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Salem Lee Evans Cross Country Meet With over 25 teams the Varsity girls were 9th at Salem JV boys did not make the top 12 and the Varsity boys and JV girls teams didn't have a score because we couldn'...

Salem Apple Fest is set for Saturday at the Marion County Fairgrounds. The annual event is sponsored by the Greater Salem Area Chamber of Commerce. Executive Director Jessiycka Coleman says gates open...

The annual Wamac Fest will be held Saturday at the Wamac Park. Mayor Butch Mathis says activities begin at three Saturday afternoon and continue until 11:30 Saturday evening. "We have two wonderful en...

The third South Central Illinois Walk to End Alzheimer's will be held Saturday morning at Kaskaskia College. Katie Hoffman who is coordinating the race for the Alzheimer's Association is hoping for 80...

This is the first of two weekends for the Kinmundy Log Cabin Village 45th Annual Fall Festival. The event will run from ten to five Saturday and ten to four on Sunday. The Log Cabin Village now includ...

The Iuka Park Demolition Derby is set for Saturday. Gates open at nine am for sign-up and the derby begins at two. There will be five divisions. The light modified big cars with 100 percent payback An...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports no one was injured in a two vehicle crash involving a Salem squad car on Boone Street near the Dawley Street intersection. The sheriff's department repor...

Class 8a: Loyola (11) 3-0 Lincoln-Way East (3-0) Gurnee Warren (3-0) Glenbard West (3-0) Naperville North (3-0) O'Fallon (3-0) Maine South (2-1) Edwardsville (3-0) Lockport (3-0) Others receiving vote...

The Salem Wildcats are 1-2 as they open Cahokia Conference play on the road at East Alton Wood River. The Oilers have opened the season at 3-0. Game time at 7:00 on 100.1 FM and streaming at WJBDradio...

The Salem Lady Wildcats knocked off East Alton Wood River in Cahokia volleyball action winning 25-15, 25-11 to improve to 5-6 on the season as they head to the Vandalia Tournament tomorrow. The freshm...