Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Kaskaskia College has moved Friday evening's commencement ceremony inside due to uncertain weather conditions. The ceremony will now be held in the KC Gym. Graduate line up will start at 5:30 pm, with...

Last night was Senior Awards at SCHS. Some athletic awards were also handed out. Connor Tennyson and Kayla Felgenhaur were named Mr and Miss Wildcat. Tennyson was a valuable piece for the Wildcats foo...

The Salem Lady Cats will honor their lone softball senior Olivia Paulson today when they host Olney for Senior Day. The Salem Lady Cats are 19-5 on the season and are #10 in the latest Max Preps softb...

South Central beat Neoga on the road 8-1. Coen West was the winning pitcher going 6 innings allowing just 1 hit and struck out 9. Chase Guerrettaz got the final 3 outs. At the plate, Trevan Sidwell dr...

Yesterday, Centralia beat Carbondale at Craig Freels Courts 7-2. Singles winners for the Orphans were Gustavo Kieling, Thomas Ha, Reed Ashford, Ryder Koger and Yago Arcay. The doubles teams of Koger a...

The Christ Our Rock Boys Track and Field Team placed 3rd at The Jared Morris Invitational today at Nashville High School with 53 pts, Bresse Mater Dei was 2nd with 56 pts and Nashville won the Invitat...

Congratulations Zane Barthelemy and Lucas Hodge on securing your spot in the ICASSTT Clash Championship to be help on Lake Springfield June 1st and 2nd. They join Cooper Lobek and Colten Starnes who p...

In City of Salem Recreation/YMCA women's A League Volleyball, Gold Diggers beat Calm Your Tips (25-7, 25-14), Bierman General Store over Toss N Wash (25-19, 25-20), and Spike Tysons over Hits & Gi...

CHICAGO (AP) - When Justin Steele got hurt on opening day, the big question for the Chicago Cubs centered on the state of their rotation without their ace left-hander. That concern faded away over tim...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brandon Nimmo hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning that sent the New York Mets to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. "Honestly, the home run I hit wa...