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TORONTO (AP) - The Toronto Blue Jays strengthened their depleted bullpen Sunday by acquiring right-hander Jordan Hicks in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals. Toronto sent minor league right-handers ...

The Colt World Series opened up in Marion yesterday. In the opening game, Tijuana, Mexico beat Chiba, Japan 6-0, Rio Grande Valley, Texas beat Greensboro, North Carolina 10-2, Youngstown, Ohio routed ...

Today is the opening of the 11u Little League State Baseball Tournament hosted by the Salem Little League Complex. There will be 4 games today split between the North and South Fields. On the North Fi...

The Aviston Express saw their Senior Legion season come to an end falling to Danville 6-5 in 8-innings at the State Tournament in Galesburg. Landon Geragosian and Conner Freeze each had 3 hits for Avi...

Monday is the first of two days of tryouts for Franklin Park baseball and softball. They both will go Monday and Tuesday from 4-6pm. Athletes must have a school/sports physical in order to tryout. It'...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Patrick Wisdom homered and Trey Mancini had a tiebreaking RBI single to help the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Friday night. Drew Smyly (8-7) allowed just two hits ...

NEW YORK (AP) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas was suspended for five games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Friday for intentionally throwing at Ian Happ of the ...

In this Episode, Toby Gullion sits down with Vandalia HS student Macy Jones who just finished 2nd at the National Jr Gold Bowling 15u Championships in Indianapolis. She qualifies to be on Team USA Dev...

Centralia High School will operate its own bus fleet for the 2023-24 school year, marking the end of a decades-long relationship with West Bus, which informed the district recently that services will ...

The 2023 Marion County Fair is getting underway. Exhibit building entries will be accepted from noon to six on Friday and again from nine to noon on Saturday. The 4-H livestock shows highlight the day...