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Ben Lux scored 16 and Franklin Park beat visiting Aviston at the Bobcat Den on Wednesday night 45-38. Kaiden Washington added 13. The JV lost 43-29. Nolan Krutsinger had 7 for Salem, Caleb Dice 6 and ...

Most of the Fall Sports Awards were handed out on Wednesday night at Salem Community High School. In boys golf, Kyler Sapp and Landen Maxey were Co-MVP. Jaxson WArd and Scout Puricelli were Co-Bill Mo...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1923, Jacob Schick was granted a patent for the Electric Razor. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 2001, "24" premiered, starring Kiefer Sutherland as counter-terror...

1. About 25% of the hazelnuts in the world are used to make Nutella. 2. 46 of the 50 states have at least one town or city named Riverside. 3. The L.A. Dodgers won the (surprisingly epic) 2025 World S...

In 3a at Triad, defending state champion Mater Dei advances beating Taylorville 25-20, 25-16 and will take on Mascoutah in the finals after their win over Chatham Glenwood 25-21, 28-26. In 2a at Wescl...

The Franklin Park Lady Cats had 9 score points in a 64-12 win over Carlyle to move to 2-0 at the Salem Tournament. Kenna Benjamin leads the way with 25, Lexie Malan adds 12, Madi Spencer with 8, Amina...

In junior high boys basketball, the St. Mary's Invitational continued Tuesday night. The Odin Eagles walked away in game 1 with a 49-39 victory over the Trinity Defenders. Defender Krue Huels was the ...

Kaskaskia College 48 Greenville JV 24 Halftime Kaskaskia College 105 Greenville JV 67 Final Kaskaskia College Leading Scorers: AJ Tillman 19, Jerrod Mackey 18, Allen Myers 17, Myles Liddell 13, Kendal...

The Centralia Orphans got an interception that led to the opening points of their IHSA opening round home playoff game with Cahokia, but the Comanches ground attack was too much as they would get thei...

The Selmaville Rockets lost their game at the Rend Lake Shootout to Ewing 32-31. Leading the Rockets were Isaac Knapp with 12 and Rafe James with 10.