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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Alan Espinal drove in three runs, Vanderbilt hit two home runs and the Commodores routed Eastern Illinois 12-2 in the Nashville Regional hosted by the Commodores. The Commodore...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ke'Bryan Hayes spent a portion of the Pittsburgh Pirates' recent West Coast trip poring over videotape and taking copious amounts of swings in the batting cage in hopes of finding so...

The Salem Community Theatre's performance of "The Odd Couple (Female Version)" debuts Friday night. Performances are also scheduled at seven pm this Saturday night and next Friday and Saturday night. ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John Kim is encouraging Illinois residents to use caution when outdoors on Friday as air quality conditions are expected to be in the 'Unhealthy f...

The City of Centralia issued new building permits in May totaling over $1-million. The permits included one for construction of a new Team Mobile store at 1320 Walton Way in front of the shopping cent...

The Marion County YMCA along with the City of Salem Recreation Department will once again host Family Fun Day in Bryan Park Saturday from 10-2pm. Most of the action will be taking place near Shelter #...

Salem Post 128 Senior Legion opened their season yesterday with 2 dominant wins at Fairfield. Salem scored 9 times in the first inning of the opening game to win 13-1. Noah Nix was the winning pitcher...

The Salem Wildcats Boys Track and Field team held their awards banquet Tuesday May 30th. Varsity letters and certificates were handed out to members of the team. Special recognition went to Caleb Smit...

The Salem Jr Legion Post 128 split their home double header with Mount Vernon yesterday. Salem lost the opener 7-1. Angel Salgado drove in the only Salem run scoring Jackson Green. Keyton Grawe also s...

Freeburg head coach and Athletic Director Matt Laur will be making the move and become just the 3rd head coach in the past 49 years at Pinckneyville High School. He will be replacing Bob Waggoner who ...