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1. Eating ice cream actually makes your body temperature HOTTER, not colder. It's because of the fat content. 2. Almost every airline requires their pilot and copilot to eat different meals, in case t...

The Wildcats try to get their first Cahokia win of the year when they travel to East Alton Wood River this afternoon.   The Mt Vernon Rams are at home in South 7 play against Carbondale. Centrali...

Salem softball lost at St Anthony 9-5. Jaelyn Keller had 3 hits. Marah Johnson, Emily Jones and Isabella Decker added 2 each. Katee Sellers and Emma Lipe also had hits. Salem got RBI from Keller, Deck...

The Salem Lady Wildcats soccer team dropped a game to Wesclin in Penalty Kicks after they ended regulation and overtime tied at 2. Shelby Johnson and Adysen Pracht had the Salem goals. They will face ...

Salem was 4th out of 16 teams at the Mattoon Invite. Jarrett Rushing went 3-1 in #1 singles and was 2nd to St Thomas More's Hunter Madigan. Carson Huggins went 3-1 in #2 singles winning the back draw ...

Wildcat Fisherman Have Good Weekend on Water The Wildcats fishing team competed over the weekend. Saturday they were at East Fork where bites were hard to come by. Zane Barthelemy and Lucas Hodge were...

In Salem Recreation women's volleyball, The Texas Corner Tavern beat That's What She Set (25-10, 25-19), PennyLee Photography beat United Medical (25-16, 25-22), and in 3 sets it was Ball Busters over...

The Salem Wildcats fell to 2-13 on the season with a double header loss to state ranked Teutopolis on Saturday. Salem lost the opener 11-0 as the Shoes would score 6 runs in the fourth inning to pull ...

Lady Cats fall 14-12 to Hamilton Co to open, we return to play at 1. Jaelyn Keller, Isabella Decker, Katee Sellers all had 3 hits, Alivia Rasul and Morgan Honerkamp had 2 hits, Marah Johnson, Kendall ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats soccer team is in action today at Wesclin. Salem is coming off winning the Charleston Tournament finishing 3-0 including a win over Mattoon in Penalty Kicks to clinch the title...