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Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1921, Charlie Chaplin released his first full-length feature, "The Kid," a silent film starring Charlie Chaplin and 6-year-old Jackie Coogan. Believe It or DON'T On ...

The Mater Dei Knights overcame a 2 point deficit last night to come back and dominate the 2nd half in their 55-43 victory. Gavin Peppenhorst finished with a game high 22 points for the Knights. Salem ...

Last night, Sandoval picked up their 17th win knocking off CHBC 43-34. Amiya Ray had a huge game scoring 24. Maddie Starr added 8. Sandoval will host Webber for Senior Night tomorrow. The Salem Lady W...

Franklin Park advances to the finals of their own Class L Regional after avenging an earlier season loss with a 55-38 win over Carlyle. Owen Tennyson led Salem with 15, Liam Shober added 13 and Zane A...

In middle school volleyball, South Central improved to 8-0 with a straight sets win over Patoka (25-11, 25-20). Kyndle Boeln had 3 aces, 3 kills and 3 blocks. The SC JV also improved to 8-0 with their...

In the City of Salem Recreation Coed Volleyball B League... Diggin & Swiggin won in 3 sets over Block Party (25-20, 14-25, 15-7) G&G Rolloff Services needed 3 sets to beat It's a Hard Block Li...

1. There are currently 44 active national emergencies in the U.S., with one going all the way back to 1979. 2. Approximately 430 quintillion joules of energy from the Sun hit the Earth every hour. Tha...

The SIJHSAA Class S State Boys Basketball Tournament opens up at Rend Lake College on Saturday. 9:30 - Rome v. OBR 10:45 - Desoto v Good Shepherd Lutheran 12:00 - Pinckneyville v. Patoka 1:15 - Cypres...

The Salem Wildcats will honor their fall sports seniors tonight when the basketball team hosts Mater Dei. The JV game will start at 5:45 tonight with the senior night ceremony to be held between the J...

The Salem Lady Wildcats improved to 14-12 overall and 3-5 in the Cahokia Conference with their dominant home win over Roxana 64-20. Lauren Burge hit 4 three's for her 12 points, Emma Gregg added 11 an...