Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Maple Leafs, Hurricanes each score 5 in series opening wins....Predators without Saros for 1st 2 games of series with Avs
UNDATED (AP) - Three-point nights from Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner powered the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-0 winning over the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 5-0 in Game 1 of th...
May 03, 2022
Yankees streak at 10 wins
UNDATE (AP) - The Yankees' winning streak is now at 10 games. Gleyber Torres homered early, then hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning as New York Yankees beat the Blue Jays in Toronto 3-2. Gianca...
May 03, 2022 Shinya Suzuki / CC
Flores lawyer: Unconscionable for Goodell to arbitrate suit
NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for an NFL coach who sued the league over alleged racist hiring practices has told a judge that arbitration is the wrong way to resolve the lawsuit in part because NFL Commiss...
May 03, 2022 Mark Morgan / CC
Huskers' Frost to sit out 5 days in '22 season for violation
UNDATED (AP) - Scott Frost will not be allowed to perform his coaching duties for five consecutive days this football season as part of Nebraska's negotiated settlement with the NCAA for allowing an u...
May 03, 2022
Chase Elliott wins at Dover to snap 26-race winless streak
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Chase Elliott snapped a 26-race winless streak when the 2020 NASCAR champion pulled away down the stretch to win the rain-delayed Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Elliott le...
May 03, 2022
Russian teams out of soccer championships
GENEVA (AP) - The Union of European Football Associations has kicked Russian soccer teams out of the Women's European Championship, the next men's Champions League and qualifying for the 2023 Women's ...
May 03, 2022 Jarrett Campbell / CC
Centralia City Schools Girls on the Run Gearing Up For End of Year 5k
The Centralia City School District 135 Girls on the Run team is gearing up for the end of the season 5K on May 14th at Forest Park in St. Louis. The CCS team has 15 girls from grades 3-5 and has been ...
May 02, 2022
Sandoval dedicates new park facilities and names ball field Steve Walker Memorial Ball Field
Several years of work culminated over the weekend as the Sandoval Village Board dedicated around $400,000 in park improvements and named the Steve Walker Memorial Field for his years of dedication to ...
May 02, 2022 Photo by: Sam Snodsmith
Salem Community High School Prom set for Friday night
Prom is set at Salem Community High School Friday night. The theme this year is "Enchanted Night" and the colors representing the theme are sage and blush. Queen candidates this year are Emma Tyberend...
May 02, 2022 Senior Prom King and Queen candidates (upper left to right): Steven Mulvaney and Emmaleigh Brandon; Treyton Simcox and Emma Tyberendt; Grant Purcell and Mataya Petrea; Conner Teriet and Mallory Moore, and Alex Smith and Sydney Donoho. Junior attendants (lower left to right): Gage Eddings and Madison Smith, Andrew Tate and Mykah Anderson, Cole Johnson and Kenadie Hancock; Rex Brashear and Kaley Blomberg; and Levi Young and Marissa Wooters.
Murray Center Parents celebrate 51 years with parade and Memorial Garden Dedication (see parade photo gallery below)
Murray Parents, staff, and residents, joined with political leaders in celebrating the 51st year of the Murray Parents Association on Sunday with a parade, dedication of a new Memorial Garden, and a d...
May 02, 2022 The centerpiece of the new Murray Center Memorial Garden was dedicated during the Murray Center Parents Association 50th Anniversary which came a year late due to COVID-19. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
