Author Archives: WJBD Staff

More than 150 attended the Happy Heart Quilt Guild Show at the Salem Community Center. The President of the Guild, Karil Garrett, is pleased to see attendance and the display of quilts return to pre-C...

Centralia Police have their biggest eligibility list in a number of years as eleven made the final cut by the Centralia Police and Fire Commission last week. Administrative Sergeant Steve Whritenour s...

he Centralia City Council will be asked at its meeting Monday night to review its Line of Credit with Midland State's Bank. The city has had the $500,000 line of credit since 2012 in case of an emerge...

Odin Police arrested a 57-year-old Odin man on a Marion County failure to appear traffic warrant. Ronald Knicker of Laury Street was taken to the Marion County Jail where he is being held in lieu of $...

CHICAGO (AP) - Al Capone may have died nearly 75 years ago but, after some of his prized possessions were auctioned off for at least $3 million, it's clear interest in the infamous Chicago gangster is...

ALEXANDER, Ill. (AP) - A reported tornado has damaged a semi-trailer on Interstate 72 in central Illinois as a line of storms rumbled across parts of the state. National Weather Service meteorologist ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfire to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thi...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team will play this afternoon in regional semifinal action at Columbia against the host Eagles starting at 5pm. Salem opened up the post season with a win Saturday over Pinck...

Salem's 3rd/4th grade boys finished up their season on Saturday with a 2-3 loss vs Carlyle. Alyx Pears scored twice. Coach Kyle Gansauer said he was very proud of the improvement the boys had this sea...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin heads into the upcoming season with a substantially different roster after nearly all of last year's seniors opted against returning. The Badgers' roster features seven ...