By CARRI GRAHAM MARTINS FERRY – Martins Ferry Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Alecia Hill is hoping to make a difference in the community by helping the city flourish by supporting old and welcoming new businesses. Hill, 40, has been the executive director since January 2021. Her ...
WHEELING – Becoming Wheeling's Building and Planning Director may not have been in the blueprint of Brenda J. Delbert's career plan when she started working for the city five years ago, but her people skills, dedication to her duties and eagerness to learn new things set a rock-solid ...
WHEELING – A teacher, photographer, business owner and activist, Mikaya Green wears many hats as she strives to achieve a “friendlier city.” Green, 25, is the founder of the Friendlier City Project, an LGBTQ+ group in Wheeling whose mission “is to create a safe and welcoming space for ...
WHEELING – One thing artist and former football player Vondel Bell learned is that sometimes you just have to shift and take a different path when things don’t go your way. “A time in my life when I learned a lesson was when I got cut from the Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, ...
LAFFERTY – Lafferty Fire Chief Dustin Hudak sees a bright future for firefighters in the community in which he serves and the place he grew up in. The 33-year-old chief has been a part of the department for 17 years, working his way up to fire chief and EMT. Additionally, he has been a ...
By DEREK REDD Many regions of the United States have a signature sound when it comes to the hip hop music of that area. There’s a New York sound, a West Coast sound, a Miami sound, a Deep South sound. Is there a distinctive Ohio Valley hip hop sound? Maybe not yet, said local hip hop ...
