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The Salem Lady Cats golf team continued to roll yesterday at the Salem Country Club's Back 9 beating Sandoval Co-Op 166-264. Mak Mann shot 37 to lead Salem, Alyssa Paul added 40, Mya Russell 43 and Ja...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats beat visiting Centralia 15-0. Reagan Shuler was great in the circle striking out 7. At the plate, Quinn Wolfe went 2-2 with 5 RBI, Emma Lipe had 2 hits along with Alli T...

The Selmaville Rockets recently hosted Woodlawn and honored their 8th graders with a 14-4 victory. Nicholi Marhanka drove in 4 runs on the day to lead the Rockets who scored 9 times in the first innin...

More results are coming in from this week's Lee Evans Cross Country Invitational. The Bobcats Varsity Boys were led by Scout Puricelli who was 9th out of 117 runners. Central City was led by Trey Sloa...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Penn State will play in a hostile environment for the first time Saturday, opening its Big Ten season on the road at Illinois in a nationally televised game. The Illini are comi...

Helga Hester, 86, of Iuka, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. She was born June 11, 1938, in Ludwigsfeld, Germany. She was the y...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the "Star Spangled Banner". Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1955, Little Richard recorded "Tutti Frutti". The lyric "Tu...

Marion County Highway Engineer Mike McCormick says the Heinzmann Road has been reopened to traffic following a four month closure for reconstruction. The improved section of roadway is from the Route ...

The City of Centralia Historic Preservation Commission is hosting a meeting Thursday night to explain funding sources for historic building rehabilitation. Centralia Community Development Director Gay...

Illinois State Police say one person was injured in a single vehicle crash Wednesday night on southbound I-57 at mile marker 116 just north of the US 50 exit at Salem. Preliminary information indicate...