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Little Egypt Festival and Parade in Salem draws big crowd
A large crowd lined the streets for the 52nd Annual Little Egypt Festival Parade Saturday afternoon, ending a successful day for the festival. The parade was led by multiple entries from the Marion Co...
Oct 09, 2023 The 2023 Annual Little Egypt Festival Parade along North Broadway. Salem Fire Department photo.
50 show up for Little Egypt 5K, one mile, and fun runs on Saturday
The top finishing in the 5K run at the Little Egypt Festival on Saturday was 13-year-old Jacob Cape of Salem in a time of 22 minutes and 30 seconds. The top finisher in the one mile run was Trevor Wit...
Oct 09, 2023 Jacob Cape of Salem crosses the finish line first for the 2023 Little Egypt 5K.
Kaskaskia College hosting a Visiting Writers Series Event on Wednesday
Kaskaskia College will host a Visiting Writers Series event on Wednesday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on the main campus in Room HB 145. The featured writer will be poet Lesley Brower. Admission is free and...
Oct 09, 2023 File: Kaskaskia College Clock Tower and campus.
One person hurt in early Monday morning crash in Centralia
One person was injured when a car went out of control in the 1300 block of Cedar Street in Centralia and crashed into two parked vehicles. 34-year-old Valencia Romald was taken by Life Star Ambulance ...
Oct 09, 2023
Lady Cats 5th At 1a State Golf Finals
The Salem Lady Cats set a record for best team finish at a state golf tournament as they were 5th in the 1a tournament held at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur. Mt Carmel won their 3rd straight sta...
Oct 09, 2023
Stroud Finishes 27th At 2a State Golf Finals
Jairen Stroud finished his Salem career off at the 2a State Tournament at Weibring Golf Club in Normal shooting a 79 on Saturday to finish in a tie for 27th place. Marmion's Regan Konen was the champ ...
Oct 09, 2023
Boehne Finishes Fantastic CORLHS Golf Career At State
Christ Our Rock's Parker Boehne was 18th shooting 78 both days in the Class 1a state tournament at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington. He ended his high school career with 3 trips to state and 3...
Oct 09, 2023
Salem XC Shows Well At Centralia Invitational On Saturday
The Salem Cross Country team competed at Foundation Park in Centralia on Saturday. The boys were 3rd behind Mount Vernon and Carbondale. Hunter Malan and Caiden Beer finished right by each other at 6 ...
Oct 09, 2023 R Boed / CC
Christ Our Rock XC at Benton Invitational
After being rained out for Thursdays Pinckneyville Invite the Christ Our Rock Silver Stallion were back on the course today at the Benton Showcase Meet at Benton Community Park. Benton will also be th...
Oct 09, 2023
Salem Grads Have Good Bowling Weekends For College Teams
In college bowling, Vincennes bowled in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Brighton Lucas was 23rd individually with a 212 average. Nick Gregg 27th averaging 211 and Kannon King had a 189 average. Jon Starr was th...
Oct 09, 2023
