Author Archives: WJBD Staff

A vacant rural Mt. Vernon home has been destroyed by fire. Jefferson Fire Protection District firefighters say the fire in the 18,000 block of East Illinois Route 15 about four miles east of Mt. Verno...

Centralia Police arrested 41-year-old Katherine Slater of South Cherry in Centralia for aggravated domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. Centralia Police arrested 41-year-old Todd...

A Salem home received minor damage in a fire that damaged a small area of an outside wall. The fire was at the Nicole Edwards home in the 1200 block of West Spruce Street. Salem Fire Protection Distri...

The Salem Fire Protection District got a quick knockdown of a fire that began in an electrical outlet early Monday morning. The department was called to the Lucas Mellenbine residence in the 2700 bloc...

It was an exciting finish to Pony League action Friday night as Elks nipped Peoples National Bank 5-4 in walk-off fashion. The Elks Landen Maxey tripled on the first pitch of the at bat in the final i...

The 2022 Salem Little League Major's City Series begins tonight. Bud's Minor League went through the season 11-1 and cruised into the championship series while Americana clinched on the 2nd to last ni...

The SC 13u Storm Chasers won 5 games over the span of 20 hours as they brought home the Quincy Wood Bat title beating the Mid-Co All-Stars in the championship 10-0. Luke Shumate earned the complete ga...

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - Chase Elliott salvaged a crummy day for Hendrick Motorsports and interrupted a potential Toyota rout by winning the rain-drenched race at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday night....

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Mississippi scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their first national baseball title, sweeping Oklahoma in the College World Series finals wi...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to drive in his third run of the game, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6...