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Salem Firemen were called out about midnight to a report of a 'strange odor' at an Air BnB near the Heyduck and Branch Road intersection near Centralia Lake. Upon arrival, firemen quickly figured out ...

A 69-year-old Patoka man has been arrested by Patoka Police for aggravated battery in a public place. Darwin Belcher of East 200th Avenue was arrested following a fight at the Lucky Marble. Initial in...

The Lady Cats volleyball team opens up their home schedule tonight against Flora coming off a loss last night at Effingham to open the season. Salem dropped the varsity game 21-25, 13-25. The night op...

For the first time in the program's 16 year history, the Salem Wildcats soccer team beat Murphysboro, this time by a final of 7-0 to open their season under new head coach Cory Purintun. The Cats got ...

Christ Our Rock's Garrett Denton and Evan Beal combined for a perfect game in Christ Our Rock's 5-0 win over Wayne City. Christian Nollman, Brayden Albert and Colton Cartright drove in runs for the St...

The Salem Lady Wildcat golfers started their regular season with a 173-252 win over visiting Waltonville. Sohpmore Mya Russell was medalist shooting 38. Kylie Johnson added 44, Regan Shuler 45 and Jar...

Bobcats Wait To See If Weather Allows Them To Travel To Aviston Today Coming off a sweep at the Greenville Tournament, the Franklin Park Bobcats are back at it today on the road at Aviston. Salem had ...

The SC Lady Falcons beat visiting Altamont 14-4 in five-innings on Monday afternoon. Skylar Webster and Claire Chasteen each had 3 hits and drove in 3 runs, Ophie Lowry drove in 2 runs with RBI also f...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Dansby Swanson hit a grand slam to cap an eight-run sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs had eight stolen bases - their most in a game in more than 100 years - on the way to an 18-8 vi...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs, rookie Jackson Merrill also had three RBIs and the San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Monday night in the opener o...