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The IHSA and its member schools have voted down a proposal that would have significantly changed football scheduling in the state moving forward. Proposal 18 would have established districts in footba...

UNDATED (AP) - Ohio State hasn't played in the Big Ten championship game in three years, but it remains the conference's top program in recruiting. The Buckeyes signed five of the six five-star recrui...

CHICAGO (AP) - DeMar DeRozan had 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 124-108 on Wednesday night. Chicago shot 54.5% from the ...

Roger Penske has a chance for a NASCAR championship three-peat after racer Ryan Blaney won the organization's second straight series crown this year, following teammate Joey Logano's title in 2022. Bl...

Story by Austin Williams There was an unusually high turnout for the Salem Grade School Board meeting on Monday night. The board held a Truth in Taxation hearing ahead of approving the 2023 tax levy i...

Kaskaskia College students will soon have a new tool to enhance their knowledge of how the human body works. The KC Board of Trustees, during their meeting Monday evening, approved the purchase of an ...

The Salem City Council has sold 13 acres of ground in the west side industrial park to Bromley Excavating of Centralia. They will pay $5,000 an acre for the ground. City Manager Rex Barbee says the la...

A home in rural Odin has been destroyed by fire. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says Carla Wasson of 1319 US 50 between Odin and Sandoval woke up to the smell of smoke and was able to get outside where sh...

Salem Township Hospital President and CEO Alex Nazarian has resigned as of the end of November. The hospital board introduced Chief Nursing Officer Lisa Ambuehl as the interim president and CEO as a s...

State Police have released more information on a Friday afternoon crash that sent a 23-year-old Salem woman to a local hospital for treatment. Preliminary information indicates Tierra Lawson was trave...