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The Salem Wildcats finished 2nd by 21 pins to advance from the Carterville Sectional to this weekend's State Bowling Tournament hosted by O'Fallon. Salem's Ryan Detering got the Cats off to a great st...

The SIJHSAA Girls Class M state semifinals are tonight at Rend Lake. Nashville and Smithton will play at 6 followed by Aviston and Unity Point. The trophy games will be held on Friday. Last night was ...

Last night at Patoka, Iuka beat Sandoval 23-18 and advance to play top seed Altamont Lutheran tonight. Selmaville won the other semifinal beating Patoka 42-33. Jaxon Ward led the Rockets with 12 and G...

In their regular season finale, North Wamac/Irvington lost to Bethel 55-45. In the loss, 8th grader Cooper Teaff scored 41 points to pass the 1000 career varsity points mark; the young man needed 40 t...

In middle school volleyball, Selmaville opened their season with a 25-19, 25-8 win over Willow Grove. Kaolin Lewis had 14 points for the Lady Rockets who also won the JV game 25-0, 25-3. Brylee Carter...

In City of Salem Recreation/YMCA Winter Coed Volleyball B League action, Plumbers & Pipefitters beat Loan Rangers (25-19, 25-12), Zen Nails & Spa beat You Got Served (25-21, 25-16), One Hit Wo...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Bears hired Shane Waldron as their offensive coordinator on Tuesday, hoping he can get the most out of Justin Fields or a new quarterback if they draft one with the No. 1 ov...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Lance Jones scored a season-high 24 points and Zach Edey added 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 2 Purdue to a 99-67 rout of Michigan on Tuesday night. Jones, a fifth-y...

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Brandon Saad's second goal of the night with 48 seconds left in the third period was the winner as the St. Louis Blues rallied to beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Tuesday night. ...

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has identified a 34-year-old Salem man as the fatality in a car-semi crash last Thursday near South 2nd and Sidney around the Soulard neighborhood. Police ...