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UNDATED (AP) - Two former Maryland football players have each reached $200,000 settlements in lawsuits accusing former coach DJ Durkin of running a program that subjected athletes to an abusive enviro...

UNDATED (AP) - Tiger Woods was in golf attire taking full swings and holing putts. And this time he had a viewing audience. Even a pro-am at the PNC Championship brought a big crowd, and Woods said he...

The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce honored two outgoing presidents at a Christmas Social Thursday night at the Marion County Bank Annex Building. 2020 President Chris Daniels and 2021 President Jam...

Salem Grade School Superintendant Dr. Leslie Foppe announced at Thursday night's school board meeting that the school had received a CLIA waiver to allow them to provide free COVID-19 testing. Foppe s...

A 31-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been sentenced in Jefferson County Court to a total of 75 years in prison for first-degree murder and robbery. Traviel Gibson was charged with fatally shooting his fat...

Salem Police have arrested a 60-year-old Salem man on a Class 3 felony charge of traveling to meet a minor in connection with an incident in Bryan Memorial Park in August. Donald Bumgarner of North Mi...

Wamac Police arrested two people on outstanding warrants on Thursday. 39-year-old Sheila Phillips of South Sycamore in Centralia was arrested on outstanding Coles and Franklin County felony warrants. ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say at least five people died when a powerful storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest, spawning hurricane-force winds and likely tornadoes in Nebraska, Io...

CHICAGO (AP) - Loyola University Chicago is requiring students, faculty, and staff to receive a COVID-19 booster shot "as soon as they are eligible" in response to the coronavirus' omicron variant. Th...

CHICAGO (AP) - An arbitrator has ruled that several unions representing Chicago firefighters and other city employees must follow Mayor Lori Lightfoot's COVID-19 vaccination policy. The ruling issued ...