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A 45-year-old Odin man has been arrested for production of cannabis. Teddy Brown of the 100 block of West Chestnut was arrested after 14 marijuana plants about eight feet tall were found growing in hi...

The Salem Wildcats won the Match Play Event held at the Salem Country Club featuring the Wildcats, Mt Vernon, Centralia and Carmi. All 6 flights of golfers were won by Salem. Jairen Stroud won the #1 ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats finished 4th overall at the Vandalia Volleyball Tournament. Salem went 2-1 in pool play beating New Athens and Wood River and falling to Vandalia. They lost to Carlyle in the 3...

SC Sweeps DH On Saturday The SC Cougars won both games on Saturday. They beat Agape Christian 6-4. Aidan Dodson and Trevan Sidwell doubled with Dodson driving in 2 and Anthony Buonaura adding an RBI. ...

Christ Our Rock cross country competed at the Edwardsville Tiger Classic at SIU-E. The girls were 4th out of 14 teams. Sarah Mckowen and Rylee Brammier were medalists finishing 12th and 18th. Abagail ...

In this week's recap: Markets upbeat, despite gloomy inflation talk. Weekly Economic Update Presented by MidAmerica Financial Resources, September 12, 2022   THE WEEK ON WALL STREET In a holiday-...

Franklin Park finished up their regular baseball season at 18-5 with a 7-1 victory at Nashville on Saturday. Salem trailed 1-0 until Payton Gullion singled home 2 runs in the 4th inning to help Salem ...

The SC Falcons opened up their IESA baseball regionals with an 8-4 semifinal win over Shelbyville Moulton. Sebastian Kruger tripled going 2-4 with 2 RBI, Garret Shumate doubled as he went 2-4 with an ...

The SC Lady Falcons won the Hutsonville Softball Sectional beating Dieterich on Saturday 6-2. Maddie Peddicord was the winning pitcher going all 7 innings allowing 1 earned run with 11 strikeouts. She...

The 1st/2nd graders hosted Aviston Saturday morning. The dropped the game 2-4. Hadley Michel and Nia Garden each scored once goal. Ethan Petrillo, Gavin Hunter, Libby Gozia and Katelyn Hilmes did well...