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A 40-year-old Vernon woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated battery in Marion County Court in connection with the stabbing of her estranged ...

A ten-year member of the Kell Fire Department has been promoted to the lieutenant's position. Kyle Boozer first joined the department in August 2012. He's been responsible for the maintenance on the d...

The Marion County Board has approved the formation of a new committee to study a countywide multi-faceted weather warning system. County Board Chair Debbie Smith created the committee and named Law En...

NEW YORK (AP) - One death from Illinois and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are being tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin. Health officials said Thursday that they have not identified ...

The Salem Wildcats dropped a pair of summer baseball games to Mt Vernon at SCHS Field last night. Salem fell in the opener 4-2. Mt Vernon scored 3 runs in the opening inning, but after starter Gavin Z...

The Softball Major's City Series is tied at 1 game a piece after Landers beat Dairy Queen 8-2. In the win for Landers, Trish Mckenzie had 2 hits and 2 runs, Chelsey Haines had 2 hits and drove in a ru...

In Salem Rec/Marion County YMCA men's softball it was Diamonds beating Misfits 18-16, Lock n Roll Self Storage nipped Misfits 19-18, Modern Woodmen over Prestige Worldwide 17-2.

MOSCOW (AP) - American basketball star Brittney Griner has arrived at a Moscow-area court where she is scheduled to go on trial. Griner was arrested in February on cannabis possession charges at an ai...

CHICAGO (AP) - Patrick Wisdom hit a grand slam and a solo homer en route to a career-high six RBIs, rookie Christopher Morel had a career-high five hits and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 1...

Wise Words from Warren Buffett Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources During periods of market turbulence, I take comfort in one of my favorite Warren Buffett quotes:   "Don't watch the marke...