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An outspoken member of the Marion County Board continued to speak out at Tuesday night's meeting about county audits that have remained incomplete for the past several years and are holding up or caus...

Three people remain in the Marion County Jail following Tuesday arrests. Central City Police arrested 43-year-old James Headley of Gray Road in Alma for alleged possession of methamphetamine, possessi...

Centralia City Firemen were called to the West Broadway Laundromat at 123 West Broadway Tuesday afternoon after the building began filling with smoke and the smoke alarm sounded. The source was a drye...

The Salem Wildcat boys golfers celebrated their 3 seniors with their home match win over Carlyle and Mount Vernon. Logan Lockhart was medalist with an even par 36. All 3 seniors scores counted in the ...

The Salem Lady Cats beat Effingham on the back nine of the Salem Country Club 176-186. Alyssa Paul led Salem with a 42, Jaryn Haarmann 44, Mak Mann 45 along with Mya Russell. Effingham got a 40 from E...

The Salem Lady Cats volleyball team beat visiting Olney in 3 sets 25-13, 18-25, 25-17 to even their record at 6-6. The freshmen won in 2 sets and the JV were victorious in 3.

The Salem Wildcats soccer team found themselves down 4-0 early to visiting Mount Vernon, they mounted a furious comeback and cut the deficit to 4-3 in the game's final minutes, but couldn't get the eq...

The SC Cougars fell to 9-3 with a 4-0 loss at home to Altamont. The Cougars got singles from Zane Montes, Trevan Sidwell, Maddox Robb and Callaway Smith. Coen West took the loss going 4.2 allowing 6 h...

The Franklin Park Bobcats dropped their home baseball game with Olney 13-0 as Salem was no-hit. Kyler King walked and Caleb Squibb was hit by a pitch along with Silas Lux to account for all the offens...

Lady Bobcats Honor 8th Graders With Shutout Of Olney The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats honored their 8th graders in a 10-0 win over Olney. Alli Thurman struck out 3 in the win. She had 3 hits with Emma L...