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The IHSA Prep boys track sectionals continue today. Salem will travel to Triad High School in Troy to compete starting with the field events at 1 and the running events will begin at 3pm. Salem is in ...

In Pony League action, Peoples National Bank beat Salem Tire 8-3. In the win, Keytin Grawe was 3-3 with RBI from Aden Rostance, Cam Carmichael and Alijah Carroll as Brody Collier through the complete ...

UNDATED (AP) - The Golden State Warriors have opened the NBA's Western Conference finals with a 25-point win over the Dallas Mavericks. Steph Curry had 21 points and a game-high 12 rebounds as the War...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes have grabbed the opener of their Stanley Cup second-round series with the New York Rangers. Ian Cole's goal completed the Hurricanes' comeback in a 2-1 ove...

UNDATED (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have followed a season-worst, four-game losing streak with five straight wins. Justin Turner slammed a three-run homer and the Dodgers completed a four-game swee...

A large crowd jammed into Franklin Park Middle School gym Tuesday night to watch the 110 8th graders receive their diplomas. Student Speaker Finley Puricelli noted how simple things were in kindergart...

There were 136 eighth grade students promoted during graduation activities Tuesday night at Centralia Junior High School. Superintendant Craig Clark commended the teachers and staff for all of their w...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say a mother has been arrested and charged with child endangerment after a gun in her second grader's backpack accidentally discharged at school, injuring a 7-year-old cl...

CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for threatening members of Congress and to commit violence at the 2021 presidential inauguration. U.S. Distr...

CHICAGO (AP) - A man who alleged he was sexually abused when he was 12 years old by a defrocked priest will receive $1.2 million as part of a settlement with the Archdiocese of Chicago. The latest set...