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Chicago Cubs (65-79, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (72-71, second in the NL East) Philadelphia; Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Adrian Sampson (0-2, 2.20 ERA, 1....

NEW YORK (AP) - Adam Wainwright won his fifth straight start in a rare matchup of 40-year-old pitchers, and the St. Louis Cardinals blanked the New York Mets 7-0. Paul Goldschmidt homered and had two ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Las Vegas Raiders were winners in their first home game with fans in the stands. Derek Carr fired a 31-yard TD pass to Zay Jones in overtime to give the Raiders a 33-27 triumph ov...

UNDATED (AP) - Taylor Heinicke will be the Washington Football Team's starting quarterback for the foreseeable future. WFT has placed Ryan Fitzpatrick on injured reserve with a hip injury suffered in ...

UNDATED (AP) - The Toronto Blue Jays will own no worse than a share of the first AL wild card at the end of the night following a lopsided win over the AL East leaders. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. belted hi...

An estimated 4,000 attended the annual Antique Power Days at the Marion County Fairgrounds over the weekend. Club officer Sean Earle says they had about 400 antique tractors and other old-time farm ma...

The Salem Super Cruise drew 70 entries on Saturday for the show held behind the Super Eight Motel and the cruise through town. Ken Carpenter organized the event again this year. "Had a lot of foot tra...

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced lane closures on northbound I-57 between the Jefferson County line and Illinois Route 161 (exit 109) now through Friday. All entrance and exit r...

In this week's recap: Stocks mixed as U.S. copes with economic data and Delta variant. Weekly Economic Update Presented by MidAmerica Financial Resources, September 6, 2021   THE WEEK ON WALL STR...

Several area political leaders questioned if we have forgotten 9-11 during a Memorial Service held Saturday at the Salem Bryan-Bennett Library. State Senator Jason Plummer recalled how close the count...