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The Salem Lady Cats tennis team lost to Benton 5-4. Singles winners for Salem included Lauren Burge, Maddie Keserauskis and Katee Sellers. In doubles the team of Sellers and Ella Robinson won in a tie...

A bad hop at 3rd base cost the South Central Cougars a chance to get out of a 6th inning jam, but turned into 7 runs as they fell to St Anthon in Effingham 7-1. The Cougars had taken a 1-0 lead in the...

It was a rough night defensively for the Bobcats as Franklin Park made 5 errors in their road loss at Flora 7-1. Owen Tennyson went 2-3, Zane Applegate had a hit and Kai Graham scored the lone Salem r...

Most of the actions at the relatively uneventful Marion County Board meeting on Tuesday involved paying bills or approving payment for already-approved projects. The most disputed ordinance of the nig...

Franklin Park Falls To Flora, Will Travel To Breese Today The Lady Bobcats fell at Flora 13-3. Emily Parrett doubled and was on base 3 times and drove in 2 runs. Max Maciejowski singled for the other ...

In City of Salem/YMCA Women's Volleyball B League games at the Community Center, Salem Tire beat Spike Wazowski (25-17, 25-11), Retired Rams in three sets beat Hits & Giggles (20-25, 25-14, 15-9),...

The Centralia City Schools Board of Education approved a 2024-2025 district budget on Tuesday evening that contains a projected deficit of around $2.9 million. Superintendent Craig Clark says, however...

Two people are in the Marion County Jail after being arrested on outstanding warrants. 27-year-old Cameron Jones, who said he was homeless, was arrested by Centralia Police on a no bond felony Marion ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Cubs rallied for the tying and go-ahead runs in a five-run eighth inning, when the Los Angeles Dodgers committed three errors in a 6-3 loss to Chicago on Tuesday night that feat...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - TJ Friedl had a two-run single and scored Cincinnati's other run, all in the fifth inning, as the Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0. The Reds' Elly De La Cruz stole two bases afte...