Author Archives: WJBD Staff

UNDATED (AP) - The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 have announced an alliance designed to navigate the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling. The collaboration has a clear eye on the growing po...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic Only one NFL team has a plant for a logo. The New Orleans Saints' French-inspired fleur-de-lis is actually a stylized lily. Women didn't start shavin...

The manager of the Illinois State Fair says it's been great to be back in business. The State Fair's Kevin Gordon says attendance the first weekend of the fair was incredible, with steady crowds the r...

Jefferson Fire Protection District officials are estimating damage at $160,000 from a fire that destroyed a 50 by 100 foot pole barn with multiple four wheelers, motorcycles and a Ford Explorer inside...

Salem Police arrested a 24-year-old Salem woman for felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report when learning she had not truthfully reported details of an alleged violation of an order...

Both drivers received apparent minor injuries in a rear-end crash on the Route 161 Extension at Morton Lane in rural Kell Monday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say 21-year-old Joshua Helm...

The Centralia City Council has approved a resolution declaring a portion of Maple Street from Broadway to Rexford as "Roland Burris Way". Everyone is being invited to join the official dedication at o...

Kaskaskia College will be saying good bye to two long time employees. The board Monday night accepted the resignation of Athletic Director Cathy Karrick effective September 10th. Before accepting the ...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A new administrator at the University of Illinois flagship campus will advise school leadership on Native American issues. The News-Gazette reports that Jacki Thompson Rand was app...

The Kaskaskia College Board Monday night agreed to issue up to $24-million in bonds to pay for construction of a new gym and renovated classrooms at the main campus. College President George Evans say...