Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Salem Community High School's $10.4-million building improvement project for next summer became a little larger at a special school board meeting Wednesday night. Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says...

Fire destroyed one home in Centralia and damaged a neighboring home five feet away, but the occupants of both got out safely. Centralia Fire Chief John Lynch says Nancy Clark woke up to find her house...

Marion County residents who live inside village and city limits can now get animal control services from the county. The change comes as a result of a dog killing a chicken in Iuka where the county an...

The Finals are set for the National Trail Conference baseball tournament. Top-seed North Clay advanced after knocking off Altamont 5-0 in last night's semifinals. The Cardinals at 25-1 on the season a...

There will be some local flair to the Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington starting tomorrow for the IHSA State Golf Tournaments. In Class 2a boys, none of the 4 Salem golfers advanced from the Ef...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team is 10-8, the first soccer team in the program's history to win 10 games, will be back in action today at Newton. Salem is coming off a 12-0 win over Wood River on Senior...

Earlier this week, Jayne and John Simmons, the long time owners of the Southern Illinois Miners baseball team, announced they are retiring from Frontier League Baseball Ownership. The 2021 season was ...

In City of Salem/Marion County YMCA Coed Softball, SD beat Misfits 12-11, Eliminators over Red Dog 18-4, ABC Pub beat Route 50 Auto Repair 16-11 and Mud Dogs over Prestige Worldwide 22-6.

Jimmie Johnson and Romain Grosjean turned their first laps on the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval on Wednesday as part of a test session for approval to race the Indianapolis 500. Rain shortene...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Taylor has put the Los Angeles Dodgers into the NL Division Series. Taylor slammed a two-out, two-run homer off Alex Reyes in the bottom of the ninth to give the Dodgers a 3-1...