Category Archives: Local Sports

The District Little League Tournaments open up for 12u and 10u teams around the state. The Salem 12u All Stars will open up tonight at 8pm against Olney in Mt Carmel to begin the double elimination to...

Registration is underway for the 5th annual Kaskaskia College Blue Classic 5k Run hosted by the KC Cross Country team. It will be on Saturday, July 30th with the 5k starting at 8am and the fun run at ...

ATLANTA (AP) - Marcell Ozuna and Eddie Rosario hit back-to-back homers, Max Fried threw six strong innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the slumping St. Louis Cardinals 3-0. Fried and the Cardinals' Mi...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Bulls have signed veteran center Andre Drummond, adding a two-time All-Star and four-time rebounding champion. The team also re-signed backup forward Derrick Jones Jr. The 2...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - P.J. Higgins hit a tiebreaking two-out double off Josh Hader in the ninth inning, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. After Brewers starter Corb...

It was a clean sweep in Carlyle for the South Central Storm Softball organization this past weekend in the Light Up The Lake Softball Tournament. First, the South Central Storm 07 team defeated the St...

Salem's Elena VanHoutin was the winner of the $1000 scholarship by winning the Grand Prix Summer Blast Invitational at Mardi Gras Lanes in Dekalb. Her score of 749 was 17 pins better than 2nd place Am...

In Marion County YMCA/City of Salem Recreation men's softball at Bryan Park, Eliminators beat Iuka State Bank 19-13 and also beat Diamonds 20-17. It was Modern Woodmen in the nightcap beating Lock N R...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Seiya Suzuki homered for the second straight night as the Chicago Cubs overcame Kyle Hendricks' early exit and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3. Hendricks left after three innings w...

ATLANTA (AP) - Austin Riley homered and drove in three runs, Ian Anderson allowed one run in a bounce-back start, and the Atlanta Braves beat the struggling St. Louis Cardinals 7-1. Riley hit a two-ru...