Author Archives: WJBD Staff

No bids were received for purchase of the former Save-a-Lot building on West Main Street. Sealed bids were scheduled to be opened at the Monday night Salem City Council meeting, but none were received...

During its meeting on Monday night, the Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees learned about the results of an analysis of the school's program enrollment. Julie Obermark, KC's Vice President of instruct...

Salem high school bowling coach and owner of Salem Bowl Steve Ludwig is used to helping his athletes figure out tough patterns, or how to adjust to breaking down lanes. This week, Ludwig is back into ...

The 12u Robinson Little League All Stars punched their ticket to the State Final Four in Sterling after their win over Western Springs yesterday. The #2 seed after pool play, Robinson will advance to ...

The South Central Storm 16u ended their solid run at the USSSA Southeast National Championships in Nashville, Tennessee coming away with 5th place out of 54 teams. The Storm completed pool play 3-0 ea...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball at Bryan Park, ABC Pub beat SWAG/Pour House 16-6, Knights beat SWAG 18-10 and Knights also dominated their game with El Rancherito 35-3. In the YMCA/City of Sal...

CHICAGO (AP) - Ian Happ lined a solo homer, six Chicago pitchers cobbled together a five-hitter and the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Monday night. Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson each had t...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Nick Gonzales hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning after Mitch Keller allowed one run in the first seven, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the seventh time in eight games...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Former UTEP coach Dana Dimel has been hired as a senior offensive assistant at Illinois, coach Bret Bielema announced Monday. Dimel was UTEP's coach from 2018-23 and previously ...

A long time member of the Odin Village Board has resigned due to leaving town. Jim Smith was honored at the board's meeting last week with an acrylic clock for his 21 years of work on behalf of the vi...