WHEELING After more than five years of sniffing out illegal drugs, apprehending suspects and checking buildings, Wheeling Police Department K-9 Officer Zero gets to sleep in today and every day afterward, now that he is retired from duty. Zero’s official retirement was celebrated Tuesday during a short ceremony inside the Wheeling Police Department headquarters […]
Students at St. Michael Parish School in Woodsdale soon will have a slightly larger space outdoors in which to spend their recess time and they’re even getting some new swings and slides. The school has begun the process of placing a new playground at the site of its current playground between the school and […]
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Wheeling City Manager Robert Herron, left, and Mayor Glenn Elliott are slated to give comments and reports this afternoon when the Mayorâs Advisory Commission on Economic and Industrial Development gathers for its first in-person meeting.
WHEELING The newly resurrected Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Economic and Industrial Development is expected to gather today for its second substantive meeting and its first in-person meeting since the revived group became active late last year.
The commission is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. today in council chambers inside the City-County Building on Chapline Street in downtown Wheeling. While most members of the commission are expected to attend in-person, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott said some members may still participate virtually if they are unable to attend in-person.
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This artistâs rendering highlights conceptual plans for a new Robrecht Riverfront Park at the mouth of Wheeling Creek at the Ohio River in downtown Wheeling. City officials and business leaders want to keep a focus on waterfront development as a catalyst to growth as they look to help shape the future of Wheeling.
WHEELING City officials and business leaders in Wheeling are looking to the city’s waterfronts as a key to future economic development for the Friendly City.
A focus on waterfront development including property along both the Ohio River and Wheeling Creek came to the forefront recently when a collaborative effort between local government and private sector leaders reviewed past visions for the city in order to get a clearer picture of how to help shape the future.