Author Archives: WJBD Staff
2022 06/26 - Lloyd Carpenter
Lloyd Carpenter, 72, of Centralia passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Odin Health Care Center. Lloyd served his country with honor in the United States Marines, serving in Vietnam. A celebration o...
Jun 26, 2021
2022 06/25 - Clay Allen Dinkelman
Clay Allen Dinkelman, age 65 of Iuka passed away June 4, 2022 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Clay was a Christian and an outdoorsman and had served his country in the U.S. Army ...
Jun 25, 2021
2022 06/25 - Elsie Marie (Donoho) Sharp
Elsie Marie (Donoho) Sharp, 95 years & 8 months, a longtime resident of Paper Town, IL went to meet her Savior in the early morning of Tuesday, June 21, 2022 with her family by her side at SSM Hea...
Jun 25, 2021
2022 06/25 - Marceline Eleanor Bassett
Marceline Eleanor Bassett, 96, of Athens, Alabama passed away June 14, 2022 at Limestone Health Facility, Athens. Mrs. Bassett was a retired homemaker. She also worked many years as a care giver. She ...
Jun 25, 2021
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jun 25, 2021
