Author Archives: WJBD Staff

The starting enrollment of Salem Community High School has grown 42 students from the end of last school year. Principal John Boles reported 722 students are starting the school year, compared to the ...

A 22-year-old Danvers, Illinois man was injured Tuesday morning when his pickup attempted to change lanes on I-57 12 miles north of Salem and collided with a semi. State Police say a preliminary inves...

The Salem Lady Wildcat Golf Team traveled to Charleston on the 16th to play in Charleston's Pre-season Invitational 9 hole Scramble. The competition consisted of teams of 2 girls playing in a scramble...

The Salem City Council has asked for an ordinance to be drawn up for the next meeting that would allow Bow and Arrow hunting in some locations around the city to reduce the deer population. City Manag...

Salem Mayor Nic Farley says plans are underway on how the city can best use its allotment of funds under the federal American Recovery Act. He updated the city council Monday night. "We will be gettin...

None of the Salem Community High School board members were happy about it, but the board voted Monday night to mandate students and staff to wear masks indoors for the start of the school year as requ...

The Central City Citians held off top-seed Field 6-4 after scoring 5 times in the seventh inning to pull off the win. For the Citians, Brayden Wood and Preston Feig drove in 2 runs each with RBI also ...

Salem basketball coach Pete Colclasure now has his coaching staff after being approved last night at the SCHS Board of Education meeting. After a closed session, the board hired Dakota Koehnke, Jason ...

The Franklin Park baseball and softball teams are back in action today as they hit the road to play at Carlyle. Both games start at 4:15. The Bobcats enter at 0-1 after falling in their opener at home...

The SC Falcons improved to 3-0 with their 13-1 win over Beecher City. Garret Shumate earned the win on the mound. At the plate, Garret Shumate, Trevan Sidwell and Chase Guerrettaz drove in 2 runs each...