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UNDATED (AP) - Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is expected to miss at least the first week of the regular season. Williamson's recovery from surgery to repair a right foot fracture is taking longer t...

A 51-year-old Flora woman has been arrested on new drug charges as well as a Clay County warrant after claiming she was lost when found by Centralia Police in the Fairview Shopping Center at 3:30 Thur...

A fall family night titled Falling for Festive Fun is set for Bryan Memorial Park in Salem on Friday night. Salem Recreation and YMCA Director Jed Casburn says activities will be held from six to nine...

Both drivers declined hospital treatment following a two-vehicle crash at Pine and McCord in Centralia Wednesday afternoon. Centralia Police say a pickup truck driven by 53-year-old Kristi Minix of Sh...

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday after the United Auto Workers union said negotiators couldn't deliver a new agreement that would meet the "demands ...

The South Central FFA Chapter received $1500 for two Dell laptops, to be used by the Chapter Officers, for the betterment of the FFA Chapter, and the promotion of Agricultural Education. The funds wer...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1947, American pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 2007, the reality TV series "Keeping Up with...

Odin School Superintendent Kimberly Briggs is convinced after talking to numerous architects and engineers the three story portion of Odin High School can be renovated and have another 25 years of lif...

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is issuing recommendations for improving the safety and care of nursing home residents. For starters, HFS wants to move to a "patient driven p...

Governor JB Pritzker says the state will continue to fight lawsuits over the state COVID-19 mandates. Suits have been filed on a variety of fronts, including the requirement that kids wear masks in sc...