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Plenty of scoring in Week 1 of NFL

Offenses didn't need any time to shake off the rust. They lit up the scoreboard in one of the highest-scoring opening weeks in NFL history. The Bears beat Carolina 59-37, falling three points shy of tying Atlanta's 53-year-old record for the most in Week 1. The game featured 1,030 total ...

WVU turns attention to No. 25 Virginia

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football routed FCS opponent U.T. Martin 52-7 to move to 2-0 on the season — the first time since 2018. In the first two games, the Mountaineers were a combined favorite of over 30 points, so they were expected to take care of business. Now, WVU takes a ...

Ohio outlasts Jacksonville State in 4OT, 29-27

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Freshman and third-string quarterback Levi Davis ran for a 2-point conversion in the third overtime to give Ohio a 29-27 victory over Jacksonville State on Saturday night. Neither team scored in the first overtime and both kicked field goals in the second. After Davis ran in the conversion, Jacksonville State's Cade Creel hit Darius Cannon with a pass but DJ James-Hamilton made the tackle just shy of the goal line. James-Hamilton also returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. Davis entered the game with 1:49 left in regulation when second-stringer Matt Vezza ...

Local Calendar

Tuesday, Sept. 15 High school volleyball: Williamstown at Ritchie County, 6 p.m.; Parkersburg Christian at Parkersburg Catholic, 6 p.m.; Ravenswood at Clay County, 6 p.m.; Doddridge County at St. Marys, 6 p.m.; Magnolia/Trinity at Clay-Battelle, 5:30 p.m.; Tabernacle Christian at Wood County Christian, 5 p.m.; Eastern at Marietta, 7 p.m.; Warren at Fort Frye, 7 p.m.’ Parkersburg South at John Marshall, 5:30 p.m. High school golf: Wahama/Charleston Catholic vs. Parkersburg South (at Woodridge), 4 p.m.; Magnolia at OVAC tournament; Parkersburg/Ripley at Wahama (Riverside), 4 p.m.; ...

The bell tolls for American generosity (syndicated column for 9/15)

Could doing a great job directing foreign aid ever be a giant step toward the presidency? It certainly was for Herbert Hoover. After World War I, Hoover led the American Relief Administration, which saved millions of lives in Central and Eastern Europe, including newly communist Russia. By 1920, he was nationally famous and won the presidency in 1928. A century later, the Trump administration initially offered $500,000 for relief to Nepal after last month's floods. Nepal's GDP per capita in 2025 was about $1,536 compared to the United States' $90,027. As a percentage of U.S. GDP, ...

When our immigrant neighbors disappear, our communities lose (syndicated column for 9/15)

A man who worked in the cafeteria at my husband's workplace disappeared. My husband talked to him each time he stopped in for lunch. One day, my husband noted how happy the man seemed. He told my husband it was because he had his final green card interview with immigration the next day. My husband never saw him again. He was just gone. My husband asked co-workers about him. It turns out, the man had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during that interview. The same thing happened to Armelle Bondonga Bradshaw. She and her husband showed up for their final ...