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A 56-year-old Vernon man was cleared of a Class X predatory criminal sexual assault of a child charge in Marion County Court Wednesday when Judge Mark Stedelin issued a directed verdict in his favor d...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed on the balcony of a Memphis motel. Riots broke out in over 100 American cities . . . killing 39 more people. Be...

There will be a junior high volleyball All Star game at Odin this Saturday starting at 11. It will be the Oil Belt Conference versus Area All Stars. The first game will see the OBC represented by Mady...

Its going to be a busy weekend for Salem anglers. Friday kicks off with Brogan Gregg, Hunter Russell and the entire Wabash Valley Bass Team competing in the MLF Abu Gracia college event on Table Rock....

CHICAGO (AP) - Seiya Suzuki homered in his second straight game and drove in four runs and the Chicago Cubs regrouped to beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 after blowing a six-run lead Wednesday night. The...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Kyle Higashioka caught two baserunners stealing and homered in the same inning to help Joe Musgrove and the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Wednesday and avoid a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Makira Cook rebounded from first-half foul trouble by scoring 22 of her 27 points in the second half and Kendall Bostic had 15 points and 15 rebounds, leading fourth-seeded Illinoi...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who's battling ALS, was taken to a hospital Wednesday because of a urinary tract infection, publicist Betsy Shepherd said. Shepherd said he was bein...

The Marion County Fairgrounds is planning special activities this weekend ahead of the full solar eclipse on Monday afternoon. Fair Board President Doug Telford says the fair's first ever BBQ cook off...

Marion County Clerk Steve Fox has released the final vote tallies for the March primary election. He reports there were no changes in the result of any race as a result of the 44 late arriving vote by...