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Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1789, Congress adopted 12 Amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. Ten of those Amendments were later ratified into the Bill of R...

The Annies fell to Marion 9-0.   Photos by Pat Hodges:

The Salem Wildcats lost at Columbia in a Cahokia showdown of the top two teams by a final of 2-0. The game was scoreless until the final 15 minutes when the Eagles would finally score. Salem had their...

Tonight is a special night at South Central. In replacement this year of their Volley for a Cure match, they will host North Clay for a special "Plowing Through Cancer" night to help local farmer Kevi...

The Salem Wildcats were 4th at the Cahokia Conference Championships held at Governor's Run in Carlyle. Breese Central won the title by a stroke over Columbia 308-309 with Freeburg 313 finishing 4th. S...

The Salem tennis team saw their undefeated season end with a loss to Flora. The doubles team of Maddie Keserauskis and Ella Robinson remained undefeated with their win. The JV winners in singles were ...

The Centralia Tigers will open up their regional today against top seed and host Wesclin. The winner will get Franklin Park in the championship game Saturday morning at 11. In Region 8, at Webber Grad...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats will open up the Class L Region 7 tournament in Carlyle with a game today at 4pm against Wesclin. The winner will advance to Friday's championship against Carlyle after ...

Iuka won their regional opener at home over Alandale/St Mary's 10-0. Kenzie Collier struck out 16 batters allowing one hit over six innings. They advance to the regional title game. In Class S Region ...

1. Abraham Lincoln became the first historical figure to appear on a circulating U.S. coin when pennies were redesigned in 1909, in honor of what would've been his 100th birthday. 2. The chemical comp...