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A 48-year-old Dowell, Illinois man has been sentenced to three years in prison for failure to register as a sex offender with a prior failure to register conviction. Howard Mays admitted to not comple...

Two men were formally charged in Marion County Court Tuesday with two counts apiece of burglary to two buildings in Odin. 20-year-old Christopher Bennett of North Hickory in Centralia and 19-year-old ...

MARION - Marion capped off its run to a second straight Colt World Series title Tuesday night. A stellar outing by starting pitcher Charlie Hunter and some timely offense pushed Marion to the champion...

Salem high school student Caroline Foltz has been awarded to the USA Swimming 2020-2021 Scholastic All American Team. Each year USA Swimming selects a Scholastic All-American team based on GPA and swi...

Salem swordfish concluded their season Saturday in Herrin at the Southern Illinois Swim League championship meet. They finished 2nd place behind the Marion Marlins. High point winners were Clara Cromp...

In men's softball at Bryan Park, BSI beat Odin Caf 12-10, NAL got by Odd Fellows 6-5, NAL shutout Security Alarm 18-0.

Atlanta Braves (53-54, third in the NL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (53-53, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Wednesday, 8:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Drew Smyly (7-3, 4.40 ERA, 1.37 WH...

Chicago Cubs (51-57, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (47-60, fourth in the NL West) Denver; Wednesday, 8:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Alec Mills (4-4, 4.55 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 47 s...

TOKYO (AP) - The gold medals are beginning to trickle in for U.S track and field athletes at the Tokyo Games. Sydney McLaughlin has broken her own world record to win the women's 400-meter hurdles in ...

UNDATED (AP) - Make it a 1 1/2-game lead for the New York Mets over the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. Taijuan Walker and the Mets continued their post All-Star break fade with a 5-4 loss to th...