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U.S. Stocks Rise After Data Shows Slowing Inflation

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose Tuesday after a report showed U.S. inflation was not as bad last month as economists expected. That was even though oil prices continued to climb on worries that the United States and Iran may return to all-out war. The S&P 500 added 0.4% to recover some of its 0.8% loss from the prior day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 9 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9%. Stocks got help from easing yields in the bond market, which fell after a report said U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, food and other costs of ...

Evening With The Stars Takes Over White Palace

Photo by Lauren Florence On Tuesday, July 14 at the Wheeling Park White Palace, the OVAC Rudy Mumley All-Star Football Game presented the 38th Annual George Strager Evening With the Stars. The event began at 6:30 p.m., where the All-Star players, coaches, Queens, cheerleaders, honored ...

Oil Prices Jump Following Latest Fighting In The Middle East

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices jumped Monday following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while more losses for computer chip companies and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom dragged stock markets lower. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, climbed 9.6% to $83.30 after the United States and Iran each said the Strait of Hormuz is under its control. Fighting in the region has kept oil tankers from using the strait to deliver crude to customers from the Persian Gulf, which drives up fuel prices worldwide. The gains for oil prices ...

One Is The Loneliest Number

As the old song says, one is the loneliest number. So, it must be pretty lonely for James Paul, the former executive director of the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board, being Gov. Patrick Morrisey's lone appointment to the state Board of Education. Morrisey named Paul as his first appointment to the 12-member board in February, succeeding long-time member and retired Catholic schools educator Debra Sullivan, whose term was up. Paul is the director of state education opportunity for the America First Policy Institute. In 2022, the state Professional Charter School Board ...

Maroon Knights Honored At Ohio Valley Mall

OVBL Playoff Schedule

Thursday, July 9 No. 4 Barton at No. 1 Maynard No. 3 Colerain at No. 2 Bethany Friday, July 10 Maynard at Barton Bethany at Colerain Sunday, July 12 (if-needed) Barton at Maynard Colerain at Bethany