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The Franklin Park Bobcats open up their baseball season next week on Thursday with a home game against Woodlawn. The Lady Bobcats open up their season at Odin on Tuesday before traveling to SC on Wedn...

Coming off back to back state championships, the Franklin Park Cross Country team will start practice next week on Monday and Tuesday mornings from 6 to 6:40 for incoming 5th through 8th graders, then...

The Clinton County League playoffs began last weekend as Trenton beat Germantown 6-4 Mason Barnes earned the win. Jonathan Barnes had 2 hits and 2 runs and Bennett Smallie added 3 hits. Breese used 5 ...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball, Pennington Chevrolet beat El Rancherito 11-1, Iuka State Bank big 22-0 winners over El Rancherito.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nolan Jones had four hits and three RBIs, and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Friday night in a matchup of last-place clubs. "I was struggling there for a whi...

CHICAGO (AP) - Max Fried dominated through six innings in his return from the injured list, and the Atlanta Braves cooled off the Chicago Cubs 8-0 on Friday. Sean Murphy and Marcell Ozuna homered on b...

The Big 12 is adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah as members next year, completing its raid of the Pac-12. The latest blow to the Pac-12 came just hours after the Big Ten welcomed Oregon and Washin...

Governor JB Priztker has signed a handful of new state laws that will help soldiers, veterans and their families. One of the laws makes it easier for victims of military sexual assault to get a civil ...

Bond has been set at $25,000 for a 25-year-old Centralia man who is accused of entering a Centralia home without permission on July 12th. Joshua Scott was formally charged in Marion County Court Thurs...

A final call is going out for artists who would like to participate in Salem's first Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest next Saturday, August 12th. One of the organizers is Michelle Barbee who hopes to make t...