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A legislative commission is upholding new “culturally responsible” teaching standards. The new standards pushed by the State Board of Education aims to better prepare teachers for a divers...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is reporting Interstate highways and major highways around the state and South-Central Illinois as snow-covered Thursday morning as another winter storm passe...

The Centralia Orphans moved to 5-0 with their 61-27 win over Belleville Althoff last night at Trout Arena. The win was Coach Lee Bennett's 300th at Centralia High School and #676 overall. The Orphans ...

Salem grad and Millikin standout Hailey Wimberly was named College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week. It's the 2nd time she's received this honor this...

CHICAGO (AP) - Zach LaVine scored 37 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Detroit Pistons 105-102 on short notice. The Bulls were scheduled to visit Charlotte, with the Pistons at Dallas. Those games...

UNDATED (AP) - The Philadelphia 76ers were able to end their three-game losing streak despite being without the services of Ben Simmons. Joel Embiid had 31 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to guid...

UNDATED (AP) - Southern California continues to win men's basketball games while moving closer to a Pac-12 regular-season title. Evan Mobley had 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the 17th...

UNDATED (AP) - The Florida Panthers have won a battle of two of the NHL's top teams. Jonathan Huberdeau's second goal of the day completed the Panthers' 4-3 overtime win against the Hurricanes. Huberd...

UNDATED (AP) - The San Diego Padres have locked their top player into a very long-term contract. Two people familiar with the situation tell The Associated Press that Fernando Tatis Jr. has agreed to ...

The Marion County Health Department says there were no deaths and just 17 positive cases of the coronavirus reported over the past five days. All are from community spread. None were long-term care re...