Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Lady Cats 5th At Annies Invitational
The Salem Wildcat track team will head to the Olney Invitational. The Salem Lady Wildcats competed at the Centralia Annies Invitational. Mount Vernon brought home the team title with 128 points follow...
Apr 05, 2024
Forsberg has 2 goals and an assist to lead Predators over Blues, 6-3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist, Juuse Saros made 44 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Thursday night to snap a three-game losing str...
Apr 05, 2024
Gorman's 2-run double helps Cardinals win home opener, 8-5 over woeful Marlins, who drop to 0-8
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nolan Gorman hit a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning and the St. Louis Cardinals won their home opener, 8-5 on Thursday over the winless Miami Marlins, who are off to the ...
Apr 05, 2024 Erin Borrini / CC
Salem Chamber of Commerce announces nominees for Awards Gala
The Greater Salem Area Chamber of Commerce has announced its Partners in Progress award winner and nominees for several other awards that will be presented at the 2nd Annual Awards Gala later this mon...
Apr 04, 2024 Some of the Salem Chamber of Commerce Board members who helped announce the nominees for the upcoming Annual Gala Awards. Left to right: Angela Vincent, Terri Mearns, Laura Daugherty, Jessiycka Coleman-Nix, Coleton Harness, and Kelley Predium.
Carlyle Lake visitor center and some campgrounds open this weekend
The US Army Corps of Engineers has announced the Carlyle Lake Visitor Center and two campground facilities will open for the summer season this weekend. The visitor center will be open from nine am to...
Apr 04, 2024
Salem man pleads to contributing to delinquency of minor in exchange for grooming charge being dropped
A 53-year-old Salem man entered a negotiated plea in Marion County Court on Wednesday for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. As part of the agreement, Derek Purcell of Woodland Drive had a fe...
Apr 04, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Northern Illinois trucker injured in I-57 during heavy storm
A 51-year-old Evergreen Park man was injured when his truck left I-57 just north of the Kinmundy exit early Tuesday morning. State Police say preliminary information indicates Marion Hayes lost contro...
Apr 04, 2024 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Vernon man freed of Class X predatory criminal sexual assault charge in directed verdict during jury trial
A 56-year-old Vernon man was cleared of a Class X predatory criminal sexual assault of a child charge in Marion County Court Wednesday when Judge Mark Stedelin issued a directed verdict in his favor d...
Apr 04, 2024
Believe It or DON'T
Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed on the balcony of a Memphis motel. Riots broke out in over 100 American cities . . . killing 39 more people. Be...
Apr 04, 2024
OBC v. Area All Star Volleyball Games Set At Odin On Saturday
There will be a junior high volleyball All Star game at Odin this Saturday starting at 11. It will be the Oil Belt Conference versus Area All Stars. The first game will see the OBC represented by Mady...
Apr 04, 2024 Toby GullionFTS
