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In this week's recap: Markets upbeat, despite gloomy inflation talk. Weekly Economic Update Presented by MidAmerica Financial Resources, September 12, 2022   THE WEEK ON WALL STREET In a holiday-...

Franklin Park finished up their regular baseball season at 18-5 with a 7-1 victory at Nashville on Saturday. Salem trailed 1-0 until Payton Gullion singled home 2 runs in the 4th inning to help Salem ...

The SC Falcons opened up their IESA baseball regionals with an 8-4 semifinal win over Shelbyville Moulton. Sebastian Kruger tripled going 2-4 with 2 RBI, Garret Shumate doubled as he went 2-4 with an ...

The SC Lady Falcons won the Hutsonville Softball Sectional beating Dieterich on Saturday 6-2. Maddie Peddicord was the winning pitcher going all 7 innings allowing 1 earned run with 11 strikeouts. She...

The 1st/2nd graders hosted Aviston Saturday morning. The dropped the game 2-4. Hadley Michel and Nia Garden each scored once goal. Ethan Petrillo, Gavin Hunter, Libby Gozia and Katelyn Hilmes did well...

The Franklin Park Cross Country team competed over the weekend at the Mt Vernon Airport in the Summersville Invitational. The Varsity Girls won the event led by Kendall Zimmerman who was 2nd out of 64...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Aaron Jones made sure the Green Bay Packers' promise to get him the ball more often paid off. Jones rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown and caught a scoring pass from Aaron Rod...

CHICAGO (AP) - Randal Grichuk had two hits and two RBIs, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday for a rare second straight win on the road. Connor Joe hit a solo homer for last-p...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Stuart Fairchild homered and Luis Cessa tossed five shutout innings as the Cincinnati Reds shut down Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Sunday. The 42-year-old Pujols, w...

The Wood River Oilers used a nearly 8 minute drive in the 4th quarter and capped it off with a 1 yard Seth Slayden touchdown run and ensuing 2-point conversion lifted them to a 42-34 victory over Sale...