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The Lady Pirates Volleyball team was in action last night against Kell/Farrington. JV Lost 25-16; 18-25; 11-15 Emily Jones had 5 points. Madison Keserauskis had 8 points. Katee Sellers had 9 points. V...

The Centralia City Council was told Monday night that it appears another round of funding to businesses and non-profits impacted by COVID-19 is on the way from the State of Illinois. City Manager Lowe...

Four fire departments battled an early Tuesday morning pole barn and garage fire northeast of Boyd. Jefferson Fire Protection District officials say the fire was on the Bobby Voyles property on Meadow...

A 34-year-old Odin woman has been arrested by Salem Police for felony retail theft. Police say Laura Spitler of O’Fallon Street had been sought by police following a February 2nd incident at the...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will open up Cahokia play tonight at home when they welcome Freeburg to town. Salem is coming off a season opening loss at Centralia last week as they get set to embark on 3 ga...

South Central fell to Cowden Herrick 58-45. The Lady Cougars trailed 27-26 at the half, but were outscored 31-19 in the second half to take the loss. Laney Webster finished with 17, Sydney Garrett and...

The Kane Insurance Bobcat MVP of the Week is Jordan Kessler. She enjoys playing sports and reading, her favorite subject is history, favorite sports team is the St Louis Cardinals and her favorite foo...

Franklin Park was scheduled to open up their volleyball season tonight when they host the Selmaville Lady Rockets at 4:30 but that game is canceled due to the weather and road conditions. On the court...

In middle school basketball last night, Raccoon improved to 3-0 with a 64-30 win over Odin. Miking Ettress finished with a game high 27, Michael Organ added 16. Raccoon fell in the JV game 25-22 and w...

6th ranked John A Logan knocked off SWIC 68-63 last night in Carterville in men’s basketball. The Volunteers improved to 5-1 on the season while SWIC falls to 2-3.