Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Suspect gets away following high speed chase through Sandoval and Shattuc area
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a man who fled a traffic stop in Sandoval Wednesday afternoon at a high rate of speed eventually drove his car into a field and fled on foot. After a dep...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022

Salem Police investigating burglaries to vehicles at former World Color Press facility
Salem Police are investigating burglaries to several trailers and vehicles parked at the former World Color Press property on the Selmaville Road. Police report one of the companies, Three Phase Line ...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022

Two face new felony drug charges
Two face new felony drug charges in Marion County Court. 37-year-old Tia Beyers of North James in Centralia was formally charged with possession of under five grams of meth, possession of a controlled...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022 Marion County Courthouse

Spectrum phone customers now have to include area code in local calls
Spectrum has announced it has implemented mandatory 10-digit dialing for local phone calls for Spectrum Voice customers and Spectrum Business Voice clients in Illinois. That means you need to dial the...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022

Salem man pleads guilty to felony resisting a peace officer
A 35-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty to felony resisting a peace officer in an incident that led to an injury to a Centralia Police officer. David Huffine of East Church admitted to resisting be...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022 Brian Turner / CC

Police Beat for Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
A 64-year-old Benton man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for alleged possession of methamphetamine. Donald Rogers was taken into custody following a traffic stop at Route 37 and ...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022

Illinois Attorney General files first hate crime lawsuit
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is filing his office's first hate crime lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in Carroll County against a mother and adult son who allegedly spent months harassing their...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital is Nationally Recognized with an 'A' Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia is continuing with its "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. The Regional Patient Safety Specialist or SSM Health Illinois Cari Simpson says t...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022

Busy Night At Little League Complex
At the Little League Complex last night in Minors baseball, Kert Martin State Farm and Security Alarm finished in a 5-5 tie. Kert Martin got the scoring going in the first on a Ben Lux single. Emit Gi...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022 Photo by: Toby Gullion, FTS Photography.

YMCA/Salem Recreation Men's Softball Scores From Wednesday
In YMCA/City of Salem Recreation Department men's softball at Bryan Park Wednesday night... Iuka State Bank 10 B&J Loggers 9 Odd Fellows 29 B&J Loggers 20 Lock N Roll Self Storage 12 Diamonds ...
WJBD Staff Jun 02, 2022
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