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The SIJHSAA State Baseball and Softball Trophy games will be played today. In Class L at Centralia, the baseball finals will see O'Fallon Fulton and Harrisburg after Millstadt and DuQuoin play for 3rd...

Things to watch during Week 6 of play in the Big Ten Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK Iowa (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) at Illinois (4-1, 1-1) Illinois is riding a wave of momentum under second-year coach Bret Biel...

The owner of a sports memorabilia auction house says he has offered $2 million to the fan who caught Aaron Judge's American League-record 62nd home run. JP Cohen, president of Memory Lane Inc. in Tust...

CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds lost 100 games for the first time in four decades, falling to the Cubs 15-2 in their season finale on Wednesday as David Bote drove in a season-high five runs. Ci...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The chants for Albert Pujols began in earnest in the eighth inning, with most of the red-clad fans inside PNC Park yearning for one last regular season at bat for the St. Louis Cardi...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic Taco Bell had a "Seafood Salad" back in 1986. It contained shrimp, crab, and white fish in a tortilla bowl. The world's largest KFC is in Baku, Azerb...

Ameren Illinois officials say there will be a planned power outage for 155 customers in the area of College and Whitaker Streets in Salem beginning at 11:30 Wednesday night. Ameren's Brian Bretsch say...

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...