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Franklin Park Middle School Soars Over Annual Can Food Drive Goal

Salem City Council Gives Final Approval to Exhume Grave

Three Area Counties in Top Five for Wild Turkey Harvest

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Local News

Area Fire Departments Impose Burn Ban

Franklin Park Middle School Soars Over Annual Can Food Drive Goal

Salem City Council gives final approval to exhume grave of unknown train wreck victim

Salem has new City Manager and Police Chief

SCHS Superintendent shares concerns about TIF District 4

Salem City Council told Fiscal Year 2026 Budget is Balanced

Weather

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Area Fire Departments Impose Burn Ban

West Ellis Street Railroad crossing in Central City remains closed until further notice

FMC Water Company LIFTS Boil Order

Boil order for 300 and 400 blocks of South Davis in Centralia

Trash pickup in Central City moving to roadways

Blogs

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Local Sports

Wildcats Snap Skid And Beat Mt Vernon To Open Baseball Season

It's regional time for middle school volleyball

Lady Wildcats & CORLHS Win Softball Season Openers

Lady Wildcats Fall In Soccer Opener To Annies

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National News

Judge calls out military's history of discrimination in blocking Trump's transgender soldier ban

JFK files key takeaways: What we learned and didn't

Trump administration escalates legal battle over alleged gang member deportations

Concerns about the FAA's air traffic control system date back decades

Toddler found wandering streets alone with soiled diaper leads police back to shocking scene at home

Judge calls out military's history of discrimination in blocking Trump's transgender soldier ban

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Government releases thousands of declassified records related to JFK assassination 16h ago

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil calls himself a 'political prisoner' in new letter 16h ago

New York woman pleads guilty to mailing drug-soaked documents to prisons 17h ago

13-year-old boy arrested for murder in fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist: Police 18h ago

National Sports

Scoreboard roundup -- 3/18/25

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Scoreboard roundup -- 3/13/25

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Scoreboard roundup -- 3/17/25

Mar 18, 2025

Florida's 7-foot-9-inch player Olivier Rioux doesn't need ladder to cut net after SEC win

Mar 17, 2025

Scoreboard roundup -- 3/16/25

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Business News

Will Trump's tariffs threaten the Fed's soft landing? Experts weigh in.

5h ago

Fed set to make first interest rate decision since outbreak of trade war

5h ago

Tesla board members, executive sell off over $100 million of stock in recent weeks

Mar 18, 2025

Gold prices are soaring. Is it a good investment amid the stock selloff?

Mar 17, 2025

Political News

Trump to speak with Ukraine's Zelenskyy after Putin rebuffs 30-day ceasefire plan

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Pentagon aims to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilians

14h ago

FBI arrests alleged MS-13 leader with help of Mexican government

18h ago

Schumer defends vote to avert shutdown and his position as Senate Democratic leader

22h ago

World News

Russian drone hits Ukraine hospital after Putin, Trump discuss possible ceasefire

3h ago

Hamas will be 'hammered' until hostages released, Israeli official says

5h ago

Man seen with missing Pittsburgh student 'ready to go home and go back to my life'

16h ago

Several planets found orbiting star less than 6 light-years away

18h ago

Health News

Texas measles outbreak grows to 279 cases, approaching nationwide total for 2024

22h ago

HHS appears to delete Surgeon General gun violence advisory webpage

Mar 18, 2025

Gender-affirming care may lower depression risk, study finds, but many are losing access

Mar 17, 2025

Frontline health care workers reflect on early days of COVID 5 years after WHO declared pandemic

Mar 15, 2025

Entertainment News

In brief: Darren Aronofsky in talks to direct 'Cujo' remake for Netflix and more

3h ago

Gwyneth Paltrow filmed a lot of sex scenes with Timothée Chalamet for 'Marty Supreme'

5h ago

'The Sex Lives of College Girls' cancelled at Max

20h ago

Country Music News

Dasha may be serving up 'Party' vibes, but she's definitely got something to say

Nashville notes: HARDY's 'Songline' + Dylan Scott's Pinnacle

The 411 on 'Opry 100': Who'll be singing what

Check out one of Blake Shelton's 'most powerful songs,' written by HARDY

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