Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Franklin Park & SCMS Hold Open Fields Today
The Franklin Park Bobcats baseball team will continue their Open Fields today from 5-7 at the Franklin Park Field. This is for anyone interested in playing for the Bobcats this season. Franklin Park i...
Jul 21, 2022
YMCA/Salem Men's Softball Scores From Wednesday 7/20/22
In City of Salem/YMCA men's softball at Bryan Park, Odd Fellows beat Prestige Worldwide 16-7, Lock n Roll Self Storage over Iuka State Bank 15-9 and Modern Woodmen also beat the Iuka State Bank 16-1.
Jul 21, 2022
Sage Karam returns to Pocono for 1st time since fatal wreck
Sage Karam returns to Pocono Raceway this weekend for his first race at the Pennsylvania track since a fatal incident seven years ago. Karam was a rising star when he sput out in August 2015 and his c...
Jul 21, 2022
MLB All-Star Game wins night but draws record low ratings
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Major League Baseball's Midsummer Classic remains the most-watched all-star game in professional sports, even though it drew record lows in viewership for the fifth time since 2015....
Jul 21, 2022 US Air Force
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. Most of the indoor scenes in "Game of Thrones" were filmed in a studio in Northern Ireland that used to be a factory . . . where the Titanic was m...
Jul 20, 2022
Four members of Centralia Fire Protection District receive letters of commendation for rescuing downed firefighter
The Centralia Fire Protection District presented Letters of Commendation to four of their firefighters Tuesday night for their part in the rescue of a Centralia City Firefighter during a June 24th fir...
Jul 20, 2022 Photo caption: L. To R.: CFPD Lt. Billy Baird, CFD Captain Chad Gormann and Firefighter Cody Melton, CFPD Engineer Eric Smith, Firefighter Dakota Whritenour, and Asst. Chief Dusty Garren.
Centralia man arrested after car crosses yard and crashes into parked pickup
Centralia Police arrested a 24-year-old Centralia man for multiple offenses after he allegedly drove across the lawn of a home in the 1400 block of South Perrine early Wednesday morning and crashed in...
Jul 20, 2022
Seven members of Salem Fire Protection District attend advanced training
Seven members of the Salem Fire Protection District have completed a 40 hour vehicle machinery operations class with instruction provided by Illinois Fire Service Institute instructors. The course pro...
Jul 20, 2022 Salem Firefighters attending the training are from Left to right- Lt. Seth Dawson, Capt. Bryan McIntosh, Lt. Trevor Chitwood, Lt. Ben Trinkle, Deputy Assistant Chief Greg Miller, Firefighter Sarah Dice, and Firefighter Kenny Benzing.
Proposed legislation would make parents criminally liable when they sign off on child's FOID card
New legislation would make parents who sign off on their child's FOID card criminally liable for any related damages. The bill comes from Representative Mark Batinick of Plainfield who says since pare...
Jul 20, 2022 New look of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
One pleads guilty, one charged with possession of methamphetamine
One person pleaded guilty and another was charged with possession of under five grams of methamphetamine in Marion County Court on Tuesday. 34-year-old Shelanda Sheckleford of Frazier Street in Centra...
Jul 20, 2022 Marion County Courthouse
