John McCabe

WHEELING — Regina Beaton understands the challenges families can face with postpartum depression. She said she experienced it herself with the birth of her own children — and now she and others are hoping to raise awareness on the support available for all new mothers, and even fathers. On Saturday, June 21, Beaton, a care […]

WHEELING — Regina Beaton understands the challenges families can face with postpartum depression. She said she experienced it herself with the birth of her own children — and now she and others are hoping to raise awareness on the support available for all new mothers, and even fathers. On Saturday, June 21, Beaton, a care […]

PITTSBURGH — About 35 years ago, legendary Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll, upon being told by team neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph Maroon that then-quarterback Bubby Brister should sit out a few weeks following a concussion, challenged that assessment with a simple question. “‘Why shouldn’t he play? He looks good to me,’” Maroon recalls Noll saying. […]

PITTSBURGH — About 35 years ago, legendary Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll, upon being told by team neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph Maroon that then-quarterback Bubby Brister should sit out a few weeks following a concussion, challenged that assessment with a simple question. “‘Why shouldn’t he play? He looks good to me,’” Maroon recalls Noll saying. […]

By JOHN McCABE WELLSBURG — Area swimmers captured four individual titles and one relay crown during Saturday’s West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission Region 1 Swim Championships at Brooke High School. Winning individual honors were Wheeling Park senior Abby Heilman in the 100 breast (1:13.33); Wheeling Park junior Levi Parker in the 200 freestyle (1:50.15); […]

MORGANTOWN – Parkersburg High School freshman Jaden Welsh saved her best for last Friday, winning two individual events – and setting a state meet record in the 100-yard breaststroke – as she led her team to a West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission state swim championship. Defending girls state champion Wheeling Park finished third, behind […]

MORGANTOWN — Friday evening at West Virginia University’s Natatorium saw a series of firsts for Wheeling Park High School during the finals of the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission State Swimming Championships. First, the girls 200 medley relay team of Sarah Heilman, Victoria White, Lydia Bischof and Kat Donzella won the school’s first relay […]