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Former GOP Delegate Pritt Withdraws From Ballot

CHARLESTON - Elliott Pritt, the former Democrat-turned-Republican lawmaker who resigned from the West Virginia House of Delegates after being accused by federal authorities of sexually exploiting a child, will now no longer appear as a candidate in November. According to the Secretary of ...

Stocks Hit Records As Profits Pile Up, Oil Prices Ease

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rallied to records on Tuesday as profits kept piling up for companies and as oil prices eased. The S&P 500 shot up 1.8%, and the main measure of Wall Street's health topped its prior all-time high set a couple months ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 907 points, or 1.7%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 2.6%. Despite worries about high inflation, the war in Iran, frustration with the economy and a possible bubble in stock prices because of the boom in artificial-intelligence technology, Wall ...

U.S. Stocks Rally As Falling Oil Prices Ease Inflation Worries

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rallied to the edge of its all-time high on Monday after easing oil prices helped calm Wall Street's worries that inflation could get even worse. The S&P 500 jumped 1.5% and is just 0.1% below its record set earlier this summer. It was coming off a frenetic July, where it swung up and down as oil prices shot higher because of the war with Iran, before ultimately ending the month just about where it started. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which measures a narrower slice of the U.S. stock market, climbed 693 points, or 1.3%, to an all-time ...

Local Sports Schedule

Wednesday, Aug. 5 BOYS GOLF Wheeling Central at Callaway Event, Glade Springs, 9 a.m. Barnesville, Caldwell, Union Local and St. Clairsville at Cambridge CC, noon Bridgeport, Martins Ferry, River and Magnolia at BecWood, 1 p.m. Shadyside vs. Shenandoah at Cambridge CC, 2 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Buckeye 8 at Beaver Creek Meadows, 8:30 a.m.

West Virginia Open Tennis Matches

USTA WVU Medicine West Virginia Open Friday’s Results Men’s Open Singles Loren Byers (1) def. Kalman Nagy 6-1 6-0 John Chatlak def. Jonathan Walmach 6-1 6-2 Illia Shcerbakov (4) def. Andrew Sickles 6-0 6-0 AJ Mercer (6) def. Alexander Nagy 6-0 6-0 Xander Jhaveri (5) def. Adeel Piracha 6-1 6-2 Mitchell Maroscher (3) def. Tyler McCullough 6-2 6-0 Jeremy McClelland def. Cameron Szazynski ns Max Henson (2) def. Marcin Strojwas 6-1 6-0 Loren Byers (1) def. John Chatlak 6-0 6-1 Illia Shcherbakov (4) def. AJ Mercer (6) 6-4 7-5 Xander Jhaveri (5) def. Mitchell ...