Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Today is the Sectional Finals in 3a/4a baseball. At Triad, the Highland Bulldogs and Mascoutah Indians will battle for the 3rd time this season, with each teams getting wins. This time it's for a sect...

The 1a/2a softball state finals are today after the Final Four opened yesterday at the Louisville Slugger facility in Peoria. In 2a, Carterville knocked off the 3 time defending state champion Taylor ...

Belleville Althoff will play for the IHSA 1a girls soccer championship this afternoon with a 2:30 kickoff against Williamsville from North Central College in Naperville. The Lady Crusaders are in the ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Edmundo Sosa homered, Bryce Harper doubled and singled and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Friday night for their seventh consecutive win at home. Aar...

CHICAGO (AP) - Santiago Espinal hit a two-run homer while pinch hitting in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the sliding Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Friday. Espinal, who entered hitti...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Jack Crowder pitched eight innings, giving up just one run on three hits with five strikeouts as Illinois beat Indiana State 4-1 on Friday in the Lexington Regional. The Fighting...

Both occupants of a car that ran off the Green Street Road late Thursday night refused hospital treatment for apparent minor injuries. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports Thomas Hays of Wes...

The theme of the Little Egypt Festival this year will be 'Music to My Ears'. The announcement was made by General Chair Jay Henke. "We wanted a fun theme this year and this is the first year the entir...

Work has been completed on additional isolation rooms for inpatients at Salem Township Hospital. Interim Hospital President Lisa Ambuehl announced the completion of the $400,000 grant fund project at ...

Marion County Jail Administrator Troy Reed has been named Jail Administrator of the Year by the Illinois County Risk Management Law Enforcement Practice. Co-Director Josh Blackwell says they provide i...