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Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1904, St. Louis police used fingerprints during an investigation for the first time in history. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMag...

UNDATED (AP) - Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov is expected to be out 8-10 weeks after having surgery for an unspecified lower-body injury. Kucherov was injured Oct. 16 in Tampa Bay's third ...

UNDATED (AP) - Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis says he doesn't believe the team was targeted in the leaking of emails that led to the resignation of coach Jon Gruden. But he wonders about the timin...

The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a law requiring that parents or guardians be notified when girls younger than 18 seek an abortion. Democrats who control the General Assembly want to dump a...

A 28-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for burglary. Slade Thompson of Rogers Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. No other details about the case have be...

Salem Police collected 62 pounds of unwanted medications at the Drug Take Back event held by the Federal Drug Administration across the country. Deputy Chief Susan Miller that brings the total amount ...

MILAN, Ill. (AP) - Police say a vehicle struck and killed a United Auto Workers member as he was walking to a picket line outside a John Deere plant in Illinois. Milan, Illinois, Police Chief Shawn Jo...

(Photo Credit: Sideline Photos) Salem Soccer's 5th/6th grade boys completed their fall season this past weekend. They played in the SWIS league and attended the Halloween BOOster Club Kickoff. They we...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic One single Google search takes more computing power than the entire moon landing mission in 1969. The first nationally televised NASCAR race was the ...

Ready for Medicare Open Enrollment? Enrollment period begins October 15.   Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   Medicare's annual open enrollment period begins October 15 and ends De...