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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...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Esteban Quiroz hit a go-ahead single in the eighth, his second in three innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Friday night for their fourth straight win. Q...

An investigation into alleged child pornography activity has led to the arrest of a 23-year-old Mt. Vernon man. Owen Capogreco of South 19th Street was taken into custody Wednesday on a Jefferson Coun...

Unemployment dropped two-tenths of a percent in Marion County in August to 5.2 percent. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports the rate was down a full percent from August a year ago. ...

Fire damaged a home east of Mt. Vernon Thursday afternoon. The fire was at the Robert and Lizabeth Thomas home at 16,765 Illinois Route 15 east of the Outland Airport. Jefferson Fire Protection Distri...

A 38-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine and criminal damage to state-supported property. Lloyd McMullin o...