Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Kaskaskia College will hold a free forum on Saturday to promote the Workforce Equity Initiative Grant (WEI) opportunities. The event will be from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Centralia Youth Center wi...

Centralia Fire Chief John Lynch says nurses had put out a fire in a third floor patient room before their arrival late Thursday afternoon. Lynch says the department helped clear smoke from the room. H...

A 30-year-old Centralia man has been charged with two Class X felony charges in connection with what turned out to be a drug bust at a room in the Centralia Motel earlier this week. Bond for Lonnie Wi...

The South Central Cougars knocked off Neoga in front of a big crowd at Lions Field in Kinmundy who came to watch the milestone victory. The win was the program's 1000th since consolidation in the 1989...

The Salem Wildcats fell to Freeburg 15-0 giving up 10 runs in the 2nd inning. Salem's defense struggled again committing 5 errors leading to 12 unearned runs. The Cats got 2 hits from Hunter Daniels a...

The SC Lady Cougars improved to 16-4 overall and 4-1 in the NTC with a 9-3 win at Neoga. Taegan Webster was the winning pitcher and at the plate added 3 hits and drove in a run. Kaitlyn Swift added an...

The Franklin Park Track Team held their end of year awards yesterday. On the boys side, Robby Shober had the most points, Cole Casburn the HEART award, Co-Most Improved were Keaton Gullion & Cole ...

In Little League Majors, Rotary beat IGA 15-5 in five innings. Landen Maxey was the winning pitcher as he and Jaret Gibson combine to strikeout 13 and walk just 1. At the plate for Rotary, Brendan Smi...

The Salem 12u, coming off a 2nd place finish last weekend at their tournament, will open up the 2021 Chip Kuhn Memorial Tournament in Okawville tonight with an 8pm game against the Washington County W...

Chicago Cubs (22-21, second in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (25-18, first in the NL Central) St. Louis; Friday, 8:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Kyle Hendricks (3-4, 5.27 ERA, 1.55 W...