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The Centralia Orphans are 11-0 after their 63-40 home win over Carbondale earlier this week. Daryl Jones led Centralia with 16, Mike Organ followed up with 13 and Drew Collins 9. The Orphans will trav...

The Selmaville Rockets took 2nd at the Bethel Christmas Round Robin Tournament falling to the champions from Germantown 35-31. Gavin Harper led Selmaville with 14. Tournament MVP Griffin Korte led Ger...

The Salem Wildcats have bumped up to Class 3a this year. They will be competing for a spot in the Triad Sectional and includes a Sub-Sectional with Centralia, Mount Vernon and Olney with regional host...

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...