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The JV boys competed yesterday in a quad-match with Carterville coming out on top shooting 172, Salem 184, Carbondale 186 and Murphysboro 209. Ian Davis of Carbondale shot 39, Spencer Brown led Carter...

Franklin Park Beats Centralia, Next Stop Regional Finals The Franklin Park Bobcats are 19-5 and into the Region 8 Class L championship after a 10-1 win over Centralia yesterday at Rotary Field. The ga...

Citians Cross Country team battled the heat and over 31 teams at Foundation Park on Monday. For the JV girls race Kinley Blair came in 31st and Taylor Neikes 97th out of 105 runners. JV boys race incl...

Franklin Park & Centralia Win To Advance To Regional Softball Finals The Salem Lady Bobcats are in the Region 8 championship after yesterday's 15-0 win over Casey Mt Vernon at Rotary Field in Cent...

Important Details on Student Loan Relief Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   The White House recently forgave up to $10,000 to student loan borrowers as part of a larger debt forgiveness...

MIAMI (AP) - David Bote hit a tying home run in the seventh inning, then added a sacrifice fly in the eighth that lifted the Chicago Cubs over the Miami Marlins 2-1 Tuesday night. Esteban Quiroz got t...

The Big Ten's tradition of producing elite running backs is alive and well. The conference features the nation's top two rushers in Illinois' Chase Brown and Minnesota's Mohamed Ibrahim, and four othe...

Days before opening training camp, the St. Louis Blues have a hole to fill on their blue line. Defenseman Marco Scandella is expected to miss a majority of the coming NHL season after undergoing surge...

Bond has been set at $250,000 for a 58-year-old Centralia man who has been charged in Marion County Court with weapons and drug offenses after Centralia Police were asked to investigate a suspicious p...

The Salem Community High School Board has passed a $13.7-million budget for the current school year. Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says while the budget is now in the red, he's optimistic they will...