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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A former southern Illinois mayor has pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about referral commissions he received on city contracts. Kevin Hutchinson of Columbia...

PANA, Ill. (AP) - Skeletal remains found in a southern Illinois field near Pana have been identified as those of a 25-year-old man missing for more than a year. Daniel Crosby of Carterville was last s...

(Photo by Greg Maxey) The Salem Lady Wildcats knocked off visiting Marion in volleyball action last night. The Varsity improved to 2-4 with their 25-18, 25-22 win. The freshmen lost in 3 sets 21-9, 19...

The KC Blue Angels finished up their amazing volleyball regular season with a home win over Lake Land 3-0 winning 25-21, 25-23, 25-18. Taylor Powell finished with 19 service points and Brooklynn Smith...

(Photo by Greg Maxey) The Salem Wildcats soccer team dropped their home match to Mt Vernon 6-2. Thomas Hauglustaine and Griffin Snodsmith scored the Salem goals.

In middle school girls' basketball, South Central knocked off North Clay 34-21. Kaitlyn Swift finished with 15 points and Kimora Willkins added 12. SC won the 7th grade game 22-13 with Jamalyn Logan l...

Girls 4a: Hersey (9) 19-0 Marist 15-1 Benet 11-1 Edwardsville 16-1 Libertyville 16-2 Loyola 19-2 Hononegah 12-1 Maine South 14-3 Stevenson 16-2 O’Fallon 13-2 Others receiving votes – Fremd...

The Marion County Farm Bureau is celebrating ‘National Ag Week’ with a free drive-through breakfast Wednesday (this) morning at the Farm Bureau office on Route 37 North in Salem. Farm Bure...

UNDATED (AP) - Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for his 12th triple-double of the season, and the Denver Nuggets built a big lead before holding off the Orlando Magic 110-99. Den...

UNDATED (AP) - Steven Stamkos and Yanni Gourde scored in the second period and Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his franchise-record 12th straight win as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 a...