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A 30-year-old resident of a CILA home on the Selmaville Road in rural Salem has been found unfit to stand trial for aggravated battery to one of the home's employees. Laurence McCullan was placed into...

An employee of the Wendy's in Salem has entered a partially negotiated plea to a Class X charge of armed robbery of the restaurant last October. As part of the plea, Christina Lewis of Woodard School ...

A long-time educator and volunteer in multiple activities and organizations has been named the Grand Marshall of this year's Centralia Halloween Parade. Parade Chair Butch Mathus says the committee li...

A 22-year-old Iuka man has been charged with domestic battery and interfering with reporting of domestic violence. Dillan Brown of North Avenue was taken to the Marion County Jail.

The CEO's Unofficial Q2 Buzzword Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   You may have heard the expression, "You can talk yourself into just about anything." If that's true, corporate Americ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats volleyball team fell to 8-12 on the season when they dropped a 2-set match at Centralia 13-25, 16-25. The night began with the freshmen winning 26-24, 25-18 to improve to 8-3. ...

The Salem Wildcats overcame 2 goal deficits on 3 different occasions on their way to a 6-5 win over East Alton Wood River on the road. Salem trailed 2-0 in the first 2 minutes of the game before Haden...

The Salem 1st/2nd grade Bobcats soccer team played under the lights last night in Mascoutah where they came out on top 3-0. Jonah Findley scored off a great pass from Coen Dasch. Gavin Purcell and Nia...

The State Baseball semifinals were played yesterday. In Class L at Centralia, O'Fallon Fulton beat Millstadt 5-2 and will take on Harrisburg in the finals after their 19-9 win over DuQuoin. In Class M...

The Franklin Park Bobcats will try for their 3rd consecutive Cross Country Regional title on Friday, but before that they had a tune up at the Olney Invitational yesterday. The Bobcats utilized pack r...