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What’s ‘Poor Mouthing’?

"Poor mouthing" is a phrase used to describe that thing we do when we portray ourselves to be worse off financially than someone else but yet have nicer and better things. Here's an example:

I buy a new pair of shoes for my child that cost $80, and then she comes home from school the next day whining about another child who has had two pair of new shoes from the dollar store on in last two days. She pays zero attention to the fact that she had better quality shoes because she was stuck on the fact that the other child had two pairs.

And So, It Begins

Employees of Swank Construction have started removing the decking of the westbound span that extends the length of Wheeling Island to the border of Ohio, and the demolition has caused traffic delays for thousands of motorists traveling Interstate 70.

Postseason Again for CCHS

Wheeling Central begins its quest for a third-straight West Virginia Class A championship Saturday afternoon at Wilt Salmons Athletic Field in Fort Gay. Awaiting the No....

Centre Market Open for Business

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Did Legendary Mothman First Appear at Clendenin Cemetery?

Whether or not you believe in tales of “Mothman,” if you live in West Virginia, you’re sure to have heard them. In a state renowned for its monsters and mountain mysteries, the Mothman legend is almost inescapable.

No Update, No Names

If the names of the two drivers involved are released by the Wheeling Police Department, LEDE News will not publish them because we feel there is no need to report them.

A Fowl Sixty

Having "just enough" can look a lot of ways. Maybe it's "just enough" gas to get to work. Or "just enough" food to get you through until the next payday. Maybe it's "just enough" to get by after keeping your utilities on.

A Love for Wheeling History

When we first met 33 years ago in 1986 at the Ohio Valley Mall, Jessica Barclay was working at a kiosk in front of my store...

A Taste of Stone Soup

There's a folktale entitled "Stone Soup." In my words, some travelers entered a village, hungry and exhausted. They asked the villagers for a bite to...