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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michael McDowell raced to his second NASCAR crown jewel victory Sunday, dominating the Brickyard 200 - and putting himself in the playoffs for the second time in three years. The 3...

The Franklin Park Bobcats are 1-0 on the season after beating Woodlawn in this week's opener, they will host Newton for a double header today starting at 10am. Next week Salem will play at Carmi on Mo...

Patoka/Odin scored 13 runs in the fourth inning as they beat Selmaville 23-5 to advance to the finals of the OBC Tournament on Monday. Lance Nix led the Mohawks going 3-4 with 4 runs and 5 RBI. Brady ...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are 2-1 on the season as they head to the Fairfield Tournament today. Tuesday the Lady Bobcats will travel to Carlyle and will host Selmaville on Wednesday. The Lady Roc...

The South Central Lady Falcons (4-1) dropped their first game of the year losing at Neoga 11-5. Annie Ruholl tripled and scored two runs, also with RBI for SC were Maddie Peddicord, Baylee Brown and C...

The OBC Tournament semifinal game yesterday saw 3rd seed Iuka knock off #2 Selmaville 6-4 after taking the lead late in the top of the 8th inning. Katee Sellers struck out 13 batters and allowed 4 hit...

The prep sports seasons tip off next week. The Salem Wildcat Golfers will open up Monday at Wood River before hosting Christ Our Rock on Wednesday then traveling to Mount Vernon on Thursday. The Salem...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Salvador Perez went 4 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs as the Kansas City Royals clobbered a struggling Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 on Friday night. Bob...

TORONTO (AP) - Cody Bellinger and Nico Hoerner homered in the first inning, Javier Assad pitched a career-high seven innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Friday night to impr...

The Salem Grade School Board has filled seven openings as they prepare for the start of the school year. Two teachers were hired. Ricky Huge to teach 8th grade math and Katie Meador Steffen to teach s...