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UNDATED (AP) - Tyler Toffoli and Josh Anderson each scored twice, and the Montreal Canadiens celebrated captain Shea Weber's 1,000th game with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Antoine Roussel, El...

UNDATED (AP) - Davion Mitchell scored 27 points and No. 2 Baylor used a big run to pull away for an 83-69 victory over sixth-ranked Texas on Tuesday night. Baylor has won every game this season by at ...

Outlook 2021: Bond Prices Information you should know. Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources The 10-year Treasury yield has climbed higher since the New Year, which means that some bond prices ar...

Five more COVID-19 related deaths are being reported in South Central Illinois on Tuesday, including three in Marion County and two in Clinton County. The Marion County Health Department is reporting ...

Salem City Manager Rex Barbee says work is 99-percent complete on mold removal at the Salem Animal Control Facility on the Cartter Road. He provided an update after Monday night’s city council m...

The Salem City Council returns to an in-person meeting for the first time since last year as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The Salem City Council has decided to plan for ent...

The Wamac Board of Alderman has agreed to purchase five substandard homes to demolish them. The city has received a $44,100 grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority to tear down up to six...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers will begin their spring session working remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate announced Tuesday that it will conduct committee hearings duri...

Jefferson Rural Firemen say a fire destroyed a 20 by 40-foot pole barn used as a garage late Monday night. Firemen were called to the Kenneth Badgett home on Illinois Route 37 just south of Mt. Vernon...

A 35-year-old rural Odin man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies for alleged felony criminal damage to property. Travis Finley of Fairydale Road is accused of causing extensive...