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Golden Bears’ Wolanski Joining Pioneers Wrestling

Photo Provided Wyatt Wolanski, pictured, will continue his academic and wrestling career at Glenville State University. Wyatt is a four-time OVAC placer, and three-time WVSSAC state placer, placing third in 2026. Front row from left is mother Brandy Wolanski, Wyatt Wolanski, and father Scott ...

Local Sports Schedule

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Thursday, April 23 BASEBALL Bellaire at Shadyside Lisbon David Anderson at Bridgeport Buckeye Local at Toronto Martins Ferry at Monroe Central Indian Creek at Brooke Union Local at Madonna, 5:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Steubenville Catholic at Buckeye Local Harrison Central at Edison Wheeling Central at Martins Ferry Union Local at Monroe Central Magnolia at River Oak Glen at John Marshall (DH) TENNIS Steubenville at Wheeling Central, 4 p.m. Wheeling Park at Morgantown, 4 p.m. TRACK Bellaire Girls Invitational, 4 p.m.

Local Sports Schedule

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Wednesday, April 22 BASEBALL Cameron at Bridgeport John Marshall at Warren Local Buckeye Local at Bellaire Brooke at Harrison Central Monroe Central at Shadyside River at Caldwell Williamstown vs. Wheeling Central at St. C. Jr. Sports Edison at Brooke, 5:15 p.m. SOFTBALL Buckeye 8 Placement Games 1st–Martins Ferry at Beaver Local 3rd–Barnesville at Harrison Central 5th–Cambridge at Brooke 7th–St. C at Buckeye Local 9th–Bellaire at Indian Creek 11th–Union Local at East Liverpool Regular ...

MICHEALE ‘MICKI’ GORMAN

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Micheale A. "Micki" Gorman, beloved wife, caring mother, cherished friend, and esteemed leader, who left this world peacefully on March 25, 2026, in Scranton, PA. She was the wife of Chad Rouse for 26 years and the mother of her daughter, Bronwen Rouse. Born on July 29, 1968, in West Point, New York, she was the daughter of the late Thomas P. and Marianne (Keeley) Gorman. Growing up in a military family, Micki moved around for much of her childhood, and eventually graduated from high school in Carlisle, PA, and later went on to ...

Mother, 6 Children Killed In Explosion

MILL HALL, Pa. (AP) — An Amish woman and her six children ranging in age from 3 to 11 were killed in a swift-moving house fire after an explosion that shook nearby houses in rural northcentral Pennsylvania, authorities said. Firefighters responding to a report of an explosion and fire at a home in Lamar Township in Clinton County near Mill Hall on Sunday morning said seven people were trapped, but they couldn't search the house engulfed in flames, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement. All seven died. Police identified them as Sarah Stoltzfus, 34, four sons, ages 11, 10, 5 ...

Supreme Court Will Hear From Religious Preschools Challenging Exclusion From Taxpayer-Funded Program

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear from Catholic preschools that say it's unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program because they won't admit kids from LGBTQ+ families. In the latest religious rights case for the conservative-majority court, the justices will hear from Colorado's St. Mary Catholic Parish and the Archdiocese of Denver, which are supported by the Republican Trump administration. The schools argue that Colorado is violating their religious rights by barring them from the taxpayer-funded universal preschool program over their ...