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Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1987, American heavy metal band Guns N' Roses released the landmark album Appetite for Destruction, which sold more than 17 million copies. Believe It or DON'T On th...

The Clay County Sheriff's Office says the investigation into the disappearance of 26-year-old Shadie Thomas from her Clay City home on or about May 5th remains a top priority. The department says the ...

South Central School Superintendent Kerry Herdes says the district will start the school year with the COVID-19 protocol they ended the last school year. He updated the school board at Wednesday night...

The Salem Community Theatre is hosting the Harry Potter Birthday Party Experience on Saturday night. The event had to be canceled the past two years due to COVID-19 and the coordinator of the event Ke...

The Salem 11u Little League All-stars won the District 1 Tournament in Robinson last night knocking off the hosts in the title game 11-0. Salem got a combined no-hitter from Bentley Bryan and Zane App...

The Franklin Park Bobcats baseball team will continue their Open Fields today from 5-7 at the Franklin Park Field. This is for anyone interested in playing for the Bobcats this season. Franklin Park i...

In City of Salem/YMCA men's softball at Bryan Park, Odd Fellows beat Prestige Worldwide 16-7, Lock n Roll Self Storage over Iuka State Bank 15-9 and Modern Woodmen also beat the Iuka State Bank 16-1.

Sage Karam returns to Pocono Raceway this weekend for his first race at the Pennsylvania track since a fatal incident seven years ago. Karam was a rising star when he sput out in August 2015 and his c...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Major League Baseball's Midsummer Classic remains the most-watched all-star game in professional sports, even though it drew record lows in viewership for the fifth time since 2015....

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. Most of the indoor scenes in "Game of Thrones" were filmed in a studio in Northern Ireland that used to be a factory . . . where the Titanic was m...