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The South Central 16u Storm Chasers made the trip down to the Gulf Coast for tournament action to finish up their summer. After pool play, SC sits at 3-1 overall and the #2 seed heading into eliminati...

CHICAGO (AP) - William Contreras hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Wednesday. Blake Perkins singled leading off the ninth against Hcto...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Martn Prez pitched six scoreless innings, Rowdy Tellez homered into the Allegheny River and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat St. Louis 5-0 on Wednesday to take two of three games from the...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. The Konami Code of video games . . . a.k.a. the "Contra Code" (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start) . . . has appeared in ov...

A 42-year-old Centralia man was formally charged in Marion County Court Tuesday with reckless discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after allegedly firing a gun near a residen...

The Marion County Board has voted 8 to 5 to move forward with a $400,000 window replacement project at the courthouse. The acceptance of the bid from Gardner-L and M Glass of Taylorville is contingent...

Salem's Kiley Vieira won her age group at the Rend Lake Golf Tournament yesterday. She also placed 3rd two weeks ago at the Nashville Tournament. Vieira will be a senior this year at SCHS.

The Salem Bowl Doubles King of the Hill was last night. Salem's Charlie Hunter and Keaton Gullion teamed up on the 36ft 2-1 pattern averaging 240.6 for 12 games and winning the competition by 210 pins...

Salem bowling Coach Steve Ludwig is competing in Michigan at the PBA50 Masters Classic in Jackson, Michigan. Ludwig moved up to 5th place after yesterday's morning squad. Competitors need to be in the...

In City of Salem Recreation/YMCA sand volleyball, One Fine Piece of Ace beat My Tree Service by forfeit. Sand Slingers in straight sets beat Column Built Buildings (21-15, 21-10). Notorious D.I.G. los...