Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Clippers advance...Sixers force Game 7
UNDATED (AP) - They were the Buffalo Braves and San Diego Clippers before becoming the Los Angeles Clippers. Whatever you called them, they never advanced to the NBA's conference finals in their 51-ye...
Jun 19, 2021 Mike Licht / CC
Price steals win for Habs
MONTREAL (AP) - It would be generous to say the Montreal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday. It would be more accurate to say Carey Price bailed them out. The Canadiens' goaltender turn...
Jun 19, 2021 sachab / CC
A's beat Yanks
UNDATED (AP) - The Oakland Athletics picked up their seventh straight win, thanks in part from help of a former first-round pick of the New York Yankees. James Kaprielian tossed three-hit ball over 5 ...
Jun 19, 2021 Travis Wise / CC
Inflation Outlook for 2021
Inflation Outlook for 2021 Is the Fed ahead or behind in its monetary policy regarding inflation? Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources As our nation continues to recover from the effects ...
Jun 18, 2021
Salem Grade School Board gets updates on summer renovation projects
The Salem Grade School Board received an update Thursday night on major construction projects underway. Brad Graves of Omni Energy Partners says the reconstruction and enlargement of Hawthorn's new pa...
Jun 18, 2021 Retiring bookkeeper and Salem Grade School Board Secretary honored on her retirement at Thursday night's meeting. Photo by Tyler Perkins.
Marion County Property Tax Bills in the mail
Marion County property tax bills go in the mail on Friday. County Treasurer Gary Purcell says 34,496 bills have been prepared seeking to collected $39,288,636. That's about a million dollars more than...
Jun 18, 2021 Marion County Treasurer Gary Purcell looks over the new Marion County Treasurer website. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia says "Thank You" with Industrial Commission Reception for business community
About 160 business and industrial leaders attended the Centralia Industrial Commission's Appreciation Reception Thursday night at the new Castle Ridge Resort. Centralia City Manager Forrest Langenfeld...
Jun 18, 2021 Centralia business and industrial leaders get together at a Thank You reception put together by the Centralia Industrial Commission. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Friday, June 18th, 2021
Salem Police arrested two persons wanted on warrants and later took one of them into custody for possession of methamphetamine. Police located 37-year-old Robert Garney of Selmaville Road and 34-year-...
Jun 18, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Police: 4 slain in Chicago mass killing all shot in head
CHICAGO (AP) - A police report says a mass shooting that left four people dead and four others wounded at a house on Chicago's South Side was believed to have been carried out by two people who shot a...
Jun 18, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Biden's silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray
CHICAGO (AP) - Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment, but the White House has been mostly silen...
Jun 18, 2021
