ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA penalties from Michigan football’s sign-stealing operation will cost the school more than $30 million, athletic director Warde Manuel said. Manuel recently spoke about the fines in a radio interview on The Big 1050 WTKA, saying “we’re going to find a ...
MORRISTOWN — Belmont American Legion Post 312 donated $500 to Union Local Elementary to help the school provide a happy holiday to its students in need. Post Commander John Waugh said that the donation was made possible through the Legion’s spaghetti dinner fundraiser held on Oct. ...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was in Vietnam on Sunday, reaffirming a partnership built on healing the scars of the Vietnam War in a trip that will test whether Washington can reassure a vital but wary partner. Hegseth said addressing the legacies of the war, ...
WHEELING — Heads of social service agencies that work directly with Wheeling’s homeless population dispute city officials’ assertion that enough shelter space will be available when the city closes its only exempted camp location on Dec. 1. A majority of Wheeling City Council members voted Tuesday night to support a recommendation that City Manager Robert Herron close the exempted homeless camp for the winter. Less than 24 hours after that vote was cast, an official notice was posted early Wednesday at the camp alerting residents that the site will be closed on Dec. ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — New Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco said he wouldn’t still be playing at 40 years old if he wasn’t confident he could play at the level of a starter. After the Bengals traded for him on Tuesday and immediately tabbed him as their starter, they’re counting on Flacco being correct. “I think the best way for me to do it is just keep simple,” Flacco said. “I think a lot of the times when you’ve played a lot of ball, and when you’ve been around a lot of ball, you can get to the point where you overcomplicate things and you just, you’re just ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school’s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106. Health issues caused Sister Jean to step down from her role with the university in August, though the school said she remained as an adviser in the final months of her life. “In many roles at Loyola over the course of more than 60 years, Sister Jean was an invaluable source of wisdom ...
