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(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Thursday, May 14 BASEBALL Tyler Consolidated at Cameron Bridgeport at Bellaire Martins Ferry at Indian Creek Buckeye Local at Shadyside Toronto at Harrison Central Union Local at River Wheeling Central at St. Clairsville Wheeling Park at Fairmont Senior, 5:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Ohio Division VI East 1 Sectionals No. 5 Bellaire at No. 2 Monroe Central

Wall Street’s Record Setting Run Halts As AI Stocks Slump

A sudden halt for technology stocks put the brakes on Wall Street's record-setting run Tuesday. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% from its all-time high set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 56 points, or 0.1%, while the Nasdaq composite sank 0.7% from its own record. Some of the sharpest drops hit chip companies and stocks that had been on electric runs because of the artificial-intelligence boom. Intel slumped 6.8% after its stock had more than tripled so far this year. Micron Technology dropped 3.6% after coming into the day with a gain of nearly 180% for the year to ...

Bellaire’s Pacifico Signs With Bryant & Stratton College

Photo Provided Bellaire senior softball standout Marissa Pacifico, pictured, recently signed with Bryant & Stratton College to continue her academic and athletic careers as a member of the Bobcats' softball program. From left is brother Jake, Marissa Pacifico, and mother Dane'e.

Local Sports Schedule

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Wednesday, May 13 BASEBALL Preston at John Marshall, 4:30 p.m. University at Wheeling Park Caldwell at Barnesville Indian Creek at St. Clairsville Wheeling Central at Morgantown SOFTBALL Ohio Division III East/Southeast 2 No. 3 Tri-Valley at No. 2 Steubenville Ohio Division VI East 1 Sectionals No. 5 Bellaire at No. 2 Monroe Central No. 7 Crooksville at No. 3 Shadyside

DeWine Picks Wilson As Ohio’s New, Temporary Attorney General

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday named Andy Wilson, a former prosecutor and currently the state’s director of public safety as the state’s new attorney general. It will be a short-term position for Wilson. Wilson will replace Dave Yost who resigned last week to take a position with a non-profit group, Alliance Defending Freedom. Yost was not eligible to seek a third term under Ohio’s term-limit laws. Two candidates are on the November ballot for attorney general, State Auditor Keith Faber, a Republican, and Columbus attorney John Kulewicz, a Democrat. Wilson will not be on the ...

Local Sports Schedule

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Tuesday, May 12 BASEBALL Cameron at Tyler Consolidated River at Bellaire Shadyside at Buckeye Local Harrison Central at Toronto St. Clairsville at Steubenville Monroe Central at Waterford John Marshall at Preston, 5:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Ohio Division IV East 2 Sectionals No. 13 Indian Creek at No. 3 Meadowbrook No. 14 St. Clairsville at No. 5 West Holmes No. 11 Morgan at No. 4 Harrison Central TRACK W.Va. Class A Regionals at Mylan Park in Morgantown, TBD