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After a jump in January, unemployment numbers have come back down for area counties in February. Marion County had an unemployment rate of 5.1-percent. That's down a half percent from January and up a...

The Salem Lady Wildcats track team competed at the Marion Invitational. Leading the way was Eden Gallia getting 3rd in the 400m in a PR time of 1:08.29. Maci Thorsen won the 3200 in 13:21.43. She was ...

A 33-year-old Salem woman was formally charged in Marion County Court Thursday with felony intimidation and disorderly conduct in connection with a voice mail left threatening the driver and students ...

Salem Mayor Nic Farley says job growth has returned to the city and looked back at a number of accomplishments during the past year in his annual State of the City Message. Farley told those in attend...

The Christ Our Rock Silver Stallions took to the Track Thursday afternoon after being rained out on Tuesday. The day began with the Stallions Landyn Mitchell placing 3rd in the long jump with a jump o...

Salem JV & Varsity Fall To Columbia --- Prep baseball report The Salem Wildcats are 4-6, and 0-1 in the Cahokia Conference after their home loss to Columbia yesterday 6-0. The game was scoreless u...

Lady Cats Comeback To Beat Columbia On Johnson's 3-run HR The Salem Lady Cats trailed 5-0 in the bottom of the fifth when they turned on the gas and came back to beat Columbia 7-5. In that fifth innin...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Jonah Heim ended the season opener for the World Series champion Texas Rangers with a 10th-inning RBI single, after not finishing a play on a disputed foul tip that had given t...

BOSTON (AP) - Illinois' offense carried it through the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Illini's defense helped put them one victory away from the Final Four. Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 2...

Shohei Ohtani reaches 3 times in home debut as the Dodgers rout the Cardinals 7-1 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani reached three times in his home debut for the Dodgers, and Los Angeles beat the St. L...