Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, dies at 68

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series "Baskets," died Friday. He was 68. Anderson died at a hospital in ...

Rock Legend Meat Loaf Dies at 74

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Meat Loaf, the rock superstar loved by millions for his "Bat Out of Hell" album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as "Paradise By the Dashboard Light," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," and "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I ...

Winter Weary? Take A Cue From Wild Things

WHEELING — Molly Check gets it. Sure, she may be an outdoor enthusiast to the point she is director of the Schrader Environmental Education Center. But, winter is still winter, gray is still gray and cold is just cold. “I think that, as mammals — and, sometimes, we tend to forget ...

Viennese Winter Ball Cotillion Set

WHEELING — The Viennese Winter Ball, an important fundraiser as well as one of the most elegant social events of the season, is scheduled to take place Feb. 5 at Glessner Auditorium in Wilson Lodge, Oglebay. Organized by a 17-member committee, the Ball generates funds for the Wheeling ...

Pro Chef + Home Table

WHEELING — The term “personal chef” might bring celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey to mind, but the business model has a side low key enough that a handful of food entrepreneurs are now making a go of it in the Ohio Valley. Noting a live-in cook can cost more than $100,000 a year, ...

Follow Your Nose: Making Roasty, Toasty Magic at Wheeling Coffee & Spice

WHEELING — On what might be an ordinary, wintry Monday anywhere else in downtown Wheeling, Larry Sprowls is firing up a fan deep inside a building adjacent to Heritage Port. Leather belts whir overhead and, given the motor’s 10,000 revolutions per minute, it sounds like a jet engine. ...