Author Archives: WJBD Staff

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois dispensaries sold a record $127.8 million in recreational marijuana in July, with a big boost coming from out-of-state fans who converged on Chicago for the Lollapalooza music ...

BROOKLYN, Ill. (AP) - A police officer from a small southwestern Illinois town near St. Louis has died after trying to stop a car fleeing from police. Illinois State Police say the officer died early ...

Congratulations to the full- and part-time students on the Kaskaskia College Dean's List for the spring 2021 semester. The Dean's List includes full-time students who completed 12 or more college-leve...

Congratulations to the full- and part-time students on the Kaskaskia College Dean's List and President's List for the spring 2021 semester! The President's List includes full-time students who complet...

Olen "Butch" Border Jr. 79, passed away, Tuesday, August 2, 2022 peacefully at his home with his family by his side. Butch grew up in Centralia, Illinois attending Central City Grade School class of 1...

Franklin Park girls basketball coach Melissa Fehrenbacher has been awarded the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Basketball Coach of the Year for our region. The banquet will be held August 28th...

Atlanta Braves (54-54, third in the NL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (53-54, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Touki Toussaint (1-2, 4.77 ERA, 1.0...

Chicago Cubs (52-57, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (47-61, fourth in the NL West) Denver; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Jake Arrieta (5-10, 6.20 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 69...

TOKYO (AP) - Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd each scored a pair of goals and the United States won the bronze medal in women's soccer at the Tokyo Olympics with a 4-3 victory over Australia. It was argu...

UNDATED (AP) - Javier Bez hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning after scoring on a nifty slide in the second, and the New York Mets snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over th...