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Martins Ferry’s Best headed to Bethany to play basketball

MARTINS FERRY — Lindsey Best really didn’t have much self-confidence on the basketball court until her junior season at Martins Ferry. That’s when she became sort of a ‘den mother’ to a really good freshmen class. “It gave me a lot of confidence being the oldest player on the ...

Kentucky watches for surging rivers to recede so widespread cleanup can begin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After days of deluges overfilled rivers to near-record levels across Kentucky, residents were anxious Tuesday to return to their flooded homes and assess what’s salvageable, even as stubbornly high waters kept some of them waiting even longer. Susan Williams returned to her rural Franklin County home with her four dogs and three cats. She left Sunday while the waters kept rising. Now, her house and a neighbor’s looked like they were on an island in brown waters. Williams and some friends loaded her animals onto a small boat and paddled back and forth, ...

CRAIG BURLEY

It’s with heavy heart that we must announce the passing of a native of the Ohio Valley in Clearwater, Fl. Craig “Pic” Burley after a lengthy battle with Dementia. He was born April 13, 1945, in Wheeling, a son of the late Kenny and Eleanor Burley. “Pic’s a proud graduate of Bridgeport High School Class of 1963. Pic is survived by Charlyn Renolds Burley and his son Keb (Kaylie) Burley, and their children Kade and Brynlie and Kris (Raul) Dam and their son Braden. He is also survived by his brother Mark (Bae) Burley and their family. According to Craig’s wishes there ...

Skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has Medicaid scrambling

(AP) — States increasingly struggling to cover the rising cost of popular GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound are searching for ways to get out from under the budgetary squeeze that took them by surprise. One solution some policymakers may try is restricting the number of people ...