Author Archives: WJBD Staff

UNDATED (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to own the second-best record in Major League Baseball. Unfortunately for them, they are staring at the possibility of playing in the National League Wi...

UNDATED (AP) - The Tennessee Titans' coronavirus outbreak has grown to nine people. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill was among three players added to the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday. General manager Jon ...

Joseph E. Ross, Age 61 of Shoreview, passed away on July 7, 2022. Joe was a wonderful husband and a very proud dad. He was an incredible son, brother, friend, and colleague. He had a heart of gold, an...

Governor JB Pritzker is making his stance on school masking clear. Several school districts are on probation with the state for not following a mandate for all staff and students to wear a mask, wheth...

Salem Township Hospital is seeing a jump in inpatients and greater outpatient usage as a result of the growing number of COVID-19 cases across the area. Hospital President and CEO Alex Nazarian says w...

Salem Police say DNA recovered from a cigarette has led to the arrest of a 24-year-old Salem man for a burglary in April of last year. 24-year-old Dustin Taylor of Hotze Road was taken into custody fo...

A 33-year-old Sandoval man has been arrested in connection with three burglary cases, one at Little Egypt Golf Cars on South Broadway in Salem and at two currently unoccupied homes in rural Odin and S...

Salem Police have arrested 41-year-old Ricky McIntosh on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court on a dangerous drugs case. He was located at a home in the 200 block of North Pearl where...

The Salem Lady Cats volleyball team will host Teutopolis tonight with the freshman match starting at 5pm. South Central will travel to NTC rival St Anthony tonight. The Lady Cougars opened their seaso...

(Photo Credit: Jackson Jarrett) Salem boys golf beat Mt Vernon 164 to 170 at Salem Country Club. Jairen Stroud was medalist with a 37. Also scoring for Salem was Cale Harris and Hunter Russell both wi...