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Girls rally to take 1st place

SALEM – The Salem High girls took sole possession of first place in the River Ridge District basketball standings with a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Hidden Valley Tuesday. Salem won 39-33 at the SHS gym. With the win the Spartans are now 4-0 in district play and 10-5 overall. Salem is the only team still... »

Spartan boys second in big meet, Kennedy wins 100 Fly for GHS

SALEM – The Salem and Glenvar High swim teams were among 16 schools competing in the All-Timesland Meet at the Gator Center in Roanoke last Saturday. Salem’s boys were second overall in the meet with 332 points, trailing only Hidden Valley, who had 388. The Salem girls were sixth with 127 points, and host William... »

City Council will honor SHS champs

SALEM – Salem City Council will commend champions and championship teams from Salem High School at the first meeting of the year on Monday, Jan. 9. The 6:30 p.m. meeting will be in City Council Chambers in the rear of Salem City Hall on North Broad Street. The meeting is an hour... »

SHS boys finish 4th, girls 8th in huge meet

SALEM – The Salem High swim team competed with over 700 swimmers and 37 teams in the SW Invitational Swim Meet in Christiansburg last weekend. The meet included a boys’ meet on one end of the facility and a girls’ meet on the other, held simultaneously. “It was a crazy day but we swam pretty... »

PH gives Spartans first loss of season; K-Guard next week

SALEM – The Salem High basketball team will be participating in the K-Guard Holiday Classic tournament once again this year. The tournament is scheduled to begin next Wednesday, December 28, at the Salem Civic Center. Salem will open the tournament at 3 pm against Alleghany High. The eight team tournament continues with Hidden Valley against... »

Chick-fil-A breaks ground in Salem

SALEM – Hometown son Shaine Miles, the Chick-fil-A cows and Salem elected officials officially shoveled dirt and gravel with gold-painted shovels today to break ground for the long-awaited restaurant. The free-standing restaurant will be located in front of Kmart on West Main Street, and is expected to open in April, Miles said. Chick-fil-A lovers had been... »

Rumors circulate about streaker’s punishment

While Salem Police continue to investigate the case of a 15-year-old student who disrupted the half-time show at Salem High School’s final home football game of the season, students are circulating rumors on Facebook that he has been expelled for the rest of the year. Not so, according to school administrators. School Superintendent Dr. Alan Seibert... »

SHS student invited to join U.S. Army All-American band

SALEM – Salem High School student Matthew Soderberg became the first in the school’s history today to be invited to join the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band. The 17-year-old drum major and trumpet player of The Pride of Salem Band received his All American Marching Band Jacket and plumed hat at an assembly in the... »

Salem Schools get $800,000 grant for healthier kids

SALEM – It’s become a national epidemic: unhealthy kids who spend more time in front of computer screens than playing outdoors. But that won’t be true in Salem over the next three years. The city has received a federal grant for more than $800,000 that will cover everything from physical education and wellness equipment to... »

Hall of Fame inducts 16 new members

SALEM – It was the cream of the crop, as far as Salem graduates from the past are concerned. There were scholars, a historian, authors, football players, basketball greats, the owner of a Richmond catering firm who grew up at the former Virginia Baptist Children’s Home, two pair of brothers and a father-and-son duo. In... »