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In boys coach pitch tournament play, Lions beat undefeated Country Financial 19-7 and wil advance to tonight's championship at 6pm. Nolan Crouse, Beckham Detmer and Ryder Lawson all had 4 hits in the ...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball at Bryan Park, Pennington Chevrolet beat Iuka State Bank 17-12, ABC Pub then handed Iuka State Bank a 17-15 loss.

CHICAGO (AP) - Nick Castellanos, Edmundo Sosa and Josh Harrison homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5 on Wednesday night. Castellanos hit a three-run homer in the second off ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer in Houston's five-run eighth inning and the Astros rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-7 on Wednesday night. Jose Abreu added a two-run homer ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Bulls and center Nikola Vucevic agreed Wednesday to a $60 million, three-year extension, keeping the two-time All-Star off the free agent market. The move was hardly a surpr...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. "Someone Like You" by Adele came out in 2011, and it became the first strictly voice-and-piano ballad to EVER top the Billboard Hot 100. 2. The mo...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is forecasting unhealthy conditions across the state including South Central Illinois for sensitive groups for fine particulates until 10 Wednesday evening...

The Marion County Board will be hearing from three suppliers that could provide a new county-wide outdoor tornado warning system over the next six weeks. The Chair of the Special 911/ESDA committee th...

Centralia City Clerk and Assistant City Manager Kim Enke was honored on her 10th year as a city employee at Monday night's city council meeting. "I'd like to thank the council for allowing me to serve...

The Salem Wildcats varsity baseball team will open up the post season Final Four today at home in the 2nd game of the night. The opening game at SCHS Field will feature the North Division winners taki...