1989 MixTape: Styling With Rax LeeRoy March 28, 2017 Let’s travel back to a time when the music was good and the smell of roast beef was in the air: Wheeling, W.Va., in 1989.Put the tape in the deck and press play.Track One: Guns N’ Roses –...
The Wheeling Mob: Part 7 Steve Novotney March 17, 2017 1 Comment WARNING: This article contains explicit language and subject matter that is not suitable for children. It is the equivalent of Rated R.(Writer’s Note: This is the seventh in a series of stories that will...
Wheeling Arts Festival Calls for Vendors August West February 28, 2017 The City of Wheeling Arts & Cultural Commission and the Wheeling YWCA are officially accepting applications for the 7th annual Wheeling Arts & Cultural Fest, June 16-17, 2017 11AM-8PM. Applications are...
The Legends of Roney’s Point Examined Steve Novotney December 17, 2016 There was zero political correctness involved when I was first told the tales of Roney’s Point. Legend had it then that this was where the county’s crazy people were locked away, tortured, and then...
Signs of Wheeling: Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow Glynis Board November 16, 2016 Andy Hogan is a sign collector in the Wheeling area, but his collection is more than a hobby. It’s become a giant art instillation on his farm that tells the story of a time gone by in...
Festival of Lights – The Untold Stories Steve Novotney November 12, 2016 Bill Koegler would drive from Oglebay Park to the Greggsville section of Wheeling at the bottom of the hill, turn around in the Convenient Food Mart parking lot, and drive back up W.Va. 88. The next time,...
West Virginia Veterans – Always Welcomed Home Damien Gabis November 11, 2016 “It’s a miracle!” my family said. “You’re so lucky to be alive!” they offered. At the time I heartily agreed with everything my family, friends, and fellow soldiers had to tell me. I was all...
The Wheeling Mob: Part 1 Steve Novotney October 1, 2016 THE BOSSES, BOOKIES, AND BURGOYNE Bill Lias ordered the bombing, so say a few folks in the know who survived and are still alive. Paul Hankish was making a lot of derogatory comments about “Big Bill,”...
The Whores, The Help, and the Hooligans Bill Hogan September 21, 2016 1 Comment It seem truly strange to me today to put myself back in the early 1940s, when I was barely in my teens. The attitudes and mores that made up the culture of those times seem unreal in today’s world, but...