Author Archives: WJBD Staff
"Seeds of Hope" sculpture dedicated in Bryan Statue Gardens
The Daffy Dill Garden Club has dedicated a sculpture in the William Jennings Bryan Statue Gardens. Andy Crouch of Salem created the piece "Seeds of Hope" specifically for the gardens. It shows a butte...
Sep 27, 2021 Myron Lloyd (left) presides over the ceremony to unveil the marker dedicating the sculpture made by Andy Crouch (right). His mother Teresa Crouch is in the middle.
Fire heavily damages Centralia home Sunday afternoon
A fire believed to be electrical in nature heavily damaged the attic area of a Centralia home Sunday afternoon. Centralia City Firefighters say the occupants of the home at 617 South Maple smelled a "...
Sep 27, 2021 Fire burns through the attic of this home on South Maple causing heavy damage. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Child setting piece of paper on fire believed to be cause of Centralia fire that caused minor damage
A child setting a piece of paper on fire before placing it in a trash can outside the Tara Turner home at 1219 South Lincoln is believed to have started a small fire in the siding of the home late Sun...
Sep 27, 2021 Asela Jayarathne / CC
Police Beat for Monday, September 27th, 2021
A 22-year-old Central City man has been arrested by Central City Police for domestic battery. Brandon Hooker of South Marion Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. 38-year-old Nathan Harmon of Wa...
Sep 27, 2021
SYFL Finishes Up Season With Road Wins
The Salem Youth Football Wildcats finished their season at 5-1 with a 38-6 win at Mt Carmel. Angel Salgado had 3 rushing touchdowns. Trey Clark rushed for 2 more scores while Jaret Gibson added a 2-po...
Sep 27, 2021
Salem & CORLHS XC Teams Ran At Freeburg Saturday
The Salem cross country was at the Freeburg Invitational on Saturday. Top finisher for the girls was Breanna Thurman finishing 35th out of 137 runners in a time of 20:34, her best time of the season. ...
Sep 27, 2021 Photo Credit - Tim Koch.
Franklin Park Bobcats XC Still Unbeaten, Blow Away Field At Class L Pre-State
The Franklin Park Cross Country team competed at the Pre-State Meet for Class L held in DuQuoin. The varsity boys remained undefeated on the season with a dominating win scoring 48 points to 2nd place...
Sep 27, 2021
Jr High Baseball/Softball Weekend Recap & Preview
The Class L state baseball tournament is set. The first round will be Saturday at Centralia with Marion taking on Carterville, DuQuoin plays Flora, Waterloo takes on Mascoutah and Triad will play Wesc...
Sep 27, 2021
Salem 9u Comes Back To Beat Flora
The Salem 9u came back to beat Flora on Sunday 15-12. Salem trailed 12-11 in the top of the sixth when Izac Holsapple doubled home 2 runs to take the lead. In the opening inning Isaac Knapp drew a bas...
Sep 27, 2021 Photo Credit - Pam Butts.
The Salem Soccer Association had a busy weekend.
Salem's 1st/2nd grade team hosted Germantown on Saturday. Grayson Purintun scored for Salem. Stevie Nix, Hadley Michel and Aspen Morris had some close chances at scoring. Kaysen Findley and Ethan Petr...
Sep 27, 2021 Photo Credit - Sideline Photos.
