WHEELING — An additional 30 beds for homeless women opened Tuesday night at the Salvation Army in Wheeling, adding dozens of crucial spots to help as Wheeling’s exempted encampment was closed for good Tuesday morning.

Service providers hope this event will provide some calm following the chaotic hours around the encampment’s closure.

Salvation Army Lt. John Lawrence and members of the Life Hub board of directors discussed the shelter’s opening, as the two organizations will work together to provide a place indoors for many of Wheeling’s homeless to sleep. The Salvation Army Shelter will be the space for women, while the Life Hub will continue to provide 50 beds per night for homeless men.

“(The women) will be able to come in in a safe and respectable way to a place that gives them a sen

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