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Spectrum has announced it has implemented mandatory 10-digit dialing for local phone calls for Spectrum Voice customers and Spectrum Business Voice clients in Illinois. That means you need to dial the...

A 35-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty to felony resisting a peace officer in an incident that led to an injury to a Centralia Police officer. David Huffine of East Church admitted to resisting be...

A 64-year-old Benton man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for alleged possession of methamphetamine. Donald Rogers was taken into custody following a traffic stop at Route 37 and ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is filing his office's first hate crime lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in Carroll County against a mother and adult son who allegedly spent months harassing their...

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia is continuing with its "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. The Regional Patient Safety Specialist or SSM Health Illinois Cari Simpson says t...

At the Little League Complex last night in Minors baseball, Kert Martin State Farm and Security Alarm finished in a 5-5 tie. Kert Martin got the scoring going in the first on a Ben Lux single. Emit Gi...

In YMCA/City of Salem Recreation Department men's softball at Bryan Park Wednesday night... Iuka State Bank 10 B&J Loggers 9 Odd Fellows 29 B&J Loggers 20 Lock N Roll Self Storage 12 Diamonds ...

The 2nd annual Blue Angels Summer Basketball Shootout is today with Varsity teams playing at KC and JV teams at Christ Our Rock. Salem will play at 9 against Carlyle, 10 against Johnston City, 1 again...

Centralia High School will host a celebration today for their IHSA State Shot Put champion and school record holder Jeh'Chys Brown. The celebration will be held at the CHS Cafetorium from 5:30-6:30. E...

CHICAGO (AP) - Rookie Christopher Morel drove in Jason Heyward with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3. Heyward started on second base and moved up...