Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Governor JB Pritzker is signing a new law to improve nursing home care for elderly Illinoisans. The Governor says this historic law will provide increased Medicaid funding to nursing homes that meet c...

Corn and soybean planting is moving along as we hear in the weekly crop report. Crop statistician Mark Schleusener says nearly four days were suitable for fieldwork on average, letting farmers continu...

A 64-year-old Salem man arrested on a warrant for possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine appeared for the first time in Marion County Court on Tuesday. James Whisler of East Olive is charge...

25-year-old Matthew Harris of South Hamilton in Salem had bond set at $3,500 for alleged possession of under five grams of methamphetamine and two counts of deceptive practice for allegedly cashing tw...

The Missoula Children's Theatre scheduled to visit the Salem Community Theatre later this month has now filled all openings except for eight reserved for those entering first grade up to age seven. Ap...

It's a pair of sectional semifinals in Class 3a baseball today in Troy. The games begin at 2pm with Triad and Mt Vernon followed by Effingham and Mascoutah at 4pm. In the 4a sectional at Illinois Wesl...

The Summer High School Baseball League continued last night as Salem earned a win over Pinckneyville 19-4. The Cats trailed 4-1 after 2 but scored 4 times in the 3rd and then 3 more in the fourth with...

The Salem JV came back to win their game at Greenville winning 6-5 in extra innings. Aden Bass came up with a big 2 run double in the final inning to give Salem a 2-run lead. Colton Shelton add 2 RBI ...

In the 3a softball state sectional semifinals, Centralia is the site for Mt Vernon and Highland that will begin at 4:30. Last night at Centralia, Marion eliminated Triad 6-2. In 4a last night, Edwards...

Trista Moore Offense player of the year Trista lead the team in hits, HR,RBI's, runs scored and batting average hitting .552. Trista was named MVP of the team, she was also named to the MTC All Confer...