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The Salem Wildcats soccer team will open the 1a regionals today at home at 10am against Wesclin at FCC Field. The Cats enter at 9-8-and-2 on the year. The winner will advance to next week's Freeburg R...

The Salem Lady Wildcats tennis team beat Centralia on Thursday afternoon 6-3. Winning in singles for Salem was Kaley Blomberg at #1 singles, Amaziah Winchester in #2 and Savanna Davis in #3 along with...

The Franklin Park Bobcats won their 3rd straight Class L cross country regional as the defending champs won their home regional yesterday with all 5 counters running PR's. Payton Gullion is the indivi...

The KC cross country team traveled to Owensboro, Kentucky for the Brescia University Invitational at Yellow Creek Park. The Blue Devils were 9th out of 12 teams. Ty Reynolds led KC in 28 minutes follo...

Salem Soccer's 1st/2nd grade team will travel to Germantown this morning at 9am. The 3rd/4th grade girls will head to Breese for an 11:40 game. The 5th/6th grade boys will play in New Baden at 2:20. O...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies showcased plenty of plucky resilience all season, bouncing back from a poor start and the firing of their manager to qualify for the postseason for the first...

Guardians take WC opener as Ramrez homers, Bieber dominates CLEVELAND (AP) - Jos Ramrez connected for a two-run homer, Shane Bieber dominated Tampa Bay for 7 2/3 innings and the young Cleveland Guardi...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR heads into Sunday's playoff elimination race with another issue to address. The most powerful teams in the stock car series are demanding a new charter agreement in 2025 ...

The Centralia Chamber of Commerce, the City of Centralia, and Kaskaskia College combined efforts Thursday night to celebrate Manufacturing Month and to emphasize the need for more workers in the heavy...

Kaskaskia College has honored two industries with Business and Industry Partnership Awards for their work with the college on training programs. Auto part manufacturer Groupo Antolin of Nashville won ...