Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Congratulations to all the winners from last night's OBC Girls Basketball Tournament Trophy Games. Raccoon defeated Odin in the consolation finals. Central City held off Selmaville in the 3rd place ga...

by Karissa Neudecker CENTRALIA, IL - Olivia Neudecker, a senior at Centralia High School and standout student-athlete, has signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic career at K...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1851, "Moby Dick" was published. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1991, Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video with groundbreaking morphing effects premier...

1. The first time a computer successfully ran a piece of software was June of 1948. A computer in England ran a program that was, basically, just a calculator. 2. When Nokia was founded in Finland in ...

Congratulations to Salem volleyball players Jordan Kessler and Natalie Lee who were both named All Cahokia Conference.

The South 7 has released their All Conference Soccer Team. On the 1st Team were Centralia's Peyton Cole and Deacon Snow along with Mount Vernon's Jack Laughlin and Blake Sanders. On the 2nd Team were ...

The Nesto Hoops rankings are out for the Preseason in prep boys basketball. In 3a, Mt Zion is #4 with Mt Vernon 17, Centralia 19 and East St Louis at 21. Aaron Britton has DePaul Prep as the #1 ranked...

The Franklin Park Bobcats knocked off Wesclin yesterday 38-21. Liam Shober had 14, Zane Applegate 11 with Owen Tennyson finishing with 8. The JV lost 39-25. Kaiden Washington had 8 and Ben Lux & T...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats will travel to Wesclin tonight. Last night, Salem earned a 37-4 win over Benton. Braelan Knaak had 12 to lead Salem. Maci Susmena and added 10 and Brynn Kessler 6. The J...

The Oil Belt Conference girls basketball tournament opened last night. Central City beat Raccoon 26-19. Raccoon led 13-12 at the half, but were held scoreless in the 3rd quarter. Aubrey Cullip and All...