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The 0-2 Salem Lady Cats soccer team is in action today at home when they open up Cahokia Conference play with a game against Freeburg. Salem is coming off a 4-2 loss on Saturday at home to Harrisburg....

Over the weekend was the IKWF Bantom/Intermediate State Youth Wrestling Competition that included Salem's Jonah Findley and Hank Thoms. Jonah just started wrestling in January and exceeded coaches exp...

The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association announced the 10 candidates for the award of Mr Basketball of Illinois. Those included as a finalist is Benton junior Docker Tedeschi. The 6-8 forward is un...

CHICAGO (AP) - DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points and found Nikola Vucevic for a key hook shot with 9.3 seconds left, helping the Chicago Bulls edge the Portland Trail Blazers 110-107 on Monday night. "It...

CHICAGO (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals signed Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson. The Chicago Cubs added Shota Imanaga and Hctor Neris. Even the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates jumped into ...

A 36-year-old Salem woman was injured in a single vehicle crash on the Charleston Road a quarter mile south of Tonti Road northeast of Salem on Sunday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Dan...

By: Steven Stilt More than 150 runners gathered for a good cause Saturday morning at Castle Ridge in Centralia, as the venue hosted its second annual "Shamrock Shuffle 5K." According to Michele Gulley...

The Salem City Council Monday night will consider execution of a tax increment financing district redevelopment agreement with Bromley Excavating. The agreement would provide $65,000 in reimbursable e...

The Salem Wildcat varsity dropped to 0-4 on the early season with a pair of losses in the PBR Showcase at Belleville West on Saturday. Salem opened with a 10-0 loss to Washington as they only had 1 hi...

The Christ Our Rock Stallions split their games with Flora on Saturday. The Stallions fell 10-9 in the opening game as Flora got a walk off 3-run homer from Parker to get the win. In the loss, Jayden ...