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A 47-year-old Salem woman escaped serious injury in an early Friday morning two vehicle crash on US 51 South of Bethel Road south of Sandoval. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Melissa Gordon of Tu...

Four people were brought to the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants. 35-year-old Angel Peters, who told authorities she was homeless, was arrested by Centralia Police for disorderly conduct. 21...

Kinmundy Mayor Angie Diss provided an update to the Board of Alderman Thursday night on the timetable for the opening of the new Dollar General Store slated to be built in Kinmundy. She reported the s...

Smoke on the Water Fest kicks off in Centralia Friday evening and continues through the weekend. The event will include boat races at Raccoon Lake and a number of activities at Castle Ridge which is s...

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The Franklin Park Bobcats opened up their baseball season in style, with a 12-1 victory on the road at Woodlawn. Salem's offense got going in the opening inning scoring 3 runs and never looked back. P...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats dropped a heartbreaker on a walk-off 4-3 at Woodlawn. Allison Thurman was terrific on the mound. Quinn Wolfe and Kendall Zimmermann added 2 hits each. The Lady Bobcats d...

It was the final night of the men's softball season for the YMCA at Bryan Park. Eliminators finished the season undefeated and won the title over Lock N Roll Self Storage 20-16. In the 3rd place game,...

DENVER (AP) - Brendan Rodgers and Ryan McMahon hit back-to-back home runs in a six-run seventh inning, and the Colorado Rockies held off the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6 to secure their first series win si...

Illinoisans can now sign up for permanent mail-in voting. New this time around. State Board of Elections spokesperson Matt Dieterich says when you apply for a mail-in ballot for the November election,...