Scottish Rite Building in East Wheeling Returned to Freemasons

WHEELING — The Scottish Rite Cathedral is being returned to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Bodies of Freemasonry of the City of Wheeling and being removed from the hands of Roxby Development, which had acquired the property in 2020. A trustee’s sale was held Wednesday morning in ...

Cummings Is Named ‘Light of the Valley’ by Wheeling YMCA

WHEELING — When the Wheeling YMCA presents the Dr. Lee Jones Patron of Youth Award, that winner gets to pick who will offer the opening and closing prayers at the annual Light of the Valley luncheon. Several times in the past, they have chosen Suff. Bishop Darrell Cummings, pastor of the ...

Super Six Leadership Ready to Pass Torch

WHEELING — Rick Jones and Chris Daugherty have been a part of the Super Six — West Virginia’s state high school football championships — since the games first were played in Wheeling in 1994. In the early years, the two were young teachers working as team hosts. Their roles with the ...

WVU Medicine Receives $50 Million to Aid in Fight Against Cancer

Albert Wright, president and CEO of WVU Health System, knows he’s aiming very high with his organization’s next goal — to attain a National Cancer Institute designation for the WVU Cancer Institute. Such a designation would be a first in the state of West Virginia and put the WVU Cancer ...

Shawn Chrisagis, Local Minister and Musician, Dies at 55

Shawn Chrisagis, a well-known local minister and performer, died Tuesday at age 55. Brian Chrisagis announced the death of his twin brother, Shawn, Tuesday afternoon on the Chrisagis Brothers Productions Facebook page. Brian Chrisagis later posted on his personal Facebook page that his ...