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Wednesday, Aug. 12 BOYS GOLF Barnesville, Monroe Central, Magnolia and Bridgeport at Switzerland CC, noon Buckeye Local, Harrison Central and West Muskingum at Cadiz CC, 1 p.m. Union Local and Martins Ferry at BecWood, 3 p.m. Shadyside and Toronto at Dyer CC, 4 p.m.

Stocks Edge Further From Records As Oil Prices Keep Swinging

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% for a second modest drop since setting its all-time high on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 184 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.6%. The action was stronger in the oil market, where the price for a barrel of Brent crude briefly jumped above $90 in the morning before falling back below $87. It eventually settled at $88.91, up 1.4% from ...

Stocks Edge Down From Records After Oil Prices Climb 5%

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market edged down from its all-time high on Monday, while oil prices rose on uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and get the global flow of crude going again. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% from its record set on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 60 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. Momentum slowed for stocks following a rally powered by soaring profits for big U.S. companies. Reports are on track to show earnings per share leaped 50% in the spring from a year earlier for companies in the S&P 500, ...

A Failure To Communicate

The issues raised about structural deficits in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program since May and the pivot to accusations of fraud in the School Clothing Allowance program could be taught as a masterclass in how not to communicate. Let's start with May when Gov. Patrick Morrisey first announced the TANF structural deficit. I've frequently written about this, but in short: an influx of federal COVID-era dollars flooded into state TANF programs, causing TANF-funded programs to expand and creating sizable TANF carryover funds to accumulate. When the federal COVID ...

Local Sports Schedule

Monday, Aug. 10 BOYS GOLF Brooke, Oak Glen and Weir at Highland Springs GC, 1 p.m. Indian Creek and Harrison Central at Cadiz CC, 3 p.m. Wheeling Central and Shady Springs at Jones Course, 3:20 p.m. Barnesville, Bridgeport, Union Local, St. Clairsville and Shadyside at Belmont Hills CC, 4:15 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Shadyside at Wheeling Park, 3:45 p.m. John Marshall, Shadyside, Wheeling Central, Wheeling Park and University at Wheeling Park GC, 4 p.m. Brooke and Harrison Central at Cadiz CC, 4 p.m.