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Doctor's Nursing Home on Hawthorn Road in Salem has officially become Helia Health Care of Salem. A ribbon cutting was held Wednesday night by the Salem and Centralia Chambers of Commerce to mark the ...

Lady Bobcats Back In Action Today Versus Aviston The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are 1-1 on the young basketball season as they host Aviston tonight. Raccoon Beats Iuka Last night, Raccoon beat Iuka 32...

Class 8A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Loyola (8) (8-0) 98 1 2. Lincoln-Way East (2) (8-0) 91 2 3. York (8-0) 81 3 4. Glenbard West (7-1) 68 4 5. Gurnee Warren (7-1) 45 5 6. Maine South (6-2) 43 7 7. O'Fallon...

It's a season of change in the Big Ten. Indiana is the preseason choice to win the championship after finishing ninth last season. Wisconsin is picked ninth after sharing the title with Illinois. Purd...

SEATTLE (AP) - Justin Faulk scored his second goal of the game at 2:50 of overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat the Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Wednesday night. Vladimir Tarasenko took advantage of a defens...

MIAMI (AP) - DeMar DeRozan picked up where he left off last season. DeRozan scored 28 of his 37 points in the second half, Ayo Dosunmu added 17 and the short-handed Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Heat 1...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois coach Brad Underwood believes a new crop of talent can help his team stay near the top of the Big Ten. The No. 23 Illini will certainly look a lot different from last y...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic Daryl Hall and John Oates have always hated the name "Hall and Oates." Which is why all of their album covers feature their first and last names. Bee...

Kell Firemen say three acres burned early Tuesday night when a small trash fire got out of control at 7879 Exchange Road in rural Texico. Assistant Chief Jason Franke says the trash fire spread to a s...

Fire, police, city, and emergency management agency leaders all appear to be in agreement that expansion of the Nixle alerting system now being used by Salem, Centralia and Sandoval is the best option...