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$771,263 Grant Awarded to Start Work on Hoffman-Hart Building
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$771,263 Grant Awarded to Start Work on Hoffman-Hart Building
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Local News

Salem Community High School Prom King and Queen Crowned; See Photos of All the Senior Candidates and Junior Attendants (updated)
8h ago
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor's degree proposal
20h ago
Non-injury crash ends with arrest for aggravated battery to police officer
19h ago
Kentucky man receives lengthy prison time for coming to Southern Illinois for sex with child
May 03, 2025
Police Beat for Sunday, May 4th, 2025
20h ago
Police Beat for Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
May 03, 2025

Weather

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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
May 03, 2025
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
May 03, 2025

National News

2 dead after small plane crashes into homes in Simi Valley, California
22h ago
Ohio deputy fatally struck by man whose son had been shot by police: Authorities
22h ago
Three corrections officers stabbed by MS-13 gang members in prison: Officials
May 03, 2025
Trump family crypto venture tapped as part of $2B Emirati-backed investment deal
May 03, 2025
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces significant agency reorganization
May 03, 2025
2 dead after small plane crashes into homes in Simi Valley, California
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Key witness in Karen Read murder retrial testifies for 3rd day May 03, 2025
Newly launched law firm says it will represent those 'inappropriately targeted' by Trump May 02, 2025
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

National Sports

Scoreboard roundup - 5/1/25
May 02, 2025
Scoreboard roundup -- 4/28/25
Apr 29, 2025
Baseball fan in critical condition after fall from bleachers at Pittsburgh's PNC Park
May 01, 2025
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May 01, 2025
Scoreboard roundup -- 4/29/25
Apr 30, 2025

Business News

'Cult following': Why automakers are still making wagons in the SUV era
May 03, 2025
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
May 03, 2025
DOJ reaches agreement in principle to settle lawsuit brought by family of Ashli Babbitt
May 02, 2025
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

Papal conclave: Cardinals speak out on challenges new pope will face
19h ago
Brazilian police arrest 2 suspects over bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga's concert in Rio
19h ago
Houthi missile strikes near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, injuring 8, Israel says
22h ago
Injured in Russia's war, Ukrainian vets join together as sportsmen in Canada
22h ago

Health News

RFK Jr. calls for 'new' vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials
May 03, 2025
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'
May 02, 2025
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
May 02, 2025
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