Author Archives: WJBD Staff

The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to enter into a $25,000 contract to survey and develop a site development plan for the new soccer complex on West Main and the Selmaville Road. City M...

The weekly CDC COVID-19 tracker is showing a decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the week ending Friday in all area counties except Wayne County. In Marion County, 205 new cases were report...

A vacant house and outbuilding in Sandoval were heavily damaged by fire late Sunday night. Sandoval Fire Chief Chad Parsons says the house owned by Patricia Lee at 101 North Orange Street was heavily ...

A 27-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested by Salem Police for alleged deceptive practice and identity theft. Brittany Bunton of Marquis Drive was taken to the Marion County Jail. No other detail...

The Salem boys won their Match Play Tournament at the Salem Country Club on Saturday. Finishing first in their foursome for Salem was Cale Harris, Isaak Williams, Levi Bopp and Rhett Detering. Blaze G...

The SC Lady Cougars finished 3rd at the Vandalia Volleyball Tournament going 3-1 on the day. SC beat Eisenhower in straight sets 25-12, 15-13, fell to Vandalia in 3 sets 22-25, 25-12, 7-15, then beat ...

The SC Cougars swept their double header at home Saturday beating Cobden 13-0. Anthony Buonaura homered and drove in 6 runs and also earned the win on the mound allowing 2 hits and no runs with 5 stri...

In middle school baseball, Franklin Park lost to Nashville 14-2. Eli Lograsso and Noah Timm had 2 hits each. Brody Collier and Cam Carmichael added hits. The SC Falcons season ended at 20-2 with a reg...

The Lady Bobcats beat Nashville 10-4. Reagan Shuler with the complete game win and struck out 6. Alivia Rasul was 2-4 with 2 RBI, Jaelyn Keller went 4-4 with 3 doubles and 2 RBI, Marah Johnson hit a 2...

The Salem cross country team was at the Olney Invitational Saturday. The boys team was led by freshman Caden Beer placing 35th, Ricardo Salgado 37th, Branson Pappas 40th, Alek Bandy 49th and rounding ...