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The Salem Lady Wildcats are regional golf champions after winning the Effingham title yesterday. The Lady Cats shot 344 to advance to Taylorville on Monday along with St Anthony and Effingham who were...

Thursday was the Chester Invitational with Salem. The Wildcat boys and girls teams each brought home 2nd place behind 2 very strong teams from Pinkneyville. The boys were led by Caiden Beer 11th, Robb...

The Christ Our Rock Silver Stallions took to the course for the first time this week this afternoon at The Chester Invitational XC meet held at Randolph Co. State Recreation Area. This meet is ran a l...

The Selmaville Running Rockets went to Energy for the Run The Pines Meet. The girls got 2nd in the small school division. 5th grade race Gabby Harper finished 2nd, Gia Ward 5th, McKenzie Mulvany 10th,...

In prep baseball, Christ Our Rock earned a hard fought 6-5 win over North Clay scoring a pair of runs in the top of the 7th to get the win at Louisville. DaMari Dabney doubled and went 2-3 with 3 RBI ...

The SIJHSAA state baseball and softball tournaments will begin tomorrow. The Class L Tournaments will be played at Rotary Park in Centralia. The softball tournament will include Olney and Wesclin play...

The SIJHSAA state baseball and softball tournaments will begin tomorrow. The Class L Tournaments will be played at Rotary Park in Centralia. The softball tournament will include Olney and Wesclin play...

ATLANTA (AP) - Max Olson hit his major league-leading 54th homer, and the Atlanta Braves clinched home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a 5-3 win over the slumping Chicago Cubs on Thursd...

The City of Centralia will start the leaf vacuuming service for City residents as of Monday, October 16. The service will last for a period of 8 weeks ending on December 8. The service will follow rou...

The yearly audit for Salem Township Hospital shows the hospital had a 'very, very good year'. Wipfli CPA David Goodman presented the audit report at Wednesday's monthly hospital board meeting. "We are...