Author Archives: WJBD Staff
St Peters Head Coach Leaving For Alma Mater Seton Hall
UNDATED (AP) - Shaheeen Holloway is leaving Saint Peter's for Seton Hall just days after helping the little Jesuit school make history by becoming the first No. 15 seed to reach the NCAA Tournament's ...
Mar 31, 2022
Rangers rally past Wings in OT....Keller stretchered off ice
UNDATED (AP) - The New York Rangers are two points closer to the NHL's Metropolitan Division lead after rallying for a win in Detroit. Andrew Copp scored 1:34 into overtime of the Rangers' fourth stra...
Mar 31, 2022
US earns trip to Qatar
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - The US men's soccer team did just enough to secure a berth in the World Cup. The Americans absorbed a 2-0 loss at Costa Rica, but it came on the heels of a 5-1 rout of Pana...
Mar 31, 2022
Vaughn sidelined with hip injury
UNDATED (AP) - White Sox slugger Andrew Vaughn has been diagnosed with a hip pointer and could return to game action in one to two weeks. Vaughn feared the worst when got hurt making a diving catch on...
Mar 31, 2022 alison fayre / CC
Centralia man charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault (updated 2:45 pm 3/30/22)
Centralia Police arrested a 23-year-old city man on Monday on a Jefferson County warrant charging two Class X offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault to a victim under 13. Adam Prusz made his fi...
Mar 30, 2022
One person injured in three vehicle crash on West Main Street in Salem
Salem Police say one person was injured in a three vehicle crash on West Main Street at South Franklin Street late Tuesday afternoon. Police report a pickup truck driven by a 17-year-old Sandoval male...
Mar 30, 2022 Crash on West Main at Franklin. Photo by Darren Dwyer.
Illinois State Police celebrate 100th Anniversary
The Illinois State Police is set to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The State Police began April 1, 1922 with a Director and eight highway patrolmen. The mission originally was to protect new roads f...
Mar 30, 2022 Illinois State Troopers at 100th Anniversary Celebration in Springfield.
Two Salem men sentenced for sex offender registration violations
Two Salem men have been sentenced in Marion County Court for failure to report a change of an address for a sex offender. 53-year-old Christopher Phillips of England Road was sentenced to 30 months pr...
Mar 30, 2022
Vandalia woman sentenced to two years in prison for possession of meth
A 28-year-old Vandalia woman has been sentenced in Marion County Court to two years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. Joeitta Mansker of West Ed...
Mar 30, 2022
Two Salem juveniles refuse hospital treatment following rollover crash
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies report two 16-year-old male juveniles from Salem declined hospital treatment for apparent minor injuries following a rollover crash Tuesday night on Charleston Road no...
Mar 30, 2022
