Ashley Sutton Promotes Beauty In All Forms At Moonlight Intimate Apparel

By DEREK REDD Ashley Sutton believes everyone should be able to feel beautiful. They should be able to enjoy self-confidence. That’s what she promotes at her business, Moonlight Intimate Apparel, in Wheeling’s Centre Market. There, Sutton sells intimate apparel that is size-inclusive, ...

Betsy Sweeny Preserving Ohio Valley History, One Building at a Time

By DEREK REDD When Betsy Sweeny came to Wheeling Heritage four years ago, she already had a background in post-industrial urban landscapes as a Pittsburgh native. She knew the challenges. She also knew the potential rewards. “I know how great the payoff can be when those places take on ...

Family, demand for skills keep Brady Norris in the Ohio Valley

By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH Brady Norris and his crew operate in accordance with a simple motto – “ Do it right the first time” – because they like to make sure their work will last. At just 29 years old, Norris has been the owner of Norris Construction LLC for 10 years. It’s a ...

John Jefferis Engineering Ohio Valley with McKinley & Associates

By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH The desire to be with family is what brought John Jefferis home from college to begin his career, and family is what has kept him living and working in the Ohio Valley. Born and raised in Barnesville where he still lives today, the 38-year-old project manager ...

Lane Hanlon following in her grandfather’s footsteps

By CARRI GRAHAM ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Attorney Lane Hanlon is following in her grandfather’s footsteps of practicing law in the Ohio Valley. Hanlon, 28, is an associate attorney at the Shaheen Law Group where her areas of focus are criminal law and juvenile law. She is also an assistant ...

Sen. Laura Chapman Balances Work, Legislature and Family

By JOSELYN KING WHEELING – When West Virginia Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman drives to Charleston she is leaving her job as a constitutional attorney and a young family behind in Wheeling. Chapman, R-Ohio, is serving in her first session as a state senator. “I am a constitutional attorney ...