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The Salem City Council will hold a public hearing and special meeting at noon Tuesday to consider submittal of a Rebuild Illinois Downtowns and Main Streets Grant for construction of a food truck park...

Salem Police have made an arrest in connection with an alleged criminal sexual assault that occurred at a Salem man's apartment early Monday morning. Police took Aydan Morgan of Mills Crossing Apartme...

Several area bowlers will be heading to Detroit later this week to compete in the 2024 Jr Gold Nationals. A few of them got some preparation last night competing in the St Clair Bowl King of the Hill ...

In the City of Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball last night, one game got in before the rain canceled the rest of the evening. 51/50 Misfits beat SWAG/Pour House 14-7.

The University of Kansas baseball program just earned their first D1baseball.com Freshman All-American in program history, and it went to Columbia graduate Dominic Voegele. Voegele, who finished the 2...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Paul Goldschmidt and Alec Burleson homered, Miles Mikolas pitched into the seventh inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 6-0 on Monday. Burleson drove in t...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has now listed all 11 zip codes in Marion County as high-risk for high lead exposure to children. Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow ...

The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve new water sales agreements with the Village of Hoffman and Hoyleton Rural Water Company. City Manager Kory Smith says the rate effectiv...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 60-year-old Mark Widinger of Church Road in Salem on Sunday for alleged aggravated domestic battery with strangulation. Widinger was taken to the Marion Count...

Today is the opening day of the SCHS Wildcats Youth Basketball Camp hosted by the Wildcats high school team. The camp will run Monday through Wednesday this week, with registration at the door today. ...