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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...

The South Central Marching Band had a fantastic showing at the Jasper County Fall Festival of Bands Parade Competition. The band earned the award for Most Outstanding Color Guard and Most Outstanding ...

The Salem Wildcats had their conference soccer showdown at Columbia postponed yesterday due to the rain, the will play today for first place in the Cahokia. Both teams will have one game remaining in ...

The Salem Lady Wildcat golfers fell to Centralia in the rain 181-185. Sienna Feig was medalist for the Annies shooting 3-over 38. Olivia Johnson added 44 and Josie Venturini 49. Also for CHS, Kaylee B...

The Franklin Park Bobcats avoided the rain and won their Class L Regional opener at home over Carlyle 14-3 as Salem scored 9 runs in the opening inning. Eli Purdy went 2-2 with 3 RBI and 3 Runs scored...

The Class L Carlyle Regional got their first semifinal in before the rain as Carlyle beat Centralia 13-1 to advance to the Friday championship. The other semifinal between Franklin Park and Wesclin wi...

In Salem Recreation Disc Golf, Andrew Webster shot 2-under 58 to win the Advanced Division. Nikolas O'Neill shot even par. In the Intermediate Division, Zack Slater shot 62, Jayce Keller 63, Ryan Kirg...

The Salem Community High School Board of Education heard at last night's meeting that their official enrollment numbers for this year is at 694. That puts them below the 700 student threshold for cert...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team is in search of the program's first ever conference title. They travel tonight to Columbia with the winner in the driver's seat for the league crown with just one game e...

The Salem Wildcat golfers celebrated their seniors at the Country Club last night and beat Carlyle 158-175. Scout Puricelli led Salem with a 37 and was medalist with Landen Maxey adding 38, Kyler Sapp...