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Yes, you must vote (syndicated column for 10/6)

Any time spent on social media -- X in particular -- makes it very clear that conservative Americans are utterly fed up with congressional Republicans. And with good reason. The current (119th) Congress has set records for what The Washington Post called "low legislative output" -- second only to the 118th. To be fair, Speaker Mike Johnson and the House of Representatives have been giving it the old college try. But most of the proposed legislation that has passed the House has gone into indefinite limbo in the Senate. The Senate's most visible failure (and the one that has ...

Brewers hold serve; take first two at home from Padres

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio says his knack for coming through in clutch situations stems from one instance when he failed to deliver during his rookie year. Just about every Milwaukee Brewers opponent has been paying for that ever since, as baseball's best closer now ...

Miller deviates from what Padres accustomed to

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mason Miller's emergence as the best closer in the major leagues helped get San Diego into the playoffs. His uncharacteristic troubles in the ninth inning Sunday have the Padres on the brink of elimination. The two-time All-Star closer struggled with control, loading ...

Braves even series with Dodgers at 1-1

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Harris II tripled and scored the go-ahead run on reliever Kris Bubic's wild pitch in the fifth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Sunday night to even the National League Division Series at a game apiece. "Getting the split in ...

Kerr an unlikely hero for Atlanta

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ray Kerr is becoming an unlikely postseason hero for the Atlanta Braves. The former convenience store and movie theater worker struck out four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani on a 95-mph four-seam fastball in the Braves' 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night ...

Local Calendar

Tuesday, Oct. 6 High school volleyball: Parkersburg at Huntington; Tyler Consolidated at Williamstown, 6 p.m.; Parkersburg Catholic at Notre Dame, 6 p.m.; Wirt County/Tug Valley at Hurricane; Magnolia at River, 5:30 p.m.; Gilmer County at Wahama, 6 p.m.; Ravenswood at Roane County, 6 p.m.; Ritchie County at Doddridge County, 6 p.m.; Marietta at Point Pleasant; Parkersburg South at Huntington, 5:30 p.m. High school boys soccer: Parkersburg at Morgantown, 5:30 p.m.; Parkersburg Catholic at Roane County, 6:30 p.m.; Steubenville at Marietta, 6 p.m. High school girls soccer: Nitro at ...