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HOUSTON (AP) - Nolan Arenado homered, Alec Burleson added an RBI double to back up a solid start by Miles Mikolas and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 4-2 on Wednesday. Burleson's hit m...

For the Waterloo Lady Bulldogs, they will be making just the program's 2nd ever trip to the IHSA State Finals with their only other run coming in 1989 when they lost their game. At 28-6, Waterloo won ...

Don't let the 8 losses for the Edwardsville Tigers against their 31 wins fool you, they have played a brutal out of state schedule with only 2 of their losses (Belleville West & Teutopolis) were t...

Wise World of Wellen presented b Salem Eye Clinic 1. After George Washington's presidency was over, he opened up a whiskey distillery in Virginia, and it quickly became the biggest one in the country....

The Central City Village Board has approved an ordinance outlining a perpetual communications easement agreement with the company SBA regarding village-owned property on which SBA maintains a cellular...

The City of Centralia has issued more than $2 million in building permits during May. There were four permits for over $100,000 including a $750,000 permit issued for construction of the new Kentucky ...

Three candidates will appear on the November General Election Ballot for county board after being caucused onto the ballot by the Democratic and Republican Central Committees. The Democrats have place...

Story and photos by Steven Stilt The historic Copperfield house on South Elm Street in Centralia will host a special open house this weekend, including a meal that will remind guests of the House of K...

A 46-year-old Salem man has been arrested for sexual exploitation of a child. Salem Police arrested Chet Silvey of Salem Mobile Home Park following an investigation into a complaint that he had expose...

A 54-year-old Salem man has had his pre-trial release revoked and sent to the Marion County Jail after allegedly showing up Tuesday under the influence for a sentencing hearing on a petition to revoke...