Author Archives: WJBD Staff

UNDATED (AP) - Azuolas Tubelis scored 22 points, Bennedict Mathurin added 20 and No. 3 Arizona pulled away in the second half to beat Oregon State 83-69 Thursday night. The Wildcats have won seven str...

UNDATED (AP) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and a few team owners and executives met with civil rights leaders who urged the league to make drastic changes to its hiring practices to improve diversi...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former NASCAR Cup Series regular Greg Biffle is returning to the Daytona 500 for the first time since 2016. He agreed to drive for a start-up team, New York Racing, and race...

Governor JB Pritzker says Illinois school children and staff should still be wearing a mask. Despite a legislative commission voting down a new school mask emergency rule Tuesday, the Governor says th...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1876, Julius Wolff was credited with being the first to can sardines. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1992, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced t...

South Central School District will remain mask recommended for all students to follow the temporary restraining order issued by a Sangamon County Judge against the district and 140 others around the s...

More than two inches of rain fell overnight through seven this morning in both Salem and Centralia sending many low lying roads underwater. The rain will eventually change over to sleet and snow. As a...

Keep Salem Beautiful has announced they will only be able to empty the recycling trailer at the Centralia Clean and Green Facility only two days a week instead of three days for the foreseeable future...

The Salem Wildcats will finish up the regular season and Cahokia Conference tonight with a varsity only home game with Freeburg. It will be a 5pm tip and you can listen on WJBD. Salem is 15-12 overall...

Tonight is Regional Championship night in prep girls basketball. The 2a title will be played for at Salem tonight when top-seed Teutopolis takes on Robinson at 7pm. They will do the 3-point shooting c...