Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Bond has been set at $1-million for a man who was shot by a Mt. Vernon Police officer in a shootout between the two early Wednesday morning. The Jefferson County State's Attorney's office issued the w...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft of a large 16 foot box trailer from a home in the 2600 block of County Farm Road southeast of Salem. The owner of the property said a ...

Apostolic Christian Academy and King's Kids' Preschool held their Awards night and Graduation this past Thursday, May 27. Congratulations to our graduates and honor roll students!   ACA Eighth Gr...

8th Grade Highest Honors: Savannah Arnold Mahayla Crain Maranda Donoho Macee Grzegorek Evan Hoover Alaska Horath Wyatt Iler Keira Langley Kierstyn Lyday Kaitlyn Swift Kyra Swift Jennifer Weems Evan Wh...

The Salem Wildcats opened up post season baseball play with an 8-3 victory over the Lawrenceville Indians in 2a play. Hunter Daniels drove in 3, Blane Phillips went 2-3 with 2 RBI. Salem also got RBI ...

In regular season play, South Central improved to 19-3 with a 10-5 win at Woodlawn. The Cougars trailed 4-1 after 2 innings but scored 7 over the next two frames to earn the win. Chase Dodson homered ...

The Salem Lady Cats open up post season softball play today as the 4 seed and will host Red Bud at 4:30 Also today, Marquette hosts Vandalia, Central welcomes Staunton, Benton at Carmi, Waltonville go...

The Salem Lady Cats will host the Sectional Track Meet this afternoon at Jim Finks Field Track starting at 1pm with the field events followed with the running events at 2. Joining Salem in the field w...

The prep girls soccer post season opened yesterday. In Class 1a, Salem's season came to an end with an 18-0 loss at Columbia. In 3a, Collinsville beat East 4-1, Edwardsville shutout Quincy 4-0, O'Fall...

The Peoples National Bank Pony League team improved to 4-1 and won their 4th straight following their 6-1 win last night over Minor League. Heydin Purcell worked the first 3 innings in getting the win...