Author Archives: WJBD Staff

There was a big decline in new cases of COVID-19 across South Central Illinois during the week ending Saturday. The Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 tracker shows a 46-percent drop in new cases in...

A mother and small son were extricated from their vehicle by Jefferson Fire Protection District personnel following a two car crash on Route 37 south of Bakersville Road. Jefferson County Sheriff's De...

A license plate check on a car with a broken windshield led to the two occupants of a vehicle being arrested for allegedly stealing the car from East St. Louis. Centralia Police say the driver, 40-yea...

CHICAGO (AP) - The daughters of a suburban Chicago woman slain in 2019 are suing the estate of their mother's accused killer, who died from COVID-19 while awaiting trial. The wrongful death lawsuit fi...

INA, IL (Feb. 14, 2022) - With the baseball season now here, the Rend Lake College Warriors are ready to hit the field and prove themselves once again. Warriors Head Coach Walker Bullington said this ...

The Centralia City Council will be asked to approve a four year contract agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police Telecommunicators Union at Monday night's meeting. The agreement, like the other u...

A 17-year-old Odin teen was honored in a coronation ceremony over the weekend after earlier being named Miss Teen Rodeo Illinois 2022. Eliza Engelhardt was crowned during the festivities at the Iron S...

The first seven coaches were inducted to the Coaches Wall of Honor at half-time of Friday night's Centralia Orphans basketball game. Principal Reid Shipley says Coaches Dick Carpenter, Jimmy Evers, Cr...

The Salem Lady Wildcats return to action tonight in the 2a regionals as they host top-seed Teutopolis at 6pm tonight as part of 2 games from B.E. Gum in the semifinals. Salem earned another game by de...

The SC Cougars knocked off Mulberry Grove on Saturday afternoon 75-33 to improve to 21-7 on the season. Keenin Willshire led SC with 19, Spencer Johannes added 15, Aidan Dodson 14 and Ethan Watwood ad...