Jeffrey Woda: Woda Cooper Companies Open New Chapters in Affordable Housing

WHEELING – The market for affordable housing in the Ohio Valley has gotten red hot in recent years, and few developers have answered the call and worked with such great success to fulfill the area's housing needs as the Woda Cooper Companies Inc. Now headquartered in Columbus, the ...

Bob Wilson: CTE Programs Flourishing in Marshall County

MOUNDSVILLE – In all fields of learning at Marshall County Schools, Bob Wilson says the top goal is the same – enrich the students. Wilson, who serves as Marshall County Schools’ Career & Technical Education director, said that while Marshall County’s more advanced CTE programs might ...

Ginny Favede says God intended for her to lead Wheeling University

WHEELING – Ginny Favede believes being one of 10 siblings helped prepare her to become president of Wheeling University. Favede, who was appointed to the position in October 2019 and previously served as chairman of the board of trustees, is originally from the Dayton, Ohio, area. “I am ...

Richard Schoene: Technical education offers fast-lane path to financial gain

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont-Harrison Career Center Superintendent Richard Schoene is looking for more – more students and more programs to offer them. A career-technical education is a great alternative to the traditional high school education for some students. And the Belmont-Harrison ...

Randy Lucas looks to the future of education

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Superintendent Randy Lucas of the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center is a leading figure in local education and has embraced the challenges, both old and new. Lucas has long studied and practiced education and came up through the ranks from the classroom to the ...

Mike Sherwood at Home Serving the community

BELLAIRE --There have been quite a few locals to have come out of the area high schools who prospered as the result of college scholarships, and West Virginia University reaped some of those benefits. Bellaire High School seemed to be a big supplier of talent and Mike Sherwood was one of those ...