators gathered to greet the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree during its visit to Wheeling. The city is the ninth stop out of 16 the tree will make on its 13-day tour of West Virginia before its […]

WHEELING — Regardless of whether the vacant Clay School property is razed or repurposed for redevelopment in the future, officials in the city of Wheeling are seeking federal funding to help cover the considerable cost for asbestos abatement – which will need to be done regardless of which path forward is taken. A public hearing […]

The United States Capitol Christmas Tree, on its way to Washington D.C., pulled into Wheeling Park’s White Palace late Thursday morning for a visit. The White Palace was ready for the occasion, with the Triadelphia Middle School chorus singing Christmas carols, Olaf from “Frozen” and the Grinch posing for pictures under artificial snowfall and coffee […]

Wheeling Country Day School students bound out of Wheeling Park’s Stone Room to start the costume parade at the school’s inaugural Fall Family Fest. WCDS held the festival in and around the Stone Room, which houses the school’s middle school classrooms. (Photo by Derek Redd)

TRIADELPHIA — Officials with a massive gun training and shooting center in Maryland are taking a shot and aiming for success in West Virginia, Ohio County and The Highlands. Guntry, described as a “high-end shooting range” in Owings Mills, Maryland, will place a second location at The Highlands within the next year, according to Rick […]

WHEELING — A decade ago, WVU Medicine had little presence in the Ohio Valley. Ten years later, it is the area’s largest employer, locally affecting both health care options and the economy. Representatives from WVU Medicine were among those speaking this week at the Economic Outlook Conference sponsored by the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce […]

From left, 8-year-old Asher Porter and 4-year-old Mason Porter bring a little Christmas spirit to the Halloween festivities Sunday at the Unity Center in Benwood. The center, in conjunction with Temple Shalom, held a trunk-or-treat. Unity Center Executive Director Mary Hess said the event was an opportunity for those on the road to recovery from […]

St. Michael Parish School Principal Adrienne Manning drops a protected pumpkin from the roof of the school during Friday’s pumpkin drop, as students wait to see if the pumpkin survived. (Photo by Derek Redd)