Last Hurrah for Summer: YSS Holds Annual ‘Celebrate Youth’ Festival

WHEELING — Screams of excitement filled the Wheeling Park Ice Rink as kids from all over the Ohio Valley jumped on bouncy castles, got their faces painted and more at the Youth Services System’s annual Celebrate Youth Festival. While their kids played to their heart’s content, parents ...

Jerry Seinfeld Returning to Capitol Theatre in Wheeling Nov. 17

WHEELING — The man who earned his greatest fame on a television show about nothing is bringing something to Wheeling this November — himself. Jerry Seinfeld, a legend in standup comedy and creator with Larry David of the seminal sitcom “Seinfeld,” will return to the Capitol Theatre to ...

Slim Lehart Recalled as Consummate Entertainer

WHEELING — Wherever you may have been — in the audience of Jamboree USA, in the Marshall County Commission offices, or even just shooting the breeze sitting in his living room — if you were with Slim Lehart, you were in for a good time. “He would always say, ‘I’m not a singer, ...

Warwood’s Chuck Howley Inducted Into Pro Football Hall of Fame

WHEELING — Mike Beatty remembers the phone call that changed his cousin Chuck Howley’s life forever. Howley was a blue-chip football prospect, a three-time All-Southern Conference pick at West Virginia University and the seventh overall selection of the 1958 NFL Draft, taken by the ...

Wheeling City Council Names Warwood Field After Howley

WHEELING — Officials in Wheeling received a round of applause Tuesday night when they took action to honor one of their most notable native sons, unanimously passing a resolution to rename the athletic field at Warwood’s Garden Park the Chuck Howley Field at Garden Park. The honor ...