Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Pujols hits No. 684 to help Cards rally past Phillies 4-3
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Albert Pujols hit his 684th homer and Tommy Edman drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to help the scuffling St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphi...
Jul 11, 2022 todonitido / CC
IHSA Released Upcoming Prep Football Schedule
The IHSA released the upcoming football schedules for the 2022-23 season. The Wildcats will once again open with the Shrine Game played in Centralia this year. In fact 4 of the Cats first 5 games will...
Jul 09, 2022
Rain Cancels 12u & 10u Districts For Friday, Will Resume Today Weather Permitting
Rain forced the cancellation of both the Salem 12u and 10u District baseball games. The 12u were rained out of their elimination game against Mt Carmel, they will move that to tonight. The semifinal g...
Jul 09, 2022 Chelsea Gabriel / CC
Salem 8u Split On Opening Day Of Colt World Series
The Salem 8u opened up the first day of the Colt World Series at Rent One Park in Marion. Salem split the first two game beating Waltonville in the morning 16-1 before falling to Puerto Rico in the af...
Jul 09, 2022
Dodgers rally late to win 8th straight vs Cubs, 4-3
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mookie Betts hit a tying sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, just missing a grand slam, and Will Smith hit a winning single in the 10th to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Cubs ...
Jul 09, 2022
Bohm, Wheeler spark Phillies to 2-0 win over Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Alec Bohm hit two solo home runs, Zack Wheeler outpitched Adam Wainwright and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0. Bohm homered 419 feet to center field to lead...
Jul 09, 2022
Salem Community Theatre performance of "Biloxi Blues" opens this weekend
The Salem Community Theatre performance of Biloxi Blues opens this Friday, Saturday and Sunday and continues next weekend. Michelle Barbee directs the play. "It is a show that is poignant, it's a comi...
Jul 08, 2022 Biloxi Blues cast. Front row left to right: Kristin Bailey as Daisy Hannibal, Jeff Crow as Sgt. Toomey, and Kathie Garren as Rowena. Back Row left to right: Adam Alexander as Eugene Jerome, Zach Torbeck as Don Carney, Donvan Gatren as James Hennessy, Dawson Deckard as Roy Seldridge, Connor Lorrence as Joseph Wykowski and Austin Williams as Arnold. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Mobile home south of Centralia damaged by fire
A mobile home south of the Centralia City Limits was damaged in a Wednesday afternoon fire. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says the fire was at a home owned by Roger Downen at 2...
Jul 08, 2022 Centralia Fire Protection District firemen fight a fire in a bedroom at a mobile home at 2321 South Pine. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Minor injuries but no one taken to hospital following three vehicle crash in Salem
Salem Police reported all those involved in a three vehicle crash Thursday afternoon at West Main and Kinney Boulevard refused hospital treatment. Police report the crash occurred when 41-year-old Ste...
Jul 08, 2022
8 unit apartment building in Mt. Vernon damaged in early Friday morning fire
A fire damaged two apartments and resulted in smoke damage to the other six inside an apartment building at 2020 Broadway in Mt. Vernon early Friday morning. Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Kevin Sergeant says ...
Jul 08, 2022
