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The Marion County Health Department is reporting six new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The cases involve one person who was fully vaccinated and three are school age. Three of the cases are considere...

The Junior Miss Marion County was named at the Marion County Fair Grounds Thursday night. The winner, 14-year-old Sarah Morris of Iuka. Morris was first runner up and Miss Congeniality in the 2019 com...

Only one contestant in the senior division, Kaitlin Nix, with a cover of the song "Almost There" from the Disney film "The Princess and the Frog". Nix was about to do a cover of a country song when he...

A condemned mobile home caught fire in Centralia early Friday morning. The fire was at 1208 South Cherry. Firemen say the fire was confined to the kitchen, with smoke damage throughout. However, no da...

The Salem Grade School Board Thursday night changed its back-to-school plan. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says she shares the unhappiness over the Governor's action. "The Governor issued an executi...

The Salem Historical Commission is planning "Tales from Eastlawn". The commission's chair Luke Purcell says the cemetery tour will tell the story of some of Salem's most historic residents. "We do it ...

Kaskaskia College will hold a Special Saturday Enrollment Day at the main campus and all Education Centers on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The day is set aside for all new and continuing stude...

In YMCA/Salem Rec men's softball at Bryan Park, Misfits beat Prestige Worldwide 19-11, Eliminators over Odin Caf 17-15, Eliminators beat B&J Loggers 28-24, B&J beat Security Alarm 17-0, Odd Fe...

DENVER (AP) - Trevor Story hit two home runs, including a go-ahead two-run drive in the fifth inning, and the Colorado Rockies hung on to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5. Sam Hilliard and Connor Joe also ho...

Kansas City Royals (47-60, fourth in the AL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (53-55, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Friday, 8:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Mike Minor (8-9, 5.31 ERA, 1....