WHEELING – There was marching, music and the celebration of unity and public service during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend events in Wheeling on Sunday. Local elected officials, church and school leaders were among those turning out for a frigid MLK Celebration march. It started at the Windmill at 470 Stone Boulevard, and proceeded downtown […]
Four Wheeling residents will be honored during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend for their contributions in eliminating racial inequity and promoting peace and harmony. The Martin Luther King Award will be presented to Rodrigues “Rod” Lee and Rabbi Joshua Lief, while Theodora “Teddie” Grogan and Martha Wright will receive the Rosa Parks Award, according […]
WHEELING Four Wheeling residents will be honored during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend for their contributions in eliminating racial inequity and promot
WHEELING The Wheeling Academy of Law and Science (WALS) Foundation and the Ohio County Public Library are partnering to organize the seventh installment of the Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium to be held at the First State Capitol at Eoff Street in Wheeling on Saturday, Sep. 2. The event will feature some of the nation’s […]
Pennsylvania was a haven in the decades preceding the Civil War for people seeking to escape enslavement in the South. But that wasn’t the case in Pennsylvania’s earlier years, when enslaved people and those who claimed ownership of them were part of the local population, including in Westmoreland County. The