So here we are, at the beginning of a new year, and Wheeling’s homeless crisis continues to dominate the landscape. A total ban on homeless camping on public property began on Jan. 1, per the direction and vote of Wheeling City Council. It took only two days for City Manager Robert Herron to alter that […]
Heather Corn received a frantic call from her boyfriend Wednesday morning, telling her to come immediately back to the homeless encampment the two were living i
Heather Corn received a frantic call from her boyfriend Wednesday morning, telling her to come immediately back to the homeless encampment the two were living in near Tunnel Green. A bulldozer was preparing to plow it over. That ultimately didn’t happen Wednesday. Corn and her boyfriend stood their ground and homeless advocacy groups from around […]
WHEELING The city of Wheeling’s new ordinance prohibiting camping on public property goes into effect at the beginning of the New Year on Monday, despite