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Illinois High School Boys Basketball Top 10 Poll Here are the boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record and total points. Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Homewood-Flossmoor ...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. There are now about 1.13 billion websites . . . but only about 200 million are actually active. The rest are mainly parked domains. 2. 90% of the ...

A 23-year-old Morrow, Georgia man has been sentenced to six years in prison for aggravated criminal sexual abuse. James Wooten had pleaded guilty to the charge in November in exchange for aggravated c...

A 24-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to two years probation in Marion County Court after pleading guilty to five of nine child pornography charges pending against him. Rayshawn Reams of West McM...

A 28-year-old Centralia man who formerly worked at One Hope United has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual ...

The Salem City Council Tuesday night voted to pursue development of a portion of the old city landfill on the southeast side of town into a solar field. The council selected AC Power from sealed bids ...

The Salem City Council has moved forward on several public works projects, including two pump replacements and the summer road oil and chip program. The council approved the replacement of a no longer...

It wasn't a good night for Caleb and Darian Pruitt of Kell as they lost two vehicles, one in a crash and another when it caught fire. Salem Police say 31-year-old Caleb Pruitt was traveling westbound ...

Centralia Police arrested a 19-year-old Centralia man on multiple charges on Tuesday night. Marvin Myers of US 51 in Centralia was taken to the Marion County Jail for alleged aggravated battery, domes...

The Salem Invitational Tournament tips off tonight with a pair of games on WJBD. First at 6pm, to top-seed Centralia Orphans take their 19-1 record against Effingham who limps in at 2-19. Then in the ...