Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Good luck to Salem grad Hunter Russell and the rest of the Wabash Valley Bass Fishing Teams that qualified for the College Bass Fishing National Championships in Anderson, South Carolina that begins t...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nolan Arenado hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 10-6 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night. Arenado's fifth career walk-of...

CHICAGO (AP) - Riley Greene, Trey Sweeney and Kerry Carpenter homered, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 on Wednesday night. Detroit won for the seventh time in nine games, bouncing...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' shot at playing in a bowl game last season evaporated with two-point losses in the final two games. Coach Bret Bielema is confident of a happier ending this fall. "The...

Salem City Manager Annette Sola says the city staff is working on a new type of utility bill that hopefully will get delivered by the U.S. Postal Service on a more timely basis. She says the current b...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. Cigarette smokers have lower rates of Parkinson's disease than non-smokers. 2. Origami was started in China, not Japan. It made its way into Japan...

Jefferson Fire officials say they were able to save a rural Mt. Vernon home after an attached garage was destroyed by fire. The fire was at the Todd Ellis home at 10,260 Richview Road just west of the...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a person who broke out a window in a door of a Patoka home apparently was scared off when discovering someone was home. The sheriff's department searched...

Christ Our Rock opened their Fall prep baseball schedule with a 9-4 win over Brownstown/St Elmo on the road. Brayden Alber went 3-4 with 3 RBI. Christian Nollman added 2 RBI along with Noah Kinley. Fr...

The Selmaville Rockets scored 6 runs in the 8th inning as they escaped Louisville with a 15-9 extra inning win over North Clay. Jacob Butts hit a 2-run single in the 7th to tie the game and send it to...