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Security Alarm took game 1 of the 2023 Salem Little League Majors City Series knocking off top-seed Rotary 7-2. Jax Schaubert struck out 10 in earning the win for Security Alarm. Bentley Bryan came in...

Country Financial defeated Pennington Chevrolet 20-9 in boy's coach pitch baseball in the first game of the post season tournament. Country had a solid offensive game with every player having at least...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA coed sand volleyball at Bryan Park... Sand Slingers beat the Sand Eaters (21-16, 21-13) Zen Nails & Spa over 3 Gen Farms (21-16, 21-9) BB 2.0 in 3-sets over Six Pack (16-2...

Coach Dennis Conley has been a main stay for the baseball program at Olney Central College as he has been the head coach for the Blue Knights for 43 years. Coach Conley announced his upcoming retireme...

Effingham grad and former Yankee relief standout Chad Green has been rehabbing from Tommy John Surgery in May of 2022 and is expected to return for the 2nd half of this season after being signed by th...

The SC Storm Chasers 14u won the championship at the GMB World Series Tournament in O'Fallon, Missouri over the weekend. After beginning the tournament with a tough 9-0 loss to the Spudcats, they woul...

Smart Shopper Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources Keep Your Money Safe With These Online Shopping Security Tips The 2022 holiday gift season is now in the rear-view mirror. If you're like many ...

Jefferson Fire and four other departments providing mutual aid fought a fire in a 20 foot tall pile of sawdust and 15 piles of wood at K.V. Trees on North Iris Lane southeast of Dix. Jefferson Fire re...

The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve its annual audit from C.J. Schlosser and Company LLC. City Manager Kory Smith says the city's assets exceeded its liabilities at the cl...

Marion County Retired Teachers Association will have the one-room school open on both days of the Bicentennial Weekend Celebration. The school will be open from 4 pm until 7 pm on Friday prior to the ...