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CLEVELAND (AP) - The New York Mets have pulled off their biggest trade since Steve Cohen purchased the team in November. The Mets have landed shortstop Francisco Lindor and pitcher Carlos Carrasco fro...

Building a Healthy Financial Foundation How many pieces do you have in place? Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources When you read about money matters, you will sometimes see the phrase, "getting ...

There were no deaths in Marion County from COVID-19 related illness on Thursday, but there were five reported across South Central Illinois. Three of the deaths were in Jefferson County, males in thei...

COVID-19 cases in Illinois now top one million. With more than 87-hundred new cases added on Thursday, Illinois now has had 1,008,045 cases of COVID infection since the pandemic began early last year....

Harriet "Suzy" (Temple) Hood, age 79 of Salem, was greeted in Heaven with open arms. She passed from this life on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Suzy was an i...

Erwin H. Hahn, age 86 of Iuka, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Erwin was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Iuka. He spent many years working a...

Donn Paul Myers, 71, of Centralia passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 at his home. Arrangements are pending at Irvin Macz Funeral Home in Centralia.

David L. Mayberry, 69, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 2:56 pm January 6, 2021 at his residence with his family by his side. David met JoLynn Swofford on February 6, 1990. She stood him up o...

Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller is facing calls to resign and apologize after making comments that seemed to praise Adolf Hitler on how ‘Hitler was right on one thing’ when discussing...

A Mt. Vernon nursing home was evacuated late Wednesday afternoon when a fire broke out in the commercial oven in the kitchen. Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Kevin Sargent says the fire began when a rack in the...