Author Archives: WJBD Staff

A 22-year-old Salem man has been arrested on several weapons charges after a gun was found in his vehicle following a traffic stop in the 500 block of West Main Street Thursday morning. Salem Police t...

Centralia Police say both the driver and passenger on a motorcycle were injured when the cycle hit a deer on the 500 block of Country Club Road early Thursday morning. Police say both the driver, 54-y...

Story and photo by Bruce Kropp The Salem Grade School Board heard from about a dozen parents at Thursday night's meeting that the masking mandate to be lifted. However, the board took no vote to make ...

Direct Indexing An old way to manage a portfolio is getting some new attention. Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   "Indexing" is a familiar phrase in investment jargon, and a familiar c...

The Patoka School Board did not reach a decision on Thursday whether to bring the school into compliance with the mask mandate enacted by Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this month. The board heard pub...

More than two dozen employers with more than a thousand open jobs will be in attendance at the Centralia Regional Career Expo on Friday and Saturday. The event will also feature information on various...

In prep boy's golf, Christ Our Rock competed against Nashville and Waltonville at Indian Hills Golf Course on a warm 89 degree day. Nashville beat the Stallions 161-179 with Waltonville not having eno...

The Selmaville Rockets came back from a 9-3 deficit through 2.5 innings by scoring 7 times in the fourth inning, beating Franklin Park for the first time in school history by a final score of 14-12. A...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats defeated Central City 9-4 at home. Marah Johnson was the winning pitcher picking up her first varsity victory. Morgan Honerkamp came in relief and struck out 6. She also...

Pittsburgh Pirates (42-79, fifth in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (62-58, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Friday, 8:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Mitch Keller (3-10, 6.86 ERA,...