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Meeting coverage in weekend edition Due to an earlier deadline, coverage of Thursday evening’s Marietta City Council meeting will appear online and in the weekend print edition. FY27 NRAC meeting Oct. 8 The Fiscal Year 2027 (Round 21) committee meeting of the Natural Resources Assistance Council will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 8, at Buckeye Hills Regional Council, 2585 Glendale Road, Marietta, to review the Fiscal Year 2027 (Round 21) Clean Ohio applications for eligibility. Questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Kylee Nichols, development specialist, at ...

No letdown allowed as Ohio State visits Iowa

Kinnick is no picnic. That said, Ohio State coach Ryan Day says his team will be better for going through the experience — if the No. 5 Buckeyes are able to leave Kinnick Stadium with a win over No. 14 Iowa on Saturday. "This is a big opportunity for our team, I think, to go into a tough ...

First visit to Iowa State for WVU coach Rodriguez

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez has been coaching in college football for over 40 years. He’s been to a lot of places, including both Death Valleys, the Shoe and the Big House. In all his years, Rodriguez has never been to Ames, Iowa, home of Iowa State (2-2). This ...

Wings stave off elimination in WNBA playoffs

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale was standing near Paige Bueckers waiting for the star guard to make a move on her dribble with the Dallas Wings trailing by three as the final seconds of regulation — and their season — ticked away. Bueckers waved toward her backcourt mate, ...

Impressive opening act for Penguins

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Evgeni Malkin, Hendrix Lapierre and Filip Hallander scored in the second period and Arturs Silovs stopped 19 shots to help the Pittsburgh Penguins steamroll the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 on Wednesday night. Silovs posted his third career shutout in his 57th start. Nick ...

White Sox seeks deep run in postseason

HOUSTON (AP) — Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable was already looking ahead just minutes after his team won its first playoff series in 21 years by sweeping the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series. "I can tell you right now that the group isn't satisfied with this," he ...