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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The 334 laps at Texas Motor Speedway provided quite a tumultuous start to the NASCAR playoff round of 12. There were a lot of tire issues that contributed to a track-record 16...

In this week's recap: White hot inflation report alarms investors. Weekly Economic Update Presented by , MidAmerica Financial Resources, September 19, 2022   THE WEEK ON WALL STREET A hotter-than...

The Salem Wildcats dropped their road game at Roxana last night 28-7. The Shells defense held Salem in check and it was the big play that helped the Shells out to the lead. Tailback Terrel Graves rush...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team traveled to Carlyle and came away with an 8-2 victory. In the win, Freshman Eli Baker scored a pair of goals leaving him with 21 on the season. He sits 3 shy of the curr...

Christ Our Rock junior Parker Boehne is the 2022 MTC Boys Golf Champion after shooting a 75 at Greenview Golf Course on a cold day. Waltonville won the team title shooting a 354, Sandoval 405 and Chri...

North Clay lost their game with Windsor/Stew Stras 6-5 in a game that was called after 4 innings due to the weather. The Cards led 3-1 in the bottom of the 3rd when the Hatchets plated 4. For North Cl...

The SC Lady Falcons dropped their IESA state quarterfinal game in Normal falling to Bloomington Corpus Christi 3-0. The Lady Falcons did not get a hit. Maddie Peddicord was solid in the circle going 6...

The KC volleyball team plays today at home against SWIC at 11 and then again against John A Logan at 3pm. KC earned 2 wins yesterday beating Southeastern Illinois College 25-8, 25-13, 25-5 and then kn...

The Salem Recreation/YMCA youth and beginners soccer league was played on Thursday. In Youth League, Grace United Methodist beat BSI 2-0. In the win, Leah Byers and Audra Powell were the Players of th...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Albert Pujols seemed like a long shot in early August to reach 700 home runs, still more than a dozen swings from the hallowed mark and his power stroke all but gone. Or so it appea...