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Kenzi Anderson Top 10 At Girls Golf Sectional
The Salem Country Club was the site for one of four IHSA Class 1A sectional qualifiers for girls golf on Monday. The sectional competition included 8 full teams that advanced from their respective reg...
Oct 13, 2020
Luke Light Represents SCHS Today At Centralia Golf Sectionals
Greenview Golf Course in Centralia is the site for today's a boys golf sectional. The Salem Wildcats will be represented by Luke Light. He will be joined individually by Nate Rakers of Breese Central....
Oct 13, 2020
Franklin Park Looking For Perfect End To The Season
The Franklin Park Bobcats play for the Class L State Title this afternoon at Rotary Park in Centralia as they take on Benton for the SIJHSAA crown starting at 1pm. You can listen on AM 1350, 92.1 FM a...
Oct 13, 2020
Salem Recreation/YMCA Coed Softball From Monday
In Salem Rec/YMCA coed softball at Bryan Park, Route 50 Auto Repair beat Red Dog 32-16, Odd Fellows over Crescent Bearing 22-8.
Oct 13, 2020
Joe Morgan, driving force of Big Red Machine, dies at 77
CINCINNATI (AP) - The Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan has died. A family spokesman says he died at his home Sunday in Danville, California. Morgan was suffering from a nerve condition, a form o...
Oct 13, 2020
Rome Grade School closed Thursday for funeral of student hit by vehicle
Rome Grade School has announced there will be no classes on Thursday so those who desire can attend the visitation and funeral of one of their classmates. Ten-year-old Braden Tate died Friday afternoo...
Oct 12, 2020
Five more deaths from COVID-19 reported in South Central Illinois on Monday
There have been five more deaths from COVID-19 reported in South Central Illinois on Monday. The Jefferson County Health Department reported two deaths in a long term care facility that also saw 18 ad...
Oct 12, 2020
Clay County Health Department contact tracing for North Clay teacher testing positive for COVID-19
The Clay County Health Department is completing contact tracing on a North Clay Community Unit School District teacher who has tested positive for COVID-19. The male in his 40’s has had no known...
Oct 12, 2020
Police Beat for Monday, October 12th, 2020
Centralia Police arrested two people on felony drug charges following a Sunday traffic stop. 25-year-old Jarrod Jolliff of Johnson Street in Centralia and 33-year-old Jerry Courtney of South Park in C...
Oct 12, 2020
Illinois man grows state's largest pumpkin at 1,673 pounds
BEASON, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man has grown the state's largest pumpkin and has brought it to display at pumpkin patches across the state's central area. According to The Pantagraph, the pumpkin is ...
Oct 12, 2020
