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BEIJING (AP) - The United States is off to a good start to Wednesday's Olympic schedule at Beijing. Freestyler skier Alex Hall led a 1-2 American finish in the men's Olympic slopestyle competition wit...

UNDATED (AP) - The Boston Celtics are within 3 1/2 games of first place in the NBA's Eastern Conference following their most lopsided win ever against the Philadelphia 76ers. Jaylen Brown scored 26 of...

UNDATED (AP) - Villanova won a top-10 matchup as the 10th-ranked Wildcats held off no. 8 Providence, 89-84. Collin Gillepsie hit five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points, including a key tre...

UNDATED (AP) - Sidney Crosby has reached another milestone. The Pittsburgh Penguins' captain notched his 500th career goal in a 5-4 overtime win against the Flyers. Crosby became the 46th player in le...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Michael McDowell has opened the first Daytona 500 practice session with a top speed of 192.736 mph, the first time NASCAR showed off its new car at the track ahead of Sunday...

States Are Requiring Retirement Plans Will new mandates solve an old financial problem? Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   Too many Americans save too little for retirement. This proble...

The Centralia City Council Monday night approved no parking zones along four narrow streets. City Manager Scott Randall says the streets impacted are Washington Boulevard, Pullen Boulevard and Clinmar...

Two people are in custody after Centralia Police located them allegedly squatting in a vacant eastside home where they apparently were storing items taken from storage unit burglaries. Police went to ...

A 32-year-old Salem man has been arrested in Clinton County on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant in a felony criminal trespass to residence conviction. Jerrad Middleton of England Road was l...

INA, IL (Feb. 14, 2022) - This season's Warriors basketball team has proven time and again that any game can produce big moments.   Rend Lake will play in the Homecoming Blackout game on Wednesda...