Sweat nets 31 as Nitro edges Huntington, 62-59

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Highlights from Nitro’s 62-59 win over Huntington in the 27th and final game of the Little General Shootout. Joel Sweat scored 23 of his 31 points for the Wildcats (14-4) in the first half. Kolten Painter added 13 points for Nitro. Huntington (7-11) was led by Kristopher Brown’s 16-point effort. Tajhan Blackwell

How the education bill could affect your property taxes

Public education is expensive. This fiscal year West Virginia will spend $2 billion out of a $4.4 billion General Revenue budget to educate our children from grades K through 12. The public ed budget dwarfs all other state spending, except for the Department of Health and Human Resources; it’s General Revenue budget this year is