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UNDATED (AP) - The Minnesota Wild remain hot since splitting their first 12 games of the season. Joel Eriksson Ek recorded his second career two-goal game and Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 24 shots as the Wi...

UNDATED (AP) - The NFL's salary cap will be $182.5 million per team in the upcoming season, a drop of 8% from 2020. The league's loss of revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic caused the first decre...

UNDATED (AP) - More than 500 college athletes have signed a letter to the NCAA Board of Governors asking the organization to refuse to schedule championships in states that have banned transgender par...

UNDATED (AP) - The Dallas Mavericks are looking like a stronger team as Luka Doncic gets used to playing with Kristaps Porzingis. Doncic had a triple-double and the Mavericks closed on a 17-4 run to b...

CHICAGO (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth took to Twitter to announce plans to run for a second term in 2022. In a brief tweet on Tuesday, Duckworth claimed her work for Illinois families an...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting two more COVID-19 related deaths in South Central Illinois. They are a man in his 60s in Jefferson County and a male in his 70s in Fayette. The de...

Salem Fire Protection District officials say a fire that melted an electric pizza maker caused a small smoky fire at the Liz Wimberly home at 315 East Bryan in Salem late Wednesday morning. Fire offic...

The City of Salem has announced the spring leaf vacuum schedule. The leaf vac will begin operation on Monday, March 29th for two weeks. The city will do its best to follow the regular trash pickup sch...

The Centralia City Grade School Board has set Thursday night, May 27th, for eighth-grade promotion. However, Superintendent Craig Clark says what the event will consist of will be determined by COVID-...

Cindy Corrie, 62, of Centralia passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at her home. Cindy was a hard worker and an asset to each establishment she worked at. She served in the deli at IGA in Salem, worked ...