Kangaroo scales tall fence and flees petting zoo for three days

March 30, 2026

NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) — How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo? It's not the opening line to a dad joke. If you're Chesney the kangaroo, you scale an eight-foot (2 1/2 meter) fence and go on the lam for three days, giving your keeper sleepless nights and sending residents of a small Wisconsin town on a search that would end happily on Saturday. The unprecedented leap at Sunshine Farm in Necedah, Wisconsin, last week was precipitated by some stray dogs that rushed the enclosure and spooked the 16-month-old Chesney, said his keeper, Debbie Marland. She and friends then trekked hither ...

Army reviewing after helicopters did fly-by of Kid Rock’s swimming pool

March 30, 2026

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Army has launched an administrative review after two AH-64 Apache helicopters on a training run hovered near the hillside home of Kid Rock as the outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump saluted their crews. Kid Rock posted two videos on social media on Saturday. Each shows a helicopter hovering alongside his swimming pool while the entertainer claps, salutes and raises his fist in the air. The Nashville skyline can be seen in the background. "This is a level of respect," Kid Rock posted, that the "Governor of California will never know. God Bless ...

Local Sports Schedule

March 28, 2026

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Saturday, March 28 BASEBALL Shadyside at Bridgeport, noon–kim Madonna at Monroe Central, noon Grafton at Brooke, noon Wheeling Central at Hiland, noon Union Local at Barnesville, 1 p.m. Grafton vs. John Marshall at Brooke, 2:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Wheeling Central at Gilmer County, TBA Wheeling Central vs. Midland Trail at Gilmer County, TBA Monroe Central at Belpre (DH), 11 a.m. River at Magnolia, 11 a.m. Weir at Martins Ferry (DH), noon Linsly at Bellaire (DH), noon Wheeling Park at Warren Local (DH), noon Union Local at East ...

Senators are discussing ‘last and final’ offer to end funding shutdown as pressure mounts

March 27, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — With pressure mounting, senators moved quickly Thursday to debate a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and put the livelihoods of Transportation Security Administration workers in jeopardy as Republicans try to address Democratic ...

Local Sports Schedule

March 26, 2026

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Friday, March 27 BASEBALL Wheeling Central at Linsly Barnesville at Union Local Bellaire at Cambridge Shenandoah at Bridgeport Buckeye Local at Indian Creek Martins Ferry at St. Clairsville–kim Oak Glen at Shadyside SOFTBALL Bellaire at Cambridge Martins Ferry at St. Clairsville River at Marietta Barnesville at Union Local, 5:30 p.m. Wheeling Central at Conotton Valley, 6 p.m. TENNIS Wheeling Park boys at Linsly, 3:30 p.m. Linsly at Wheeling Park girls, 3:30 p.m. TRACK Wheeling Park at Kim Nutter Invite, Parkersburg South, ...

Local Sports Schedule

March 25, 2026

(all events start at 5 p.m. unless noted) Wednesday, March 25 BASEBALL Linsly at Weir SOFTBALL Martins Ferry at Barnesville Union Local at Bellaire East Liverpool vs. Bridgeport at Shadyside Beaver Local at Buckeye Local St. Clairsville at Cambridge Wheeling Central at Linsly TENNIS Madonna at Wheeling Park girls, 3:30 p.m. St. Mary's girls at Wheeling Central, 4:30 p.m. Wheeling Park boys at Weir, 4:30 p.m.