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The Franklin Park Bobcats return to action today at the Greenville Tournament. They will open at 10am at Jayce Park against Mascoutah. The winner will head to the Junior High to play Greenville with t...

Iuka beat Spring Garden 12-0 jumping out to a lead in the first scoring 6 times. Eli Bookout drove in 3 runs on a hit. Zach Jones drove in 2 runs and scored twice to lead the Pirates. Damon Jennings, ...

The Iuka Lady Pirates beat Odin/ACA 16-6. Kenzie Collier started in the circle and recorded her first 3 strikeouts of her grade school pitching career. Katee Sellers came in to get the win striking ou...

The KC Blue Angels opened up their season going 1-1 on the opening day of the OWT Tournament in Rockford. They earned a 3 set win over Milwaukee Area Tech (25-12, 25-19, 25-11) and then lost a close 5...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Kansas and Illinois will play a televised basketball exhibition Oct. 29 with the proceeds benefitting the Hawaii Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund. Wildfires have recently sc...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jeff McNeil had a three-run shot and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Friday night for their third straight victory. Joey Lu...

CHICAGO (AP) - Bobby Witt Jr. hit a go-ahead home run and Cole Ragans pitched six effective innings to help the Kansas City Royals end a three-game skid with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Fri...

Cardboard Boat Races are returning to Centralia Balloon Fest on Sunday as part of the free Family Fun day. Traditional cardboard boat building starts at noon Sunday, when the park opens. It is free to...

Drought conditions are easing in Illinois The drought has affected the entire state, peaking in late June-early July. But conditions have improved over the past 30 days in most areas, especially centr...

A 36-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after entering a guilty plea in Jefferson County Court to five Class X counts of child pornography. James Hembree was sentenced to...