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Prep football roundup: Belpre blanked by Southern

BELPRE — Southern dominated in every phase for a 42-0 win Friday night at Ralph Holder Stadium to spoil homecoming for Belpre. Colton Jones opened the game with a 58-yard passing touchdown to Lazareth Priddy, who finished with 127 yards on five catches. Jones completed 12 of 13 attempts ...

Burrow on the mark as Bengals win at Miami

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase connection never seems to fail for the Cincinnati Bengals. Chase missed practice time this week after suffering a concussion last Sunday against Jacksonville, but that didn't stop the All-Pro receiver from coming down with a ...

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HIGH SCHOOL GOLF WVSSAC State Golf Tournament At Wheeling Class AAAA (Day 1 of 2) Par 71 Team Standings: 1. Hurricane 231; 2. Morgantown 239; 3. University 242; 4. Washington 249; 5. Wheeling Park 249; 6. Cabell Midland 250; 7. George Washington 256; 8. Parkersburg South 267 Parkersburg South: Cooper Welch 84, Jackson Ruble 89; 3. Easton Wolfe 94, Cooper Sams 103 Individual Leaderboard Top 10: 1. Tommy Evans, Washington, 70, Bentley Shirkey, Hurricane, 73; 3. (tie) Parker O’Dell, Hurricane and Chase Grigsby, Morgantown, 75; 5. Jack Louden, Parkersburg, 77; 6. (tie) Brayden ...

A tale of two Americas

"The rich are different from you and me." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald I read two books in one weekend: "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson on Saturday, "Strangers" by Belle Burden on Sunday. They're true stories, told well, about two countries, both inside America's borders: Death Row in Alabama, Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Defense attorney Stevenson's soul is tied up with saving death-row clients from the ultimate punishment. He exposes false testimony in one case -- after his client and friend Walter spent six years in prison based on it. Alabama justice is just what you hear and ...

Trillionaires

How much money should any one person have? When Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, people got mad. "He will own everything!" claims a popular YouTuber. "He will own your house ... your country ... your government." Comedian Bill Maher, lately a voice of reason, asked, "Would it be crazy to have a law that said, 'You can't go above 1% of gross domestic product?!'" Actually, yes. My new video explains why it would be crazy. People who hate the very rich tend to assume that there's a finite amount of wealth. So if Musk has a trillion dollars, everyone else must have ...

Guardians rally vs. White Sox, force Game 5

CHICAGO (AP) — Facing elimination for the second consecutive day, José Ramírez and the Cleveland Guardians responded once again. "What this team is doing is only what we know how to do," the All-Star third baseman said. Ramírez homered and drove in three runs, and Cleveland beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Thursday night to send their AL Division Series to a winner-take-all Game 5. Patrick Bailey also went deep and Game 2 starter Gavin Williams came out of the bullpen to get the last three outs as the Guardians won in Chicago for the second straight day after beginning their ...