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Local News

Kentucky man receives lengthy prison time for coming to Southern Illinois for sex with child
2h ago
Salem Community High School Prom King and Queen Crowned
14h ago
Police Beat for Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
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Plan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I opposition
21h ago
First Off-Highway Vehicle Trail System Opens in Southern Illinois
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'Never asked to be a part of this somber club': Illinois honors fallen police officers
22h ago

Weather

FYI

Saturday Cancellations
West Ellis Street Railroad crossing in Central City remains closed until further notice
Part of Indiana Street in Salem closed on Friday
Community Beach Road closed to through traffic from Farthing to Odin Road
Temporary Closures on North Jefferson in Salem for Pavement Repairs

Blogs

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Local Sports

Rams Beat Mattoon in Prep Baseball
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Wooden Shoes Win Cross Creek Classic Snapping St A's 3 Year Win Streak
7h ago
Salem Breaks Girls 4x100 Record That Stood For 31 Years In 4th Place Overall Finish at Nashville Invite
May 02, 2025
New Horizon Wins Class S Boys & Girls Track Regional
7h ago

National News

Three corrections officers stabbed by MS-13 gang members in prison: Officials
1h ago
Trump family crypto venture tapped as part of $2B Emirati-backed investment deal
4h ago
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces significant agency reorganization
4h ago
Key witness in Karen Read murder retrial testifies for 3rd day
5h ago
Newly launched law firm says it will represent those 'inappropriately targeted' by Trump
23h ago
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Warrant issued for man accused of impersonating nurse, working with disabled patients May 02, 2025
Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate crime murder of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy May 02, 2025
Seven killed in crash between van, pickup truck near Yellowstone National Park May 02, 2025
Newly released video shows Abrego Garcia's 2022 Tennessee traffic stop May 02, 2025

National Sports

Scoreboard roundup - 5/1/25
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Baseball fan in critical condition after fall from bleachers at Pittsburgh's PNC Park
May 01, 2025
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Business News

'Cult following': Why automakers are still making wagons in the SUV era
4h ago
Collections on defaulted student loans may affect millions of people's credit scores
May 02, 2025
Hiring slowed in April amid turmoil set off by Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs
May 02, 2025
US economy expected to have slowed sharply at start of Trump's 2nd term
Apr 30, 2025

Political News

Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: Army confirms military parade coinciding with Trump's birthday
5h ago
DOJ reaches agreement in principle to settle lawsuit brought by family of Ashli Babbitt
23h ago
CIA makes recruiting push for spies in China
May 02, 2025
CPB fires back at Trump's executive order pulling funding for NPR, PBS
May 02, 2025

World News

Russian drone attack injures nearly 50 people in Kharkiv
4h ago
Ukraine, Russia react to controversial US minerals sharing deal
May 01, 2025
Child accidentally damages $50 million Rothko at Rotterdam museum
Apr 30, 2025
Kim Jong Un oversees missile tests on new North Korean warship
Apr 30, 2025

Health News

RFK Jr. calls for 'new' vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials
3h ago
Measles cases surpass 900 in US as infections confirmed in 29 states, CDC data shows
May 02, 2025
Case of tuberculosis confirmed at Florida high school: Officials
Apr 30, 2025
Even a small uptick in vaccination could prevent millions of US measles cases. Here's how
Apr 30, 2025

Entertainment News

Blake Lively says this year has brought the 'highest highs and the lowest lows'
23h ago
Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock to star in romantic thriller
May 02, 2025
'Little House on the Prairie' Netflix adaptation finds its main cast
May 02, 2025

Country Music News

Nashville notes: LOCASH's 'Wrong Hearts' + Rebecca Lynn Howard's return
23h ago
The Toby Keith connection to Saturday's 151st Kentucky Derby
May 02, 2025
Rascal Flatts + Backstreet Boys team up for 'What Hurts the Most' and a surprise
May 02, 2025
Old Dominion's keeping the Music Row vibe alive with Odie's
May 02, 2025