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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...

Wednesday the KC Sports Association named former Blue Devil baseball coach Larry Smith a Director Emeritus! Smitty has been on the board of the KCSA since its inception in 2003! Several current player...

The Franklin Park Bobcats fell in their regional opener to top-seed Flora 2-1. Brody Collier threw a good game only giving up 3 hits and striking out 4. Angel Salgado went 2-2 with a double and reache...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats season came to an end with an 11-2 loss to Carmi-White County at the Flora Regional. Mya Russell had both RBI for the Lady Bobcats as their season ends at 11-8. Carmi wi...