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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears on Wednesday bought the property that they've been sizing up for a new enclosed stadium in suburban Arlington Heights. The Bears announced that they pa...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Alex Bowman won his third career Daytona 500 pole and will be joined by Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson on the front row for NASCAR's season opener. The Hendrick d...

The Marion County Board was told Tuesday night of the deplorable condition of the annex building. Board member Adam Smith who recently toured the building wasn't pleased with what he saw. "The entire ...

The Centralia Fairview Park Pool Committee met on Tuesday to continue to discuss the feasibility of building a new outdoor pool. In a unanimous vote, the committee agreed to recommend to the city coun...

Some of the best young athletes in the area will suit up as the Southern Illinois Premier Jr. High All-Star Classic kicks off once again for its Fifth annual Event. The event will be held on Saturday ...

On Monday Franklin Park Scholar Bowl competed against Nashville and Centralia Jr. High at home. The JV team lost to Nashville 60-115. Colton Smith, Abby Clark and Steven Slininger answered one toss-up...

Connor Tennyson scored 20, senior Conrad Mascareno hit 2 huge three's in the second half and the Salem Wildcats closed down their regular and conference season with a 55-52 road win at Roxana. Tennyso...

The South Central Cougars have a new single season scoring champ after Aidan Dodson passed Derek Storck in the Cougars 68-11 blowout over visiting Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine. Dodson needed 17 points...

The prep girls post season continued last night with regional semifinals. In 1a at Louisville, North Clay beat St Elmo/Brownstown 45-31. At Neoga, the hosts beat Windsor/Stew-Stras 66-48 and CHBC over...

The Centralia Tigers will play Casey Mount Vernon for the Class L State Title after both earned wins last night at Rend Lake. The Tigers knocked off Belleville Whiteside 41-33 and Mount Vernon beat O'...