Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Centralia competed at the 2a Mascoutah Sectional. Arion Hill cruised to a 110 hurdles victory with a PR matching 14.22. Also was 4th in the 300 hurdles in a time of 40.66 to advance in both events. Le...

The Odin/Patoka/Sandoval Lady Eagles advanced to the 1a regional championship at Edwards County after their 13-2 win over Grayville yesterday. Lexi Calhoun and Harley Harper had 3 hits each. Hailey La...

In regular season play, Salem moved to 23-7 with their 7-0 win at Mattoon. Bre Thurman struck out 8 in the win. Olivia Paulson drove in 3 runs and hit a 2 run homer, her 10th of the season. Marah John...

The post season began for 1a/2a baseball teams. The South Central Cougars opened their regional at Edwards County and came away with a 3-2, 8-inning win over Cisne. SC won in the most South Central of...

In Little league Minors, Country Financial beat Jerold Henson Painting 6-0. Easton Keller was the complete game winner striking out 14. Karsyn Guidish 3-3 with 2 RBI, Jaxon Rector and Bo Lux added hit...

Mount Vernon senior Navontae Nesbit Jr has signed to play basketball for Rend Lake College. Nesbit was also getting recruited at the next level for football, but chose basketball.

The Centralia City School Board has accepted the resignation of Centralia Junior High School principal Jordan Queen. He will be departing at the end of the school year to accept the position of superi...

The long wait is over, but the news was good on Marion County's 2021 audit. The Manager of Government Practice for the Wipfli Auditing Firm Josh Faivre joined the Marion County Board Tuesday night via...

The Marion County Fair for the first time will be selling tickets online to grandstand events. The fair's website MarionCountyAgFair.com will open for the purchase of tickets at six Wednesday night (t...

The Salem Township Hospital Employee of the Year is Director of Surgical Services Kristina Feig. Her name was announced by the sponsoring Salem Township Hospital Foundation during a Hospital Week even...