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Elks Athletes Of The Month

Photo Provided Cameron wrestling standout, Eli Tedrow, center, is the Wheeling Elks Marshall County Athlete of the Month for March. Tedrow won his second consecutive state championship at the recent WV State Wrestling Tournament, and he received the WVSSAC Division III Outstanding Wrestler Award. He is shown receiving his Elks award from Elks Youth Activities Committee member, Jeff Miller, right. Looking on is Eli’s father and Cameron Assistant Wrestling Coach, Chet Tedrow, left. Photo Provided Central Catholic basketball standout, Max Olejasz, second from right, is the ...

Local Sports Schedule

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Saturday, March 28 BASEBALL Shadyside at Bridgeport, noon–kim Madonna at Monroe Central, noon Grafton at Brooke, noon Wheeling Central at Hiland, noon Union Local at Barnesville, 1 p.m. Grafton vs. John Marshall at Brooke, 2:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Wheeling Central at Gilmer County, TBA Wheeling Central vs. Midland Trail at Gilmer County, TBA Monroe Central at Belpre (DH), 11 a.m. River at Magnolia, 11 a.m. Weir at Martins Ferry (DH), noon Linsly at Bellaire (DH), noon Wheeling Park at Warren Local (DH), noon Union ...

St. Clairsville’s Borkoski Heading To WLU

Photo provided St. Clairsville’s Ava Borkoski, center, will continue her academic and athletic careers at West Liberty University as a member of the women’s track and field team. She is flanked by her mother, Heather, and father, Anthony.

2 Dead In School Bus Crash

HUNTINGDON, Tenn. (AP) — Two students were killed and at least seven other people were injured Friday in a school bus crash in west Tennessee, officials said. The crash involving a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck, a Chevrolet Trailblazer and the school bus took place at about noon on Highway 70 in Carroll County, said Maj. Travis Plotzer, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Plotzer said details of the crash were still being sorted out, but it appeared that the transportation department dump truck did not contribute to the crash itself. Plotzer said ...

Federal Judge Orders Better Attorney Access At Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A state-run immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" must provide people detained there with better access to their attorneys, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell issued a preliminary injunction saying Alligator Alcatraz officials must provide access to timely, free, confidential, unmonitored, unrecorded outgoing legal calls. They must also provide at least one operable telephone for every 25 people held in the facility. The order also outlined information that must be made ...