Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Salem 8U Baseball Travel tryouts for Fall 2025-Summer 2026 will be Saturday, June 28 at 9 am. If unable to attend please text Coach Zac Cain at 567-525-1712 if your son is interested in playing. Playe...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1978, Garfield, the cartoon cat, debuted in 41 U.S. newspapers for the first time. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1984, the Chicago Bulls picked Michael Jordan f...

1. The International Space Station is the most expensive thing that's ever been built. The estimated cost is more than $100 billion. 2. Because there's a toy in every Happy Meal, McDonald's is the wor...

Franklin Park Honor Roll: ASroff, Arianna Barger, Aiden Beatty, Josslyn Benjamin, Kenna Biegeleisen, Kinli Birch, Adrienne Britton, Briar Burgess, DAnyell Burgess, Kaylee Cassidy, Kylan Chau, Vickie C...

The Salem Wildcats baseball team turned an average season into a success with the school's back-to-back regional championship, capping off a 4-year run for the senior group of 9 players that included ...

The Triad Knights fell in the IHSA 3a State Semifinals as Ben Geary delivered an RBI single helping St Laurence knock off the Knights 11-6 at Duly Health & Care Field in Joliet. Wisconsin-Stout re...

The 3a/4a IHSA Baseball State Tournaments are this weekend at the Duly Health & Care Field in Joliet. The Triad Knights are making the program's 3rd trip to the IHSA baseball final four in 2012 an...

The state 3a/4a softball finals are this weekend at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria. The 3a semifinals start at 10am with the Lady Vikings of Burbank St Laurence at 23-7 taking on 25-1...

This weekend is the Trenton Gator Classic. The Trenton Pool opens up at 5pm with Steeleville and Trenton followed by Alton and Rantoul at 7:15. At Aviston, the hosts take on Sparta at 5 followed by Hi...

Schmidt Ford moves to 10-1 with a 14-4 win over Rotary. Kash Hall, Ethan Parrett, and Briar Britton all had 2 hits while Nolan Krutsinger, Zach Jones, Liam Ryan, Kobe Sheehan, and Carter Marke had one...