Author Archives: WJBD Staff
A COLA with Your Social Security?
A COLA with Your Social Security? Preliminary estimates call for a 4.7% cost-of-living increase.1 Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources If there is a "silver lining" to all the inflation t...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021

Irvington Homecoming and Fireworks set for Saturday
The Irvington Homecoming and fireworks are set for Saturday night. Activity begins at 12:30 in the Irvington Park with food and drink being available and the start of a bags tournament. Those interest...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021 bayasaa / CC

Salem Community High School begins plans for $10-millon improvement project
The Salem Community High School Board is beginning to make plans for a ten-million dollar improvement project that would include complete replacement of the heating and air conditioning system, new wi...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021

Jefferson, Marion and Wayne County in top five for spring turkey harvest
Three area counties are in the top five statewide for spring turkey harvest. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reporting Jefferson County as the top turkey harvesting county in the state...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021 Will Kimeria / CC

Wamac man receives three year prison term on meth and theft charges
A Wamac man has been sentenced to three years in prison for possession of under five grams of meth and felony theft. James Garner of Gilmore Street will have to serve one year of parole when getting o...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021

Marion County Sheriff's Department investigating two burglaries and theft
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating two burglaries and a theft complaint. A Sandoval woman reported coming home Thursday morning to find her home in the 300 block of South Oak ente...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021

Kinmundy man pleads guilty to reduced charge of violation of bail bond
A 47-year-old Kinmundy man has pleaded guilty to a charge of violation of bail bond in exchange for aggravated battery and domestic battery charges being dropped. Charles Weathersby of South Monroe wa...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021

Police Beat for Friday, June 25th, 2021
Centralia Police have arrested a 26-year-old Odin resident for fraudulent practice, forgery, and possession of a controlled substance. Mikayla Rowcliff of DeWolfe Street was taken to the Marion County...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Exciting Softball At the Little League Complex Thursday
In girls Majors Softball at the Little League Complex, United Medical Response and Caseys played a tight game that went into the final inning tied 7-7 and was won by United when Quinn Wolfe scored a r...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021

KC Signs Massac County Soccer Standout
The Kaskaskia College Blue Angels have had a very successful signing period for their women's soccer team. Their most recent is Melina Rodriguez. She is a midfielder from Massac County where she was t...
WJBD Staff Jun 25, 2021
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