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Salem Police have arrested a 20-year-old Salem man for alleged misdemeanor criminal sexual abuse. Detectives say Austin Unsell of East Bryan is accused of having consensual sex with a then 16-year-old...

Unemployment is up in Marion County in August from the prior month. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports 6.5-percent of the workforce was without a job, up four-tenths of a percent f...

CHICAGO (AP) - Officials say dozens of Afghan children have arrived in Chicago as refugees evacuated from Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal continue to reach American cities. The unaccompanied Af...

NORTH UTICA, Ill. (AP) - Lawsuits have been filed, four months after three Chicago men died in an explosion while fishing and making a fire along the Illinois River. Lawyers believe they know how the ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A body discovered in the Illinois River nearly three weeks ago has been confirmed as a graduate student missing from Illinois State University. Authorities say Jelani Day's id...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Racing at Arlington Park is on the brink of ending after a run of almost a century. The venerable thoroughbred horse racing track sits on a 326-acre plot of land outside...

The Salem Wildcats look to cap off a stretch of 4 home games in 5 weeks with a 4-1 start as they enter tonight looking to knock off the Shells of Roxana in Cahokia Mississippi Division play. Salem is ...

On Wednesday afternoon the Salem Lady Wildcat golf team traveled to Centralia for a scheduled meet at the Greenview Golf Course against the Lady Orphan Annies. Although the windy and wet conditions pr...

The SC Cougars will host Neoga tonight at 7pm in prep baseball at Lions Field, before the game at 6pm the Cougars will receive their 2020 Class 1a State Championship rings.

The Salem Lady Cats are just a game under .500 on the volleyball season after their 25-9, 25-22 win over Roxana on the road. The JV also won in 2 sets to improve to 5-3. The freshman won in 2 sets and...