Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Philip "Phil" Reed Rogers went to be with our heavenly father on July 14th, at the age of 69, surrounded by loved ones. He was born in Centralia, Illinois on May 31, 1953, to his loving parents, Merle...

Margel Stanley Peddicord, age 74, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning, July 19, 2022 at his home in Mount Vernon. He grew up on a farm north of Wayne City and attended Wayne City High School, Mou...

Patsy "Pat" Lu Robertson, age 79, of Mason, Illinois passed away at 7:36 p.m. at St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham. She married Michael Robertson on December 29, 1963. She was a member of the...

The Salem 10u Wildcats are in Brown County this weekend for the Sectional Tournament of the Little League in Illinois. They will take on Champaign East at noon today and Brown County tomorrow at 12. T...

Congratulations to the KC women's soccer and tennis teams for being named Academic All-American teams. Also congratulations to the individuals who were also named. Soccer's Maci Bohannon, Alyssa Hutto...

St. Louis Cardinals (49-49, third in the NL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (50-47, second in the NL Central) Cincinnati; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Jake Woodford (2-1, 4.07 E...

Arizona Diamondbacks (30-69, fifth in the NL West) vs. Chicago Cubs (48-50, fourth in the NL Central) Chicago; Saturday, 2:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Merrill Kelly (6-7, 4.46 ERA, 1...

CINCINNATI (AP) - Tyler Stephenson drove in Kyle Farmer with a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Farmer had thr...

CHICAGO (AP) - Javier Bez homered, Robinson Chirinos went deep twice, Zach Davies earned his first win since a combined no-hitter last month and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-3. Bez...

TOKYO (AP) - The first gold medal of the Tokyo Games has been handed out. China's Qian Yang took the honors in women's 10-meter air rifle. Yang had a 9.8 on her final shot and finished with an Olympic...