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Six people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Tuesday. 34-year-old Timothy Burton of West 16th in Centralia was arrested by Wamac Police on a felony failure to appear in court warrant with bond...

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - A prosecutor says a police officer fatally shot last week at a northern Illinois hotel pleaded for her life before a man allegedly shot her to death with her own gun after she wa...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago schools have canceled classes Wednesday after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to record COVID-19 levels. The move comes amid an escalating battle over ...

The Salem Wildcats record fell to 8-8 as they traveled to Mt Vernon and came away with a 71-51 loss last night. Caden Bee had the hot shooting hand for Salem finishing with 18 points, Brendan Phillips...

The Salem Lady Cats will host Roxana tomorrow night in Cahokia Conference play. There will be no JV game, with the varsity only tip starting at 6pm on 100.1 FM and WJBDradio.com. Last night in girls h...

The Franklin Park Bobcats returned to action last night at Breese All Saints with the varsity coming away with a 57-22 win. Angel Salgado led Salem with 14. Eli Lograsso and Morgan Mickens finished wi...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats had their home game last night with Breese canceled due to Covid within Breese program which put a damper on what would have been 8th grade night for the Lady Bobcats. T...

In Salem Recreation/Marion County YMCA coed volleyball, 3 Gen Farms beat Mary's House 25-18, 25-16 and it was Loan Rangers over Holmes Construction 25-23, 25-20.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Geo Baker scored 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting and Ron Harper Jr. scored 20 and Rutgers beat depleted Michigan 75-67. It was Rutgers' first win against the Wolverines in 15-g...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kofi Cockburn had 29 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high four blocks for his eighth double-double of the season and Illinois dominated Minnesota 76-53 for its fourth straight win ...