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šŸŒ± How a Wheeling music festival is funding a new childrenā€™s center

Wheeling, West Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Wheeling music festival is funding a new childrenā€™s center
  • Free nursing school in Wheelingā€”with a guaranteed job afterward
  • Could a federal bill shutter Wheelingā€™s dog track and cut pensions?

Also on today's calendar: Stempowerment Summer Academy and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? šŸ¤” (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, with a high of 83 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 83, low: 64.
  • Sunday: Not as warm with a t-storm, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.

šŸ“° News we're reading

1. Circus Saints And Sinners Pledge $100K Donation To WVU Medicine Children's Center in Wheeling (theintelligencer.net) ā€” A major local fundraiser is helping bring specialized pediatric care directly to Wheeling, as the Circus Saints and Sinners pledged $100,000 toward the new WVU Medicine Golisano Childrenā€™s Center at Wheeling Hospital. Their annual Party on the Plaza music festival, next set for July 11 in Wheeling, will fund the pledge and keep more families from traveling to Morgantown for treatment.
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2. WVU Medicine Center for Nursing Education announced for Wheeling Campus (wtrf.com) ā€” Wheeling is getting a new WVU Medicine Center for Nursing Education campus, offering a 21ā€‘month RN diploma program with full tuition, books, uniforms, and computers covered in exchange for a threeā€‘year work commitment. The 15,000ā€‘squareā€‘foot facility at Wheeling Hospital will feature highā€‘tech labs, a wellness center, and student amenities, aiming to fill roughly 500 open nursing positions and strengthen local healthcare.
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3. Federal bill would ban commercial greyhound racing, threatening West Virginia tracks (wtov9.com) ā€” A federal proposal to ban commercial greyhound racing could shut down Wheelingā€™s dog track and cut key revenue for law-enforcement pensions and retiree health benefits in the Wheeling area. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito says sheā€™s talking with city leaders and studying how deeply the change could hit local workers and the broader Ohio County community.
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4. Judge Jim Douglas sworn in to West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals (wtrf.com) ā€” Wheeling residents now have a hometown connection to West Virginiaā€™s second-highest court, as Judge Jim Douglas was sworn in to the Intermediate Court of Appeals after winning Mayā€™s election. Speaking from Wheeling, he emphasized his decades of family law experience and his commitment to serving families across the Northern Panhandle when he takes office in January 2027.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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