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The Midland Trail has named their All Conference Girls Basketball Team. Jase Burkett of Woodlawn was named MVP and joined on the first team by teammates Olivia Skinner and Sophia Skinner, Amiya Ray of...

The KC Blue Devils fell to John A Logan 87-79. Lyonel Hodges led KC with 23, Will Vasser 15, Jamal Chambers 13 and Isaiah Tolbert added 10. KC falls to 18-9 overall and 6-9 in the Region. They will ho...

The Winter Athletic Awards were held at Franklin Park last night. In boys basketball, Kyler King and Troy Keele were Co-MVP's, King won the Jim Husk Offensive Award, Scout Puricelli the John Kohrig De...

Franklin Park boys won their bowling match with Bluford at NuBowl Lanes. Leading the varsity was Bentley Bryan who shot a 2 game total of 345 and Kai Graham added 326. The JV boys also won with Kellen...

The Selmaville Lady Rockets fell to Summersville 11-25, 24-26. The JV Rockets won 26-24, 25-17 with 9 serves from Ava Donoho and 8 from Kenna Benjamin.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Connor McDavid scored 4:34 into overtime and also had two assists to rally the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night. Zach Hyman scored twic...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Terrance Shannon Jr. scored 29 points, Marcus Domask had 22 and Coleman Hawkins added 20 to lead No. 13 Illinois to a 105-97 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night. Dain Dain...

CHICAGO (AP) - DeMar DeRozan made the big shots down the stretch and Andre Drummond dominated on the glass. It was just enough to lift the Chicago Bulls past one of the Eastern Conference's best teams...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1980, at age 51, Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe became the first player to score 800 goals in the NHL. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1980, Buddy Holly's gla...

A 28-year-old Salem man already serving 42 years in prison for predatory criminal sexual assault had another 12 years added when pleading guilty in Marion County Court to two additional counts. The ne...