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UNDATED (AP) - Gonzaga is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men's basketball poll. The Zags aren't likely to budge the way they're dominating the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga remain...

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) - Baseball negotiations resumed with renewed intensity Monday in an effort to salvage opening day, and Major League Baseball made slight moves toward locked-out players. With perhap...

HOUSTON (AP) - Wes Phillips will follow Kevin O'Connell to Minnesota from the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams. Phillips will serve as offensive coordinator for the Vikings under their new head co...

The Sandoval Fire Department has presented several yearly awards and special recognitions for 2021. Matt Horn and Trey Gambill were presented with the Firefighter of the Year award for their work at s...

Marion County saw a 35-percent drop in new COVID-19 cases for the week ending on Saturday. The Centers for Disease Control is reporting 108 new or likely cases of COVID-19. The rate of infection is 29...

A 16-year-old female juvenile from Mascoutah declined hospital treatment for any injuries she sustained in a rollover crash on U.S. 51 north of the U.S. 50 interchange north of Sandoval Sunday night. ...

A 60-year-old Patoka woman was taken to the Marion County Jail on Sunday for violation of an order of protection. Judy Hill of West Bond Street was arrested by sheriff's deputies. 36-year-old James Ta...

CHICAGO (AP) - A lawsuit filed this month alleged that prisoners at an Illinois Department of Corrections facility deal with rodents, insects, and other unsanitary conditions in cells, bathrooms, and ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago brewery has been destroyed by a dramatic early morning blaze that fire officials believe started in a nearby apartment building. The Twisted Hippo partially collapsed due to t...

Two Salem residents were taken to the hospital for treatment following a two-vehicle crash early Sunday night on West Main at Kinney Boulevard. Salem Police say a pickup truck driven by 65-year-old Ke...