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The African American Experience in Wheeling

As part of its new “Lunch with Books on The Road” initiative, the Ohio County Public Library will present a Black History Month program...

“Moundsville” film to be broadcast on PBS stations nationally

Filmmakers David Bernabo and John W. Miller have reached an agreement to distribute the documentary film "Moundsville" to 338 public broadcasting stations nationally over the next three years.

Our Christmas Traditions

(Photos archived by James Thornton) It is a process here in the Upper Ohio Valley, and the residents adhere to the traditions long ago adopted...

‘Gone Forever’ – A Series

It happens in every small city in the United States, and when a business closes or a building is torn down, the names, faces, and the experiences of the people that lived and worked within those walls are gone forever.

Valley Rich in Railroad History

On January 1, 1853, the first train arrived in Wheeling, West Virginia, (then Virginia) on the newly completed Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the first rail line...

A Historic Blaze

It still reins as one of the most historic fires in the history of the city of Wheeling if not the entire Upper Ohio...

“Warwood”

For most people, this sign for Route 2 North basically meant it was the way to Weirton. But for those of us who lived in Warwood, it pointed the way home.