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The Centralia Annies fell to Carbondale 2-1 in varsity softball action. Photos by Pat Hodges.

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The Salem Lady Cats bounced back from their first loss of the year on Wednesday to beat Columbia 4-2 in 8 innings and improve to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in the Cahokia Conference. Makenna Smith had ...

The Salem Wildcats fell at Columbia 11-1 to fall to 3-4 on the season and 1-1 in the Cahokia. Jalen Inlow was 2-2 for the Cats and drove in their only run, sophomore Keaton Gullion scored his first va...

It was a good day for the Franklin Park track teams as the boys and girls won their home meets yesterday competing at SCHS Track with Iuka, New Horizon and Carlyle St Mary's. Salem set 74 total PRs on...

CHICAGO (AP) - Logan Brown and Alexey Toropchenko scored 38 seconds apart in the second period, and the St. Louis Blues beat the skidding Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Thursday night. Jakub Vrana, Jordan ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - George Springer had five hits and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat St. Louis 10-9 on Thursday despite the Cardinals' Tyler O'Neill tying a major...

CHICAGO (AP) - Right after it was over, Dansby Swanson soaked in one more moment in a very special debut with the Chicago Cubs. He finally got to enjoy the victory song at Wrigley Field. "Hearing 'Go ...

The Marion County Farm Bureau will hold its Annual Marketing Seminar and Ribeye Steak dinner on Tuesday, April 4th at 6:30 p.m. at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Salem. This program is open to all m...

Two Sandoval residents have been charged in Marion County Court with Class X felony offenses of possession with intent to deliver 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine. 40-year-old Alicia Hodge of East C...