Wheeling Jamboree Welcomes Exile, Show Benefits Ignite Hope

WHEELING — This weekend, the world famous Wheeling Jamboree is presenting one of its traditional stage broadcasts from the Capitol Theatre at 7 pm. Saturday, May 25, in Wheeling. Doors open at 6 p.m. This Jamboree is featuring the headline group Exile, which has a string of chart-topping ...

It’s Up To All Of Us

It’s over, at least for some. For others, it’s another six months of rubber chicken dinners, hand-shaking, mud-slinging and name-calling. Tuesday’s primary election in West Virginia was anything but calm, cool and collected. Some races were predictable while others gave us a few surprises. By now, you have read or heard all the vote results and know who won or lost. I applaud everyone who took the time to vote. If you didn’t, well you can redeem yourself in November. If you don’t cast a ballot, you have no right to complain about the results. I just want to make it loud ...

Dark Star Jubilee Returns to Legend Valley With Stacked Lineup

THORNVILLE, Ohio — Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner, and the annual gathering of Deadheads, music lovers and outdoor concert enthusiasts returns to Legend Valley with the annual Dark Star Jubilee. This year’s Jubilee once again brings three headlining nights of host band ...

Ukrainian Refugee Family Discussed

WHEELING — The Ohio County Public Library’s next Lunch With Books program will feature SOURCE of Resilience: The Story of a Refugee Family from Ukraine. The program begins at noon on Tuesday, May 21 at the library in downtown Wheeling. More than two years after the full-fledged invasion of Ukraine by Russia, 10 million Ukrainians still cannot return to their homes. The decision to leave Ukraine was a harrowing one for Roman and Olga Panivnyk. Torn between loyalty to their country, concern for Olga’s elderly parents and responsibility for their three children, they ...

Luke Bryan’s Annual Farm Tour Returns in September

NASHVILLE — Five-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan will headline his 15th Farm Tour this September setting up stages in the fields of local farms Sept. 21-28. The Ohio Valley is smack in the middle of two of those Farm Tour stops — both just off of Interstate 70 in Millersport, ...