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CHICAGO (AP) - Keegan Thompson pitched six effective innings, rookies Nelson Velzquez and Christopher Morel homered in the third inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 6-3. Thompso...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs will cut ties with right fielder Jason Heyward after this season, ending one of baseball's most expensive and unproductive free-agent signings with a year left on his c...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested an Iuka woman on outstanding Clay and Effingham County warrants. Erica Kessler of South Avenue was taken into custody when they responded to an unwa...

Marion County Fair Board President Doug Telford is pleased with the just completed fair. He says overall it was a 'very good fair'. "We dodged a lot of weather but we were able to put on every grandst...

A recent graduate of North Clay High School is in his second year of traveling the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling Circuit with the Scheid Diesel Super Stock Diesel Truck. Brady Ingram was among the drivers par...

The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve resolutions to improve the 5th Street Railroad Crossing and resurface a portion of State Route 161. The council will also be asked to d...

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CHICAGO (AP) - Jess Luzardo allowed one hit over seven innings for his first win since April, and Jacob Stallings and Peyton Burdick hit back-to-back home runs as the Miami Marlins beat the Chicago Cu...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nolan Arenado and Paul DeJong both homered and drove in four runs to help the St. Louis Cardinals outlast the New York Yankees 12-9, completing a three-game sweep. St. Louis won its s...

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) - Kevin Harvick got his groove back, fittingly at one of his favorite tracks. Harvick ended a 65-race winless drought that lasted nearly nearly two years with his sixth victory at...