Author Archives: WJBD Staff

The Centralia Cultural Society will present its 61st Annual Christmas Concert, "Holiday Festival of the Arts", at the Community Arts Center at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. After a year of closures because o...

Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says the department is waiting further information before making any recommendations specifically towards the new omicron variant of COVID-...

Bond was set at $7,500 in Marion County Court on Thursday for a 25-year-old Wausau, Wisconsin man charged with aggravated battery to a nurse. Jonathan Sanchez-Anaya was arrested by Salem Police after ...

A total of 193 families with 525 children will receive help this Christmas season through the BCMW-WJBD Radio Adopt a Family program. So far, 122 of the families have been adopted by 59 groups, indivi...

Centralia City Firemen assisted two members of a tree cutting service who became stranded 25 feet in the air in a bucket truck Thursday afternoon in the 400 block of Bicknell Street. Fire department r...

BOSTON (AP) - A former college track and field coach accused of setting up sham social media and email accounts in an attempt to trick female athletes into sending him nude or semi-nude photos of them...

The Salem Wildcats will open up Cahokia Conference play tonight when they travel to Breese Central to take on the Cougars. Salem is 3-2 coming off 2 wins at the Capital Classic as well as beating Newt...

The Salem Lady Cats dropped their Cahokia opener at home to Breese Central 58-35. Salem trailed by just 4 midway through the 3rd quarter, but turnovers cost Salem. They gave it away 34 times in the ga...

In middle school boys hoops, Raccoon beat Iuka 53-26 to improve to 10-3. Michael Organ had 25 and Marquis Ettress added 16. Patoka beat Ramsey 48-24. Ben Spencer had 24 to lead the way, Brady Cain add...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats picked up another pair of wins tonight. The Salem 6th graders were victorious over Sandoval's JV team 26-8. They were led by Kendall Zimmermann with 8. Addie Douglas and...