Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Avs win again....Blackhawks forward Khaira has season-ending back surgery
UNDATED (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche did just fine without top-line forward Nathan MacKinnon. Gabriel Landeskog notched his 24th and 25th goals of the season as the Avalanche dumped the Red Wings, 5-...
Feb 24, 2022
Kaepernick launching initiative for secondary autopsies
UNDATED (AP) - Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is launching an initiative through his Know Your Rights Camp that will offer free, secondary autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is...
Feb 24, 2022 ruperto miller
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 70% of the world's macadamia nuts can be traced back to a single Australian tree. Caterpillars have about 4,000 muscles in their bodies. If you ride ...
Feb 23, 2022
Salem City Council moves forward on South Broadway water line replacement
The Salem City Council took the first step Tuesday night for the replacement of the troublesome South Broadway waterline. The council agreed to have an engineer prepare plan for the replacement of the...
Feb 23, 2022 Grand Canyon National Park / CC
Salem City Council takes action to correct underpass flooding
The Salem City Council has agreed to spend $41,544 to make repairs to the pumping system that keeps water from flooding the East Main Street underpass. Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says the...
Feb 23, 2022 Salem Public Works Director Annette Sola.
Salem City Council agrees to give local vendors up to 10- percent advantage
The Salem City Council on a three-two vote has approved giving local vendors up to a 10-percent advantage when bidding on city projects. It had been five percent, but councilman Craig Morton suggested...
Feb 23, 2022
2 killed in small plane crash in northern Ohio
FOSTORIA, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say two men are dead after a small plane crashed in northern Ohio. Authorities say the single-engine Piper Saratoga was traveling from Illinois to Findlay when the ai...
Feb 23, 2022 BobMacInnes / CC
Illinois man charged in Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Capitol
CHICAGO (AP) - Another Illinois resident has been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Forty-four-year-old Athanasios Zoyganeles of Chicago is charged in a criminal complaint filed...
Feb 23, 2022 David / CC
Salem City Council approves zoning change to allow Crouse Funeral Home expansion
The Salem City Council approved a zoning change Tuesday night that will allow for an expansion of the Crouse Funeral Home. Owner Rich Crouse told the council he needs to change the zoning on a vacant ...
Feb 23, 2022
Marion County Board approves new voting equipment
The Marion County Board Tuesday night approved the purchase of new voting equipment. The package from ESNS will cost $438,675. County Clerk Steve Fox has been pushing the replacement of the old equipm...
Feb 23, 2022 Marion County Clerk Steve Fox
