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Patricia Ann Loder Chuckery, resident of Good Shepherd Nursing Home, died at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital on Friday, February 16, 2024. Patty, loving wife and mother, was born April 25, 1950 in Charleston, WV to the late Hugh and Marie Loder. After moving to Wheeling, WV in the 8th grade, Patty attended St. Michael’s Parochial […]

Nancy Pfaff, resident of South Berwick, Maine, died peacefully at the Hyder Family Hospice house on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023.

John Howard Weitzel III, 79, of Valley Grove, WV, passed away peacefully on Sunday August 13, 2023, at Wheeling Hospital. John was an extremely intelligent man with a quick wit and a love for books. He was a selfless caregiver, believing in and living the Social Work Code of Ethics. He was a man who […]

WHEELING — Another group representing the best the city of Wheeling has to offer earned their inclusion Saturday into a prestigious group, the 2023 class of t

Another group representing the best the city of Wheeling has to offer earned their inclusion Saturday into a prestigious group, the 2023 class of the Wheeling Hall of Fame. Hundreds gathered at WesBanco Arena on Saturday evening to honor 11 people whose contributions shined a positive light on the city and its people. The 11 […]

WHEELING — Two stalwarts of the Wheeling community will be honored in June as new members of the Wheeling Hall of Fame. The Rev. James A. O’Brien, S.J., and the late Beatrice Ann Thomas will join nine other inductees at a Saturday, June 10, ceremony at WesBanco Arena. Otten and Mercer are being inducted in […]

John Louis “Jack” Dematte, 84, of Wheeling, WV, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Liza’s Place. Jack was born in Wheeling on June 11, 1938, to Louis and Selma (Rentschler) Dematte. He grew up in North Wheeling and graduated from Wheeling Central Catholic High School. He attended Wheeling College where he was […]

By NORA EDINGER For the Sunday News-Register WHEELING — While many Wheeling residents have seen one of artist Anne Hazlett Foreman’s murals somewhere in the city — and a substantial percentage have something smaller that she painted hanging on a household wall — few know the story of how very homegrown each canvas really is. […]

As the nonprofit group prepares to take about 90 other veterans Friday to the nation’s capital, Woodruff wants to help as many veterans as he can also take that healing journey.

WHEELING – Eleven notable Wheeling names – whose contributions to their respective fields span the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries – were announced Friday as the Wheeling Hall of Fame’s 2023 Induction Class. What those 11 have meant not just to Wheeling, but far beyond the city’s borders, is what Hall of Fame committee members […]