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NEW YORK (AP) - The Major League All-Star Game will include two slugging sons of former big leaguers. Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. will be among the starters for the National League, while Blu...

UNDATED (AP) - The NFL has fined the Washington Football Team $10 million after a months-long independent investigation found the organization's workplace "highly unprofessional," especially for women...

Marion County has a new sheriff. Lieutenant Andy Garden was sworn in by Judge Michael McHaney to replace retiring Rich Stevenson. Garden thanked everyone for their support and confidence. "I want to b...

An apparent lightning strike started a fire that spread to two tanks of an isolated oil tank battery on Citation Oil Property off of the South Hoots Chapel Road early Wednesday night. Odin Fire Chief ...

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The President/CEO of Salem Township Hospital is resigning effective July 16th. Kendra Taylor made the announcement at the monthly hospital board meeting on Wednesday afternoon. "I want to thank the Ho...

The Marion County Health Department is reporting 16 new positive COVID-19 cases over the 12 day period ending on June 30th. Fourteen of the new cases are considered community spread and two are the re...

A 27-year-old Centralia man was arrested on multiple charges after allegedly breaking into a Centralia home early Wednesday morning and getting into an altercation with the female resident. Marquise A...

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced the Kinlou Road will be closed to all traffic just west of the Clay County Line beginning Tuesday, July 6th. The road is expected to reopen in e...

A 27-year-old Sandoval man has been sentenced to three years in prison for aggravated battery for shooting a person with a projectile from an air rifle. Joey Evans is accused of striking Kelsey Ashby ...