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Tax filing season kicks off Monday. Spokesperson Maura Kownacki says the Illinois Department of Revenue will begin accepting State Tax Returns on January 23rd. "We encourage tax payers to try mytaxill...

The Salem Wrestling Wildcats won both their dual meets last night at Carlyle. Salem beat Wood River 42-30 and Carlyle 54-18. Keyton King led the way with 2 pins on the night. Salem is back in action a...

The Franklin Park Bobcats are back at the Greenville Tournament tonight when they take on a very good Triad at 7pm. The winner will play either top-seed Staunton or St Anthony in tomorrow night's fina...

The 71st Salem Invitational Tournament tipped off last night. Mount Vernon opened with a 51-41 win over Champaign Central outscoring the Maroons 15-5 in the 3rd quarter after playing the other 3 quart...

The Salem Lady Wildcats continue play in the Vandalia Mid-Winter Tournament tonight when they take on the Madison Lady Trojans at 6pm. That will be followed by Centralia and Wesclin. The winners will ...

Christ Our Rock Takes Perfect Record To MTC Semifinals The Midland Trail Conference Tournament continued last night with consolation semifinals. Grayville beat Woodlawn 71-67 and Wayne City over Red H...

Illinois High School Girls Basketball Top 10 Poll Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Bolingbrook (7) 19-2 97 3 2. Alton (2) 21-0 88 4 3. Fremd (1) 19-2 79 2 4. Geneva 16-3 74 1 5. Maine South 18-3 57 6 6....

Superman: In Metropolis at the Superman Classic tonight Fort Campbell, Kentucky takes on Carterville at 6:15 in the first consolation semifinal followed by Graves County, Kentucky against Century. Spa...

The KC Blue Devils improved to 14-6 overall with a 76-54 win over Shawnee. Jylen Petty and Jhei-R Jones had 19 each for KC, Emanuel Prospere added 12 and Zavian Jackson 10. KC is 4-5 on the Region and...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1840, Antarctica was discovered by Charles Wilkes. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for TV for the first time, with...