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WHEELING — With a $2 million check signed by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice going toward cleanup efforts after the landslide at Mount Zion Cemetery, Wheeling

WHEELING — With a $2 million check signed by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice going toward cleanup efforts after the landslide at Mount Zion Cemetery, Wheeling historians hope to keep momentum going for cemetery restoration at the rest of Wheeling’s graveyards. Local taphophiles, or cemetery enthusiasts, want to capitalize on Mt. Zion’s public interest and […]

WHEELING – Jeanne Finstein received the Friend of Heritage Award on Thursday for her decades of work to preserve the history of Wheeling by helping to promote and save some of its most historic structures. Finstein, a longtime Wheeling resident and president of the Friends of Wheeling, was presented the award by Wheeling Heritage during […]

WHEELING — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said he will do all he can to help obtain federal aid and assistance for local areas affected by flooding. Manchin, D-W.Va, spoke on the issue while traveling in the Northern Panhandle on Thursday. “I went up and down the panhandle, and it was just horrible,” Manchin said during […]

A process that has grown into a passion for Randy Jones was a big benefit for Mt. Wood Cemetery this week. Jones and his Woodsfield, Ohio-based company RanTiff Services will spend several days this week repairing and resetting headstones at Mt. Wood Cemetery. The $16,000 project is sponsored by Boswell Monuments. During that time, Jones […]

WHEELING — On Saturday, Oct. 28, a brief dedication ceremony was held to commemorate completion of the relocation and restoration of the McColloch’s Leap Monument at the crest of Wheeling Hill. The event was the culmination of three years of planning and fundraising by the Fort Henry Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. The ribbon […]

Some prominent figures of Wheeling’s past will come to life to tell their stories when the Friends of Wheeling hosts another Greenwood Cemetery Tour on Sept. 24. Visitors to the cemetery will see locals in costume portraying 12 notable Wheeling people whose gravesites are in the cemetery. Walking tours begin at 1 p.m., with the […]

N To members of the Fort Henry Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution who this past week unveiled a newly refurbished and newly located McColloch’s Leap Monument atop Wheeling Hill. The monument has been keeping watch over the city since 1917. “It was inaccessible, and it was in terrible condition,” said Jay Frey, […]

The McColloch’s Leap Monument has a fresh new look and a much more accessible home atop Wheeling Hill, not far from the spot where it stood marking the historic National Road site for more than a century. Officials from the Fort Henry Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution were on hand Thursday at […]

WHEELING – There are 29 different construction projects presently planned or ongoing in the city of Wheeling, and the Appalachian Regional Commission has provided seed money for many of them. On Friday, former West Virginia first lady Gayle Manchin – now federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission – got a briefing from local leaders […]