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Rangers fall as Gov. boycotts game
UNDATED (AP) - An announced crowd of over 38,000 attended the Texas Rangers' home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays. The governor was not among them. The Rangers were the first team to approach cap...
Apr 06, 2021
Flyers finally top Bruins
UNDATED (AP) - The Philadelphia Flyers are a little closer to the Boston Bruins as they battle for the final playoff berth in the NHL's East Division. The Flyers had dropped their previous five meetin...
Apr 06, 2021
Vacant Wamac mobile home destroyed by fire
A vacant Wamac mobile home has been destroyed by fire. Centralia Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ross Boshera says the home owned by Tim Gibson at 125 Frazier was fully engulfed upon their ar...
Apr 05, 2021
Salem Firemen use thermal imaging camera to rescue cat following 16 foot fall down fireplace flue
Salem Fire Protection District firemen used a thermal imaging camera Monday afternoon to help locate and free a cat following a 16 foot fall down a fireplace flue. Salem Fire Chief Dave Duncan says th...
Apr 05, 2021
Marion County reports 12 new COVID-19 cases over past four days
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 12 new COVID-19 cases Friday through Monday. The department reports none of the cases were in long-term care residents. Three of the cases are consider...
Apr 05, 2021
Rural Illinois bar event caused 46 COVID-19 cases, school closure
CHICAGO (AP) - An indoor event at a rural Illinois bar led to 46 cases of COVID-19, one resident of a long-term care facility being hospitalized, and school closure. That’s according to a Center...
Apr 05, 2021
LaHood resigns Lincoln Museum job after loan fine disclosure
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has resigned as chairman of the board of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Spring...
Apr 05, 2021
KC Men & Women Open Midwest District Play At Vincennes Tonight
The Kaskaskia College Blue Devils open up Midwest District play tonight as they try to do what no other Kaskaskia College Blue Devils team has done in the past....beat VU on the road in the post-seaso...
Apr 05, 2021
Salem and Wamac both hold successful drive-through Easter Egg hunts, but attendance down
The Easter Bunny greets those arriving at the drive-through Wamac Easter Egg Hunt. Both Salem and Wamac held successful drive-through Easter Egg hunts, but they didn’t attract the crowds of the ...
Apr 05, 2021 Wamac Easter Bunny at drive through Egg Hunt last year.
Freezing temperatures have minimal effect on fruit crops
Temperatures that dipped below freezing on Thursday and Friday mornings will not have any noticeable effect on the fruit crops. That’s the word from Tom Schwartz at the Schwartz Orchards in Cent...
Apr 05, 2021
