Author Archives: WJBD Staff

A home in Ina was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. Jefferson County Fire District firemen say fire was shooting from the roof and three sides upon their arrival. The only occupant, Daniel Montgomery...

CHICAGO (AP) - Three women who were found dead at a senior living facility on Chicago's North Side amid high heat have been identified. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said Monday that the w...

A 30-year-old resident of a CILA home on the Selmaville Road in rural Salem was formally charged in Marion County Court on Monday with aggravated battery to a staff member. Laurence McCullan is accuse...

The City of Salem's garbage collector isn't happy with the city council only providing them half the inflationary increase they requested. City Manager Rex Barbee is still hoping to find a solution as...

The Salem Community High School Board Monday night agreed to a policy change that would allow students in all grades to avoid finals throughout their high school career. Superintendent Dr. Brad Deteri...

The Centralia Halloween Parade committee delivered a pizza party to a Schiller Kindergarten students on Monday to announce one of their classmates had their entry selected as the theme for this year's...

The post season began last night in Class 1a baseball. Beecher City was a 15-0 winner over Ramsey, Cisne over Dieterich 10-8, Elverado eliminated Woodlawn 6-5, Dupo over Lebanon 7-3, Mulberry Grove 11...

SC finished off their regular year with a 9-7 loss at Casey Westfield. SC was up 7-5 until the sixth when they gave up 5 runs to the Warriors. In the loss, Chase Thompson went 3-4 with 2 RBI, Ethan Wa...

The Salem 2a softball regional opens up today at Tully Park. Top seed Gillespie will take on Flora at 4:30 with the winner getting into the title game against tomorrow's winner of Salem and Robinson. ...

South Central beat Cumberland 10-5. Teagan Webster homered along with Laney Webster, Brooklyn Garrett drove in a run along with Ella Watwood who drove in 2 and Kyra Swift added 2 hits and 3 RBI. Lilly...