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CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Bears weren't too concerned about appearances. All that mattered was that they came out on top. D'Onta Foreman ran for a touchdown and the Bears boosted their shot at the to...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Robert Thomas scored the tiebreaking goal and the St. Louis Blues beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 on Thursday night. Oskar Sundqvist also scored and Joel Hofer had 19 saves as the Blues ...

The Salem City Council has decided to wait two weeks before making a decision on who to award the contract for garbage collection beginning January 1st. The apparent low bidder is Sunrise Sanitation o...

Kaskaskia College honored veterans at its annual Enduring Freedom Celebration this week. The program began with a free breakfast for veterans and their families and was followed by a program recognizi...

Franklin Park returns to action tonight when they travel to a very good Woodlawn. Salem is 8-3 after last night's loss to Wesclin 26-13. The JV got 9 points from Brynn Kessler in their 25-7 win. Salem...

The Oil Belt Conference girls tournament will finish up tonight at Field. The night begins with Central City and Raccoon playing in the Consolation Game starting at 5:30. That will be followed by the ...

Last night, Patoka improved to 6-2 on the season with a tight 40-37 win over Selmaville. Quinten Faulkner led Patoka with 15, Kody Burks finished with 11 and Hunter Thompson 9. For the Rockets, Logan ...

Yesterday several area athletes signed their national Letters of Intent to play sports at the collegiate level. Salem's Jairen Stroud signed to play golf at Southern Indiana. Centralia senior Kalei Ed...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The University of Michigan warned Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti about overstepping his authority and rushing to judgement about an alleged sign-stealing scheme, saying he c...

CHICAGO (AP) - Jusuf Nurkic powered to the basket for a layup with 7.3 seconds left in overtime and Phoenix outlasted the Chicago Bulls 116-115 on Wednesday night in Bradley Beal's Suns debut. Grayson...