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Apostolic Christian Academy held the 1st Quarter Awards Day Ceremony this morning. Awards were given for Highest Grade Average, Most 100's, No Homework, Scripture Memorization, Honor Roll and various ...

Altamont 52 Cumberland 43 Belleville Althoff 65 Madison 58 Bluford Webber 71 Edwards County 47 Christ Our Rock 61 Wayne City 36 Farina SC 67 Ramsey 58 Lawrenceville 66 Paris 53 Marissa 64 Elverado 34 ...

The Power of the Consumer In recent months, consumer confidence has been falling. Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   A confident consumer can be a powerful ally in an economy. But when ...

Short-Handed Cats Fall At Newton The Salem Wildcats had several players home with the flu as they traveled to Newton and fell to the Eagles 65-49. Newton used an 8-0 run in the final 60 seconds of the...

Breese Central 41 Pinckneyville 26 Carbondale 47 Centralia 43 Dieterich 50 Oblong 19 Edwardsville 55 Highland 54 Greenville 59 Metro East Lutheran 31 Hamilton County 61 Carmi 22 Harrisburg 62 West Fra...

Bobcats Win 9th Straight Blowing Out Effingham The Franklin Park Bobcats won their 9th straight game, knocking off visiting Effingham 59-28 improving to 12-3 on the season. Salem jumped out to a 23-5 ...

Russell, Pennypacker & Wolfe Lead Salem Over Centralia The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats won at Centralia 47-28. Mya Russell had 19 to lead Salem. Brylee Pennypacker had a huge night with 14 points a...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Coleman Hawkins had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his first career triple-double, and No. 16 Illinois thumped Syracuse 73-44 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Christian Pulisic kicked the ball, scored the goal and crashed into the goalkeeper, a collision that sent the American star to a hospital and the United States into the second round...

The Centralia High School Board will hold a Truth in Taxation hearing at its December meeting with a potential increase in the tax levy 6.5-percent higher than the collections from this year's propert...