Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Cubs, Contreras avoid arbitration, agree to $9.625 million contract
UNDATED (AP) - Catcher Willson Contreras and the Chicago Cubs avoided an arbitration hearing by agreeing to a one-year contract for $9.625 million. The agreement is at the midpoint between the $10.25 ...
Jun 10, 2022 apardavila / CC
State lawmakers table measure aimed at luring Commanders to Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia General Assembly is tabling for the year legislation intended to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia. That's according to a top state lawmaker who sponsored on...
Jun 10, 2022 Richard Ricciardi / CC
Wimbledon record prize money at full-capacity tournament
LONDON (AP) - Wimbledon will offer a record total of $50.5 million in player compensation but the singles champions will receive less than the pre-pandemic amount. The All England Club says prize mone...
Jun 10, 2022 big-ashb / CC
Russian champion bashes IOC leaders, shows sympathy for Ukrainians
UNDATED (AP) -Olympic champion high jumper Maria Lasitskene has lashed out at the leaders of the IOC and World Athletics while expressing sympathy for her Ukrainian competitors in a heartfelt open let...
Jun 10, 2022 filip bossuyt / CC
When Will the Stock Market Hit Bottom?
When Will the Stock Market Hit Bottom? Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources One question we're hearing this week is, "When are we going to see the stock market reach a low point?" In spit...
Jun 10, 2022
Salem man arrested after nearly two hour standoff with police
Salem Police arrested a 23-year-old Salem man on multiple charges after he allegedly held them at bay in the bedroom of his home for nearly two hours Wednesday morning. Police were originally called t...
Jun 09, 2022
Salem man charged with aggravated battery
A 20-year-old Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery in connection with a Wednesday night incident outside his home. Salem Police say Austin Unsell of East Bryan all...
Jun 09, 2022
Wamac man injured when SUV falls on him
The Centralia Fire Protection District says a Wamac man was injured when the SUV he was working on Tuesday afternoon fell on him. Chief Ross Boshera reports something happened to the jack holding up t...
Jun 09, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, June 9th, 2022
Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on outstanding warrants. 27-year-old Breanne Blumhorst of East 12th in Centralia is being held in lieu of $10,000 bond on a Marion County...
Jun 09, 2022
Granite City man gets 18 months in prison for Iuka area theft
A 44-year-old Granite City man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to a felony theft charge. David Patterson admitted to having control over a stolen...
Jun 09, 2022
