Local Sports Schedule
(all games start at 6 p.m. unless noted) Wednesday, June 17 AMERICAN LEGION Cambridge at St. Clairsville Steubenville at Moundsville OVBL Bethany at Barton Colerain at Maynard
Stocks Leap, Oil Prices Drop After U.S., Iran Reach Tentative Deal
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets rallied worldwide Monday, and oil prices eased after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to get the global flow of crude going again. The S&P 500 rose 1.7% on hopes that this time, the announcement of an Iran-U.S. agreement will mean a long-term fix to a conflict that has worsened inflation around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 468 points, or 0.9%, to a record, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 3.1%. Stocks got a lift after the price for a barrel of Brent crude ...
West Virginia Comes Back To Force Tie In OVAC All-Star Game
WELLSBURG — There is a common idea that All-Star games are played for fun and who wins is not really all that important. The players in Sunday’s OVAC All-Star Baseball Game did not seem to get that memo. Both squads were locked in and battled like it was a do-or-die tournament game to ...
The Politics Of Love
The month of June plays a recurring role in my life, which is odd given that my birthday is in July. For example, storied (and sometimes infamous) Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd died on June 28, 2010. In a way, the death of Byrd was the catalyst for meeting Jessica, who would become my wife. I had arrived in Charleston five months earlier on a snowy January day to cover the 2010 legislative session for the online news outlet I ran for the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia, called West Virginia Watchdog. I was never supposed to stay in Charleston. I was only going to ...
All 12 Occupants Dead In Missouri Plane Crash, State Highway Patrol Says
BUTLER, Mo. (AP) — A plane carrying passengers planning to spend a sunny afternoon skydiving crashed Sunday in Missouri, killing all 12 people aboard, authorities said. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a statement that troopers were on the scene, assisting the Butler Police Department & Bates County Sheriff's Office. The crash occurred near the Butler Memorial Airport. The small town of Butler has a population of around 4,300 people and is roughly 65 miles south of Kansas City. Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Justin Ewing said the plane was taking people up to skydive. ...
Trump’s name is gone from the Kennedy Center’s facade after court rulings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The curtain may have come down for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center but the tarp stays up for now. Matt Floca, executive director and chief operating officer of the performing arts venue, told a federal court Saturday that the institution had complied with an ...