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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Zach LaVine bounced back from a poor performance a night earlier and scored 39 points as the Chicago Bulls routed the injury-plagued Orlando Magic 118-92. LaVine scored just two p...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Kofi Cockburn scored 23 points, Ayo Dosunmu added 21 and No. 12 Illinois beat No. 19 Wisconsin 75-60 in a key Big Ten Conference matchup. Dosunmu also had 12 rebounds and 12 ass...

Paul Dean Riley, 70, of Dix, was welcomed into Heaven at 10:12 a.m., Thursday, February 4, 2021, at his home. Dean was actively involved in the community at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and taught tod...

Evelyn Bernice Bonham Potter, age 87, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Friday night, February 5, 2021, at Flora Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center. Evelyn was a faithful woman of God and had been ...

Earline Kohrig, 97 of Salem, Illinois passed away Friday, February 5, 2021, at the Odin Care Center. A homemaker, Earline retired as a clerk from Country Gardens Foodliner, formerly of Salem. She was ...

Carlon William Lewis, Sr., 76, of Kinmundy, passed away at 8:26 AM, Friday, February 5, 2021, at the Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Funeral services honoring the life of Carlon will...

Nearly 75,000 COVID-19 vaccination doses were administered on Friday, a new record in Illinois. Governor JB Pritzker says there still isn’t enough vaccine coming to Illinois, but that sites acro...

The Marion County Health Department is reporting 54 positive cases of COVID-19 Wednesday through Friday. There were no new deaths in the county during the past three days. Of the 54 new cases, none we...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Authorities say a man charged with killing a St. Louis woman and her two young daughters took a bus to get away and was captured about 100 miles away in Effingham. Ronald Marr was arr...

Centralia Police arrested a 66-year-old Centralia man for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. William Correll of Linden Street was taken into custody when Correll was a...