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Here are the boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points and previous ranking. Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Lisle (Benet Academy) (12) 22-1 120 3 2. Moline 20...

The KC basketball programs had their Wednesday night games at home with John A Logan postponed due to weather. They will make those games up on Saturday with the women tipping at 1 and the men will st...

UNDATED (AP) - Jahmir Young scored 22 points and Donta Scott recorded a double-double and Maryland distanced itself in the second half en route to a 73-55 win over Wisconsin. Scott's jump shot with 9:...

It's been 25 years since both NFL conference championship games were this evenly matched from an oddsmakers standpoint. The San Francisco 49ers are 2 1/2-point underdogs against the Philadelphia Eagle...

Marion County kicked off its Bicentennial Celebration at the courthouse Tuesday night. A large crowd filled the rotunda to look over memorabilia and an actual copy of the legislation creating the coun...

Marion County Circuit Clerk Tiffany Schicker is seeking a nearly $300,000 grant through the Illinois Court Technology Modernization program. She told the county board if any of the county offices tied...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 32-year-old Iuka man for drug and other offenses following a traffic stop Tuesday night at Jefferson and Boone in Salem. Timothy Pomeroy of South Main Stree...

Fire has heavily damaged a mobile home occupied by the Kelly Jones family in the 11,000 block of East Sumter in rural Dix. Jefferson Fire officials say flames were already showing from the windows and...

Tuesday marked the three-year anniversary of the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Illinois. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Doctor Sameer Vohra says there was no way to know that the ...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. Humans spend about 35 minutes a day chewing. 2. All the alien drool in the movie "Aliens" is KY Jelly. 3. The original design for the Space Needle...