Author Archives: WJBD Staff

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Busch went 4 for 5 with a homer and scored three runs, Cody Bellinger had three RBIs including a two-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dod...

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - NASCAR is in a stalemate with Michael Jordan and how it ends could potentially get very messy for both sides. After more than two years of contentious negotiations over a new reven...

As the President of Kaskaskia College (KC), I see firsthand the positive change KC makes in the lives of students, families, staff and community. Now, thanks to a recent economic impact report, we hav...

The region's reliance on intermittent energy, a member-oriented strategic plan, and a member-based virtual power plant were among the challenges and opportunities addressed during Southwestern Electri...

Salem's Super Cruise was Saturday September 7 th . The cruise began at 9 am with coordinator Ken Carpenter. Before noon on Saturday there were over 60 cars already, Carpenter explained he estimated ov...

The Board of Trustees of the Salem Fire Protection District hosted the annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Saturday in Bryan Memorial Park. The event opened with a memorial walk on Richter Drive that ...

Salem Police arrested a 42-year-old Salem man on two counts of violation of an order of protection and one count of possession of a controlled substance. Pietro Alfano of Dahlins Drive was taken to th...

A State Deputy Fire Marshal and Salem Police are investigating an early Monday morning house fire in Salem that appears to be arson. The fire was at the Jessica Sidner home at 1202 West Bennett Street...

Centralia City firemen say a worker at the Swan plant in the Centralia Industrial Park was injured Sunday night when his foot became stuck in a press used to make fiberglass product. Firemen say those...

The Salem Wildcats competed at the 2-man Carbondale Terrier Scramble. The Cats were 4th as a team out of the 18 team field shooting 212. They were led by the team of Rhett Detering and Landen Maxey wh...