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Tonight is the opening round of the Woodlawn 7th Grade Tournament. The Salem Bobcats are the 5th seed and open at 5pm tonight in the Old Gym against 4th seed Waltonville at the same time top-seed Nash...

The North Wamac 7th Grade Tournament opened up last night. Central City beat Willow Grove 38-18 behind 15 points from Colton Cook. Kaiden Jackson added 9. Jimmy Gaston led Willow Grove with 8. North W...

The Franklin Park volleyball team is in action at home tonight against Kell. Last night, Selmaville beat Trinity St Mary's 18-25, 25-19, 15-11. The JV lost 17-25, 20-25. Selmaville hosts Irvington/Nor...

This coming Saturday will be softball evaluations at the Salem Little League as well as the annual draft. If you have not registered with the Little League yet, this is your last week to do so. Softba...

In City of Salem/YMCA winter coed volleyball A League.....Bierman's General Store beat Coryell Investment Group (25-17, 25-22); Meskil Cleaning Services beat ABC Pub (25-19, 25-13) and Meskil's also b...

ATLANTA (AP) - Ayo Dosunmu had a career-high 29 points and added seven assists to help the Chicago Bulls post a season-high score and beat the Atlanta Hawks 136-126 on Monday night. DeMar DeRozan also...

Centralia City Manager Kory Smith outlined a positive future for the city when addressing the Centralia Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting. At the top of Smith's list is completion of the new water tr...

Retired Centralia City Grade School Superintendent Tom Hawkins feels the city is in the position to attract new residents just like how he was attracted to the city to begin his teaching career in 197...

Salem Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Andrew Strong is encouraging overall disaster preparation, noting preparing for one type of disaster in reality helps you prepare for all of them. He gave...

Although no Salem wrestlers advanced out of either the Vandalia boys or Peoria Richwoods Girls sectionals over the weekend, it was still a big step for the program that just finished its 2nd year of e...