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All three occupants of an SUV refused hospital treatment following a single vehicle crash early Thursday morning on the Odin Road just north of the Green Street Road. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies ...

Three people were sentenced to prison after entering guilty pleas in Marion County Court. A 22-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated battery to a child under ...

The City of Salem will begin its spring leaf vacuum program on Monday, April 3rd and run for two weeks. Collection will run on the same schedule as trash collection. Residents are reminded to only pla...

The Illinois Manufacturing Association is unveiling the winner of the "Coolest Thing Made in Illinois" Contest. Voters whittled down nearly 250 entries to come up with the winner: The Rosenberg Moon H...

Salem improved to 3-4 on the season yesterday with a 7-0 win over visiting Odin/Patoka/Sandoval. The Cats got the offense going early when Noah Nix hit a 3-run homer to deep right field. The Cats woul...

The Salem Lady Cats dropped a heartbreaker at home to Waltonville at Tully Park 8-7 in 9-innings. Lilly Blagoue hit her 3rd home run of the season. Marah Johnson tripled for her first varsity hit and ...

Congratulations to Christ Our Rock head basketball coach Brent Reuter as named the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's District 20 Coach of the Year.

UNDATED (AP) - Penn State has hired VCU's Mike Rhoades to be its men's basketball coach. The Pennsylvania native takes over a program coming off its first NCAA Tournament appearance in more than a dec...

CHICAGO (AP) - LeBron James wants to build up his stamina, and there are a couple more little things he is working on. "I think by the end of the road trip I should be pretty good," he said. He certai...

CHICAGO (AP) - All-Star outfielder Ian Happ appears poised to enter the season with an expiring contract after he and the Chicago Cubs were unable to agree on a new deal. Happ said Wednesday he had "n...