Local organizations that serve the homeless community made their case during Tuesday’s Wheeling City Council meeting as to why the city should put its ordinance prohibiting public camping on hold until a managed camp is established. After the ban went in place on Monday, the homeless in Wheeling faced fines between $100 to $500 for […]
Wheeling's ban on public property homeless encampments went into effect on Monday but there's still concerns many of which were voiced at Tuesday's city c
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
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 the fact that no managed homeless encampment has been established yet. In early November, a majority of members of Wheeling City Council passed the new ordinance by a split […]
WHEELING – This year marked a turning point in the city of Wheeling’s ongoing dilemma surrounding the city’s homeless population, and after years of seeing little if any progress being made to reduce homelessness in the city, officials took bold action that promises to put an end to the “status quo.” In the face of […]