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Today is the first of 2 days at the Murdale Wrestling Tournament held in Carbondale. The Wrestling Wildcats will travel down and compete. Centralia will also compete there.

Believe it or DON'T On this day in 1967, The Doors released their self-titled debut album, featuring "Light My Fire" and "The End". Believe it or DON'T On this day in 1999, the Euro was adopted as a s...

Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says the population at the county jail is at its lowest number since the new jail opened and there was another jump in fraud cases in 2023. Overall, Cripps says othe...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul is urging Illinois residents to be aware of phone scammers potentially using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to mimic the voice of a loved one. Scammers have long used the pl...

As a new year begins, Kaskaskia College is offering a chance to help potential students easily register for classes. Kaskaskia College will hold a Special Saturday Enrollment Day at its main campus an...

A 30-year-old Central City man made his first appearance in Marion County Court Wednesday on ten counts of child pornography. The charges against Jason Howard of South Harrison Street accused him of h...

A 21-year-old Alma man appeared in Marion County Court for the first time Wednesday on four counts of unlawful delivery of drugs. Two of the counts against Hayden Harper of Public Highway accuse him o...

The Salem Lady Wildcats return from a 2-2 run at the Benton Tournament and will host Roxana in Cahokia Conference play. The SC Lady Cougars travel to take on prolific scorer Grace Nelson and the Altam...

Last night, Carlyle hosted South Central with the Indians winning 44-21. Max Magnus had 14 to lead South Central. Jacob Ruscher and Hayden Huels led Carlyle with 9 each, Matthew Guthrie added 8. SC wo...

Here are the boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points, and previous rank. Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Curie (4) 14-1 119 2 2. Collinsville (4) 16-0 97 10 ...