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UNDATED (AP) - The Milwaukee Bucks won an NBA thriller in comeback fashion, while the Memphis Grizzlies stayed alive with an old-fashioned blowout. The Bucks have taken a three-games-to-two lead in th...

UNDATED (AP) - The New York Yankees are off to their best 30-game start in 19 years after winning for the 15th time in their last 19 contests. Gleyber Torres delivered a go-ahead, three-run homer and ...

UNDATED (AP) - The Braves beat third baseman Austin Riley and the Cardinals defeated outfielder Tyler O'Neill in the first salary arbitration decisions this year. Riley was awarded $3.95 million rathe...

Rangers still standing; Panthers, Flames in control UNDATED (AP) - The New York Rangers are still alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs, while the Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames are in control. The R...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic The guy who created Ultimate Frisbee was a college student named Joel Silver . . . and after school, he went on to become a huge Hollywood producer. ...

Marion County Sheriff Andy Garden wants an extra deputy to assign to the courthouse rather than an expensive vestibule to better handle security for those entering the courthouse. He made the request ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden wants to put a spotlight on the spike in food prices from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Democrat plans to travel on Wednesday to an Illinois farm to emphasize...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a SWAT team member fatally shot an armed man inside a suburban Chicago bank branch. Romeoville police say the suspect was shot by a Will County SWAT officer and...

CHICAGO (AP) - A historically Black college in central Illinois that saw its enrollment plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic says it has been unable to recover and must close its doors after 157 years...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man who posted online to urge others to join massive crowds that were looting downtown businesses in the summer of 2020 has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Twen...