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The Salem winners of the Elks #1678 Hoop Shoot were Lexi Malan and EJ Wolfe in the 12/13 year old division and Grace Justin and Lewis Eddy in the 10/11 year old age bracket. The next round will be Nov...

NEW YORK (AP) - After 42 seasons, Bob Costas is retiring from baseball play-by-play. Costas had done games the past couple seasons for MLB Network and TBS Sports. His final games were the American Lea...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bobby Brink redirected Joel Farabee's feed past goalie Jordan Binnington with 3:01 left in the Philadelphia Flyers' 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Garnet H...

The Centralia Orphan Annies are playing for the Mascoutah 3a title tonight against the hosts. The start time is 6pm. Also in 3a title games, Civic Memorial hosts Effingham, Champaign Central welcomes ...

The Columbia Eagles won the Granite City 1a soccer sectional by a final of 3-2 in overtime. Columbia trailed 2-0 in the game before their comeback. They advance to Saturday's Super Sectional at Columb...

The Franklin Park Bobcats traveled to Woodlawn last night and won 49-33. Liam Shober finished with 12 points for Salem, Bentley Bryan added 11 with 7 each from Jax Schaubert and Zane Applegate. Josiah...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1926, Harry Houdini found the one thing he couldn't escape . . . DEATH. He died in a Detroit hospital of gangrene and peritonitis, resulting from a ruptured appendix...

The Salem Lady Wildcats volleyball season was abrubtly ended last night being upset in the regional semifinal by Charleston 22-25, 25-22, 22-25. Salem's season ends at 19-14. The Centralia Annies pull...

With high school bowling season now underway with the first tournament at Herrin a week from this Saturday, the four Salem seniors will try to do something that no team has ever done in IHSA history, ...

The Franklin Park Bobcats are on the road at Woodlawn in junior high basketball. Last night, St Mary/Willow Grove improved to 4-1 with a 54-30 win over North Wamac/Irvington/Grand Prairie. Reid hall s...