Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Schools will be able to teach students about proper gun storage under a new state law. The measure was sponsored by Representative Maura Hischauer of Batavia, who explained it to her colleagues on the...

A 31-year-old Kell man involved in a police standoff and the shooting of an arrow towards a police officer has been sentenced to six years in prison on multiple charges from three separate arrests. Za...

A 32-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to a burglary charge. Michael Pohlman of East Boone admitted to entering a home in the 21...

The Greater Salem Area Foundation is inviting everyone to the Annual Evening Swim at the Salem Family Aquatic Center in Bryan Memorial Park on Friday night. The swim is from 6:15 to 9:15. Admission is...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Coroners have identified a suburban Chicago man who was fatally shot after the man charged a police officer with a hatchet during a traffic stop. The DuPage County Coroner's Of...

CHICAGO (AP) - Police say eight people were hurt in two mass shootings hours apart in Chicago. They say a 14-year-old boy was among four people shot in the Altgeld Gardens public housing project aroun...

The Salem JV Wildcats are at home tonight when they host Breese Red for a double header in the high school summer league. Salem is coming off a pair of losses at Breese Grey on Tuesday night 4-3 and 1...

In Junior League baseball at the Little League Complex last night, Peoples National Bank defeated Salem Tire 12-2. Peoples got things going in the opening inning when a Brody Collier single scored 3 r...

In YMCA/Salem Rec men's softball last night at Bryan Park, B&J Loggers earned a pair of wins beating Prestige Worldwide 13-6 and Lock N Roll Self Storage 16-1. Diamonds then beat Odd Fellows 28-10...

BOSTON (AP) - Jaylen Brown scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum added 26 and the Boston Celtics beat back another third-quarter onslaught by the Golden State Warriors in a 116-100 victory Wednesday night th...