Maureen O’Hara from Naperville won the first Wheel of Fortune game of 2026 on Thursday.
She took home the most out of the contestants to win $18,000.
A local trash-to-treasure hunter
O’Hara revealed on the show that she likes to drive around her neighborhood the night before trash day to collect the “pretty things” that other people throw out.
Leaving Wheel of Fortune a winner
O’Hara fared the best of her two competitors, Saloni Khushal, from Fort Worth, Texas, and Jack Kehn, from Santa Cruz, Cali.
She started strong by solving one toss-up, but Khushal took the lead early on with $4,600 after solving the second…