The Wilds Safari Park Now Open for Season

CUMBERLAND, Ohio ­— Spring is in the air and the animals are in the pastures, which means that The Wilds is opening for the season! Beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, a variety of excursions will be available that are certain to create lasting memories for the whole family. A ...

Gardener’s Hope Springs Eternal

WHEELING — Gail Paige is itching to plant something, but knows better. “I turned the dirt over a couple of weeks ago and then the weather got funky,” says Paige, looking out longingly at four raised beds at the back of her Wheeling Island property. With temperatures swinging from ...

Americans Update Their Closets As They Emerge From Pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) — After a year of being stuck in sweatpants, pajamas and fuzzy slippers, Americans are starting to dress up and go out again. Levi Strauss is seeing a resurgence in denim while demand for dresses at Macy’s, Anthropologie and Nordstrom is going up as proms and weddings ...

Snap, Snap: Local Chef Shares Grilling Secrets

WHEELING — The sky is happy-day blue. The grass is green. It’s enough to have any Ohio Valley grillmeister snapping those tongs in anticipation of hot nights on the deck or back patio. But, you may want to hold on there. Wheeling chef Gene Evans — with 25 years of restaurant ...

Outside the Window Box

The gardening world has a tried-and-true formula for the perfect window box: a thriller, a filler and a spiller. You simply can’t go wrong with a tall red geranium amid a tranquil bed of white impatiens and cascading vines of ivy. But maybe you’re an experienced window box gardener ...

Elmhurst Residents: Life Experience Key in Coping With Pandemic

WHEELING — Now that the COVID-19 vaccines are being administered at a rapid pace in the Wheeling area, Jamie Crow, executive director of Elmhurst, The House of Friendship, an assisted living residence for older adults, is breathing a sigh of cautious relief. “Over the past year, our ...