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NEW YORK (AP) - The Brooklyn Nets are listing Kyrie Irving as ineligible to play in their home exhibition game Friday against Milwaukee. It's another strong indication he has not met New York's vaccin...

MONTREAL (AP) - Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has voluntarily entered the NHL/NHL Players' Association joint player assistance program. The move comes less than a week before the season begins and ...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1913, Henry Ford rolled out the assembly line that reduced the time it took to manufacture a car, from 12 hours to just 93 minutes. Believe It or DON'T On this day i...

Salem Community High School's $10.4-million building improvement project for next summer became a little larger at a special school board meeting Wednesday night. Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says...

Fire destroyed one home in Centralia and damaged a neighboring home five feet away, but the occupants of both got out safely. Centralia Fire Chief John Lynch says Nancy Clark woke up to find her house...

Marion County residents who live inside village and city limits can now get animal control services from the county. The change comes as a result of a dog killing a chicken in Iuka where the county an...

The Finals are set for the National Trail Conference baseball tournament. Top-seed North Clay advanced after knocking off Altamont 5-0 in last night's semifinals. The Cardinals at 25-1 on the season a...

There will be some local flair to the Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington starting tomorrow for the IHSA State Golf Tournaments. In Class 2a boys, none of the 4 Salem golfers advanced from the Ef...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team is 10-8, the first soccer team in the program's history to win 10 games, will be back in action today at Newton. Salem is coming off a 12-0 win over Wood River on Senior...

Earlier this week, Jayne and John Simmons, the long time owners of the Southern Illinois Miners baseball team, announced they are retiring from Frontier League Baseball Ownership. The 2021 season was ...