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UNDATED (AP) - Major League Baseball will open the 2022 season on March 31 and will try for the fourth time to have every team play its first game on the same day for the first time since 1968. The le...

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - Beginning this weekend at Watkins Glen International, NASCAR will require all personnel to wear a face mask in enclosed areas at all times, regardless of vaccination status. ...

Understanding Extended Care The important question: are you prepared? Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   Addressing the potential threat of extended care expenses may be one of the bigg...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic Neil Armstrong and the crew from Apollo 11 all had to fill out customs forms when they landed back on Earth. Yosemite National Park has struggled to ...

Rocky "Rock" J. Till, age 37, passed away at his home in his mother's arms on July 30th, 2022. Rocky had an extraordinarily close bond with his dearest friends and family. While he had a tough bravado...

New Covid-19 cases in Illinois Tuesday hit the highest daily total since early May. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 2,682 new and probable cases, a level not seen since May 7th. ...

Salem Police are investigating a burglary to the former Little Tulsa Cafe on North Maple Street that is now used for storage. Police report entry was gained through a window. Tools and miscellaneous i...

A 26-year-old former Centralia man has been sentenced to five years in prison after entering a negotiated plea in Marion County Court on Tuesday to aggravated battery. Perry Nesbitt, who now lists a C...

The Marion County 4H Youth Livestock Auction returns to the show barn at the Marion County Fairgrounds this year. The President of the Marion County 4H Foundation Board Janessa Vandeveer says 50 to 60...

Two people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Tuesday on outstanding failure to appear traffic warrants. 50-year-old Jason Kubuster of North Elm in Centralia and 37-year-old Nicolas Sublett of ...