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The Centralia City Council Monday night will consider waiving bidding requirements to allow for improvements to be made to Calumet Street. The council will be asked to approve a $70,250 proposal from ...

Teacher of the Week Will Pennington receives weekly award for his work at Christ Our Rock High School from WJBD-WSIQ General Manager Bruce Kropp. A 15-year member of the Christ Our Rock High School st...

WJBD in cooperation with the Salem Community Theatre will host a candidate forum Tuesday night for those running for Salem Mayor and City Councilman. The program will begin with the five city council ...

The Iuka Fire Department has announced that David Williams has been named both the firefighter and first responder of the year. The annual awards are voted upon by fellow firefighters and first respon...

(Photo by Greg Maxey) After a 21-6 victory over Mt Vernon on Friday night to open up their season, Salem will hit the road this week and take on a new foe in Alton Marquette at Alton Public Stadium. M...

(Photo by Greg Maxey) The Salem Lady Wildcats volleyball team competed at the Fairfield Tri-Match this weekend. They knocked off Olney 25-19, 25-14 for their first win of the year. The varsity then lo...

The Franklin Park Bobcats are the 2021 Middle School State Bowling Champions. They beat Herrin 3075-3060 with Carterville and Grant a distant 3rd and 4th. All 4 of Salem's bowlers were in the top 15. ...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats look to stay perfect on the season when they host Rome tonight. Selmaville is at Patoka also looking to stay unbeaten before Franklin Park and Selmaville play tomorrow n...

The KC Blue Devils baseball team split their double header at the #1 ranked team in the country beating Wabash Valley in the opener 6-1. Jordan Bloemer tossed a complete game allowing 4 hits and had 9...

The KC Tennis teams split at Franklin College. The women won at the Mickel-Hoover Tennis Complex in a tight match 5-4. The Blue Devils fell for the first time this season 6-3.