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The Salem girls track team competed at the Mattoon Invite after the rain shortened the event. Hannah Smith won the discus with a new PR of 108 feet. She also was 5th in the shot. Brylee Pennpyacker wa...

South Central got 2nd place overall at the Altamont track meet. We had a lot of first place finishers. 1st place in the 4x100 7th grade of Brayden Kuester, Ben Skibinski, Cooper Mcdowell, Jordan Smith...

Congratulations to Casey Middle School Basketball Head Coach Michael Lash for being selected as a 2024 IBCA Coach of the Year. Coach Lash will be recognized at the IBCA Coach of the Year Luncheon at R...

In YMCA/City of Salem Women's B League Volleyball, 2 Legit 2 Hit beat Salem Grace (25-11, 25-19), Salem Grace in three sets beat Route 50 Repair (25-11, 24-26, 15-13), Pennylee Photography beat Plumbe...

PHOENIX (AP) - Ketel Marte hit a tying solo homer with two outs in the ninth, and Randal Grichuk won it with a pinch-hit RBI double in the 10th, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a wild 12-11 victor...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Lance Lynn earned his first win for the St. Louis Cardinals in seven years, a 3-2 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night before a season-low crowd of 3,296 at the Oakland C...

The Salem Community High School Board Monday night heard from the four seniors in the Little Egypt CEO program. Jacob Thrash, Melanie Knaak, Payton Phillips and Jairen Stroud told the board it took co...

Without any additional questions, the Salem City Council Monday night approved the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. City Manager Annette Sola says department heads put a lot of work into the plan. She is plea...

Two people were arrested on Monday on no bond warrants and were taken to the Marion County Jail. Central City Police arrested 31-year-old Christa Wintermann of South Beech in Centralia on a failure to...

The Salem City Council has approved a zoning change to allow for the development of a 72-unit apartment complex on Airport Road south of the current apartments. Scott Conant is the developer. "As soon...