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CHICAGO (AP) - Seiya Suzuki homered, Cody Bellinger drove in three runs and the Chicago Cubs topped the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Thursday night to stave off elimination from the postseason. Joey Ga...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Yasmani Grandal homered, Nick Gonzales drove in the winning run with a single in the eighth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Thursday night to sn...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Caleb Williams and Anthony Richardson find themselves in similar predicaments. Both left college early carrying the label of strong-armed quarterbacks, capable of making big plays ...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1959, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev dined with Hollywood elite, including Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra . . . then became furious when he was told th...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. A football player named Bobby Singh won a Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams in 2000 . . . an XFL championship with the L.A. Xtreme in 2001 . . . ...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 33-year-old Lucas Kulesza of 2nd Street in St. Peter on Tuesday for aggravated domestic battery. The incident occurred at a home in the 9,000 block of Fay Roa...

The Sandoval Village Board Tuesday night unanimously approved keeping the one percent sales tax on groceries that is being dropped by the state beginning in 2026. Governor JB Pritzker said the tax was...

Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth has dropped attempted murder and other charges pending against a 46-year-old Centralia man in connection with an April 2022 shooting. Nathan Johnson had bee...

Plans are being finalized for the 2024 American Cancer Society Marion County Relay For Life. It will be held Saturday, September 28 at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Salem.   The event begins a...

Salem junior Eli Baker broke his own single game goal scoring record set earlier this year as he scored 8 times in Salem's 9-2 win yesterday over visiting Mount Vernon. The game was 2-1 at halftime wh...