Wheeling Hall of Fame Announces 2023 Class

WHEELING - Eleven notable Wheeling names – whose contributions to their respective fields span the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries – were announced Friday as the Wheeling Hall of Fame’s 2023 Induction Class. What those 11 have meant not just to Wheeling, but far beyond the city’s ...

Child Care an Economic Issue, Advocates Stress at Wheeling Town Hall

WHEELING – Child care “is the workforce behind the workforce,” providers told a crowd in Wheeling on Thursday night. A town hall meeting to discuss “A Day Without Child Care” took place Thursday night in the ballroom of the Catholic Charities building in downtown Wheeling. The event ...

Downtown Wheeling’s McLure Hotel Scheduled For Foreclosure Sale On May 2

WHEELING – The McLure Hotel in downtown Wheeling is scheduled to hit the auction block on May 2, as foreclosure proceedings have been set in motion against current owner Roxby McLure LLC. A trustee's notice of sale of the property was placed this week, stating that a public auction of the ...

Brad Paisley Visits Ukranian President With Manchin

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., led a bipartisan Senate delegation to Ukraine to visit its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – and he had with him another special Mountain State guest. Country music star and Glen Dale native Brad Paisley was part of the visiting group. Paisley is an ambassador ...

WEST LIBERTY — Four finalists for West Liberty University president will visit the campus starting next week, talking with students, faculty, staff and community members in hopes of becoming the university’s next leader. WLU announced the finalists for the job Tuesday morning — Tim ...

Maj. Gen. Austin ‘Sparky’ Renforth, Wheeling Native, To Retire

WHEELING – The 41-year military career of Wheeling native and U.S. Marine Major Gen. Austin “Sparky” Renforth is coming to a close. The Marines have set a formal retirement ceremony for Renforth for July 7 at the Marine Corps Base in Camp Pendleton, California, where Renforth presently ...