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In prep baseball, SC fell at Altamont 8-3. Hudson Moore doubled twice with extra base hits also from Max Magnus and Colton Smith. Smith and Trevan Sidwell had 3 hits on the day. Zane Montes, Colby Bur...

Franklin Park Bobcats had no problems in their Benton Regional opener as they advance to tomorrow's championship following their 16-1 beat down of Casey Mount Vernon. Silas Lux homered, Kyler King dou...

The Salem Lady Bobcats won their regional opener at Benton beating the hosts 12-2. Abigail Thompson was the winner allowing just 1 hit and striking out 8. At the plate, Teagan Lobek and Reagan Shuler ...

In City of Salem/YMCA coed softball, The Cottages/Alpha & Omega opened the night with a 12-2 win over 51/50 Misfits. ABC then beat Jansen Construction 14-2, The Cottages/Alpha & Omega beat Pre...

CHICAGO (AP) - Rookie Alexander Canario hit a grand slam for his first major league home run in an eight-run eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs ended a five-game losing streak with a 14-1 rout of the...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - William Contreras homered and Tyrone Taylor scored twice and drove in a run as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 on Tuesday night. Milwaukee stopped a two-game sk...

A 44-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with financial institution fraud of over $10,000. Emanuel Neal of Cormick Street was arrested at the courthouse on Monday while ther...

An 80-year-old Dix man was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 37 at the Baseline Road on the Marion-Jefferson County line late Sunday afternoon. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department reports ...

The City of Salem has received a $190,000 Illinois Department of Housing grant to be used to pay the cost of tearing down homes that are beyond repair. Public Works Director Annette Sola made the anno...

The Salem City Council has voted to keep Trick or Treating on Halloween night, but two councilpersons are not sure it is a good idea. Councilman Craig Morton has expressed his opposition in past years...