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An audience that totaled 520 filled the Salem Community Theatre for two performances of the Princess and the Pea on Saturday that concluded the Missoula Children's Theatre's one week theater workshop ...

The Salem Community Band and Choir will join Salem's Bicentennial Celebration with a Friday night performance celebrating music education in Salem Public Schools. Band Director Matt Webster says the p...

Kaskaskia College will hold community engagement meetings in Salem, Nashville, Greenville, Trenton, and Vandalia Education Centers over the next three weeks. The meeting at the Salem Education Center ...

The City of Salem's celebration of its 200th birthday is set for Saturday. Salem City Clerk Tabatha Meador who is chairing the event says a full day of activities is set in Bryan Memorial Park beginni...

The SC 15u Storm Chasers hosted and won a tournament this weekend at Lions Field in Kinmundy. They opened with a 5-0 win over the Shelby County Legion before losing to the Illinois Black Sox 9-4 in th...

Salem JV finished their run at the Carlyle Mudcats Tournament dropping their last 2 games. On Saturday, Salem fell to the Trenton Gators 6-5 in 9-innings. Payton Gullion was the starting pitcher going...

The Varsity Summer Baseball League will come to an end this week with post season games played at Salem High School. The North winner, who is still to be decided, will play the West winner Altamont at...

The 618 Express won the Rebels 14u Tournament beating the Eastern Illinois Blast 8-0 in the finals. In the title game, Archie Goewey was brilliant on the mound throwing a no-hitter walking just 1 and ...

LONDON (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals overcame a poor first inning, and manager Oliver Marmol thinks they can still overcome a shaky start to the season. They took a step in that direction by beating ...

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - Ross Chastain held off Martin Truex Jr. and won the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. It's the third Cup Series victory for Chastain and his first since Talladega in April of ...