Author Archives: WJBD Staff

No. 22 Ohio State outlasts Indiana in overtime, 80-69
UNDATED (AP) - Malaki Branham scored 27 points and No. 22 Ohio State rallied to beat Indiana 80-69 in overtime. Indiana led by four with 2:47 to go in regulation, but E.J. Liddell forced a steal with ...
WJBD Staff Feb 22, 2022
Michigan's Howard suspended 5 games for Wisconsin melee
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard has been suspended the final five games of the regular season and fined $40,000 for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head, triggering...
WJBD Staff Feb 22, 2022

Gonzaga is unanimous choice
UNDATED (AP) - Gonzaga is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men's basketball poll. The Zags aren't likely to budge the way they're dominating the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga remain...
WJBD Staff Feb 22, 2022

MLB makes slight moves toward players in longer lockout talk
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) - Baseball negotiations resumed with renewed intensity Monday in an effort to salvage opening day, and Major League Baseball made slight moves toward locked-out players. With perhap...
WJBD Staff Feb 22, 2022 alison fayre / CC

O'Connell, Vikings tap Wes Phillips as offensive coordinator
HOUSTON (AP) - Wes Phillips will follow Kevin O'Connell to Minnesota from the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams. Phillips will serve as offensive coordinator for the Vikings under their new head co...
WJBD Staff Feb 22, 2022 frankieleon / CC

Sandoval Fire Department names Firefighters and EMTs of the Year
The Sandoval Fire Department has presented several yearly awards and special recognitions for 2021. Matt Horn and Trey Gambill were presented with the Firefighter of the Year award for their work at s...
WJBD Staff Feb 21, 2022

COVID-19 cases continue to drop across South Central Illinois
Marion County saw a 35-percent drop in new COVID-19 cases for the week ending on Saturday. The Centers for Disease Control is reporting 108 new or likely cases of COVID-19. The rate of infection is 29...
WJBD Staff Feb 21, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC

Mascoutah teen escapes serious injury when car overturns north of Sandoval
A 16-year-old female juvenile from Mascoutah declined hospital treatment for any injuries she sustained in a rollover crash on U.S. 51 north of the U.S. 50 interchange north of Sandoval Sunday night. ...
WJBD Staff Feb 21, 2022

Police Beat for Monday, February 21st, 2021
A 60-year-old Patoka woman was taken to the Marion County Jail on Sunday for violation of an order of protection. Judy Hill of West Bond Street was arrested by sheriff's deputies. 36-year-old James Ta...
WJBD Staff Feb 21, 2022

Lawsuit claims rats, bugs endanger Illinois prison detainees
CHICAGO (AP) - A lawsuit filed this month alleged that prisoners at an Illinois Department of Corrections facility deal with rodents, insects, and other unsanitary conditions in cells, bathrooms, and ...
WJBD Staff Feb 21, 2022 photographymontreal
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