Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Mets hammer DBacks for 6-2 start
UNDATED (AP) - With a new general manager, a new manager and several new players, the New York Mets are off to a fine start. Two of those newcomers sparkled in the team's home opener on Friday as the ...
Apr 16, 2022 slgckgc / CC
Cats whip Jets for 9th straight win
UNDATED (AP) - The Florida Panthers are two points closer to a division title. The Panthers picked up their ninth straight win by blowing out the Jets, 6-1. Jonathan Huberdeau stretched his point stre...
Apr 16, 2022
Believe It or DON'T
Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1865, President Abrham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1981, Columbia 1, the first space shuttle,...
Apr 15, 2022
IDPH warns COVID-19 cases rising slowly again
The IDPH warns that cases of Covid-19 are slowly rising in many areas of the state. The vast majority of Illinois is rated at low risk of transmission, but cases have been increasing. State Public Hea...
Apr 15, 2022
Marion County Clerk takes delivery of new election equipment
Marion County Clerk Steve Fox has taken delivery of $438,695 in new voting equipment. Fox made the plea in February for the county board to replace the old equipment that he had patched together for s...
Apr 15, 2022 Marion County Clerk Steve Fox with one of the Marion County voting machines. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Correction Center employees from around the state suing to get COVID-19 mandates dropped
Illinois Department of Corrections employees are still mandated to be vaccinated and tested for COVID-19 and 46 around the state are now suing to get the mandates dropped. The lawsuit is filed in Chri...
Apr 15, 2022 Joint Base San Antonio
Wildcats Eek Out Road Win At Roxana....JV Has Scored 35 Runs Their Last 2 Games In Wins
The Salem Wildcats baseball team snagged a late lead and beat Roxana on the road in 8 innings by a final score of 4-3. Salem out hit the Shells 9-6 but also committed 3 errors in the game leading to a...
Apr 15, 2022 Photo by: Toby Gullion - FTS Photography.
SC Earns Victory Over Greenville At GCS Stadium....Wood Bat Get's Started Today
The SC Cougars traveled to GCS Stadium in Sauget and knocked off Greenville 13-4. Aidan Dodson started and worked 3 innings as Greenville jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first. The Cougars would ti...
Apr 15, 2022 Photo by: I70 Sports
Lady Cats Get Another Conference Win With Victory At Roxana
The Salem Lady Cats earned another Cahokia Conference win with a 10-2 victory at Roxana. Makenna Smith was the winning pitcher striking out 7. Lilly Blagoue hit a 3-run home run and Smith added a solo...
Apr 15, 2022
Odin Lady Eagles Get Huge 7th To Come Back And Win
The Odin Lady Eagles rallied to beat Mulberry Grove 21-14. Odin trailed 14-13 in the 7th with 2 outs and Amiah Wallace hit a go ahead grand slam and Hailey Lane added a 3-run homer to finish off the c...
Apr 15, 2022
