WHEELING After a lengthy debate over the issue Tuesday, members of Wheeling City Council voted to provide $100,000 in federal pandemic relief funding for The Life Hub’s plans to move forward with a low-barrier homeless shelter downtown. The issue has been met over the past several months with a full spectrum of opinions and […]
An updated version of the city of Wheeling’s Food for Fines holiday drive will take place this year during the month of December. Members of Wheeling City Council this week unanimously approved a resolution instituting the Food for Fines program. The initiative allows motorists to pay overtime parking violations with donations of non-perishable food items […]
WHEELING Efforts continue to improve deteriorating sidewalks in the city of Wheeling and city officials hope to take action to repair city-owned sidewalks. The issue of sidewalks that have fallen into disrepair has been a lingering one among some city leaders who have been pushing to see council take more aggressive measures to at […]
WHEELING Following a failed motion Tuesday night to reappoint four members to the Greater Wheeling Sports and Entertainment Authority Board, Mayor Glenn Elliott reached out to some of those members via text message though not all of them to assure them that their reappointments would be considered at a future meeting. Meanwhile, […]
WHEELING A long- awaited sidewalk repair incentive program is starting to gain traction in Wheeling. In recent years, some council members have pushed for the development of some type of program to help or encourage property owners throughout the city to fix sidewalks in front of their homes that are in disrepair. It is […]