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The Class M SIJHSAA State Girls Basketball Tournament opens tonight at Rend Lake. At 3:30 it's Red Bud and Okawville followed by Unity Point and Nashville at 4:45, Goreville takes on St Clare School o...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Trayce Jackson-Davis scored a season-high 35 points and Indiana earned its first regular-season win over Illinois since 2019 with an 80-65 victory on Thursday night. Indiana sho...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Mark Freeman had 15 points in Morehead State's 67-58 victory against SIU-Edwardsville on Thursday night. Freeman shot 4 for 9 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Robert Thomas and Brendan Saad each had a goal and an assist, sending the St. Louis Blues to a 5-2 victory Thursday night over the Nashville Predators. Jordan Binnington made 24 saves...

PARIS (AP) - Victor Wembanyama was sitting courtside, the 19-year-old French phenom and presumed No. 1 NBA draft pick watching some of the players he'll go up against next season. And a guy with a Fre...

IRA Deadlines Are Approaching Here is what you need to know. Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources Financially, many of us associate the spring with taxes - but we should also associate December ...

A 35-year-old Iuka man was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies Wednesday night for illegal possession of a weapon by a felon and driving on a suspended or revoked license. Ryan McCarty of Fro...

A 19-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty to eight car burglaries on a single night in Salem last September. Branden Powell of South Franklin was placed on 30 months second chance probation, with dru...

A fire destroyed a vacant home in the Dolores Reed estate at 5000 England Road southeast of Salem late Wednesday night. Salem Firemen say they could see the fire from the south side of Salem when head...

More acres are now available for the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Cover Crop Program. 20,000 additional acres have been added to the fall Cover Crop Program. State Ag Director Jerry Costello s...