Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Kindergarten students, transitional kindergarten and early childhood will have their last day on Friday, May 28th. This will be a full day of attendance. They will not be in attendance on Tuesday, Jun...

A 56-year-old Salem man was injured in a Wednesday afternoon bicycle crash that occurred in the 400 block of East Main Street. Salem Police were called to the home of Michael Tomshack on South Maple S...

Salem Police have arrested a 21-year-old Salem man for burglary to a motor vehicle and criminal trespass to a motor vehicle after he was reportedly seen committing a vehicle burglary early Thursday mo...

The Marion County Sheriff's Deputies found a large amount of drugs and a gun when investigating a suspicious vehicle early Thursday morning. Both the driver and passenger were arrested. The driver, 28...

Salem Fire Protection District officials say they got a quick knockdown on a garage fire early last night. The fire was in a detached garage on the David Purcell property at 2402 South Washington in S...

A 52-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for alleged domestic battery and on an Illinois Department of Corrections warrant. Centralia Police say the incident had occurred on Wednesday, but George...

Karin H. Hoxworth, 73, of Centralia passed away Monday, May 23, 2022, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Karin was a faithful, supportive military wife of 21 years. She had a kind, c...

Voters will be asked if Illinois workers should have a fundamental right to unionize in the March election. The amendment to the State Constitution would make it a fundamental right for workers to for...

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office is warning the public about new email and text scams. The scams are targeting Illinoisans...and include unsolicited text and email messages claiming to...

Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds told the Salem City Council during a planning session this week this is not the time to be thinking about pulling their officer out of the Southeastern Illinois Drug T...