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CHICAGO (AP) - A 17-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot near "The Bean" sculpture in downtown Chicago's Millennium Park, which is among the...

The post season begins today in prep baseball 1a and 2a. The Odin/Patoka/Sandoval Eagles will open up today at Christ Our Rock starting with the first pitch at 4:30. Also in 1a, Edwards County hosts G...

The Lady Cats split their 2 games at Tully on Saturday as they hosted the Addy & Friends Playground fundraiser. Salem beat Greenville 4-1 before falling to Wesclin 6-4. In the win, Lilly Blagoue s...

South Central finished up their regular season at the Olney Tournament. SC won the title game beating the hosts 3-2. Laney Webster hit a 2 run homer in the 4th and a walk off single in the 7th. Also i...

The post season opens up today with regional quarterfinals. In Class 1a softball, CHBC hosts St Elmo/Brownstown, Webber hosts Wayne City, Gibault at Dupo, Okaw Valley at Neoga, Ramsey plays at New Ath...

In regional soccer championships on Saturday, Freeburg got 2 goals from Avery Hesseidenz in their 5-1 win over Murphysboro. Columbia beat the hosts at Gibault 2-0. Columbia will play Mater Dei at the ...

The Clinton County League started up yesterday and the Odin Mudcats hosted St Jacob and came away with a sweep. In the opener, Odin used 5 runs in the 5th inning to win 7-5. Dawson Berry6 went 2-4 wit...

The SC 13u Storm Chasers fell in the championship of the Olney Tournament losing to the Yardgoats 5-1. Trevor McClure got the win for the Yardgoats. For SC, Luke Shumate drove in the only run scoring ...

The SC 14u Storm Chasers won the Olney Tournament over the weekend knocking off the Southern Smoke 14u 15-6 in the championship. Trailing 5-0 after the first 1.5 innings, SC scored 10 in the 2nd to pu...

The Salem 12u fell in their opening game on Sunday in Toledo to Newton 12-0. Jaxon Ward, Kyler King and Trenton Shelton had the 3 Salem hits. On Saturday, Salem fell to Newton 8-7 and beat the Rebels ...