Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Softball Roundup -- Salem, CORLHS, SC & Odin All Earn Wins
Thurman, Paulson & Blagoue Lift Salem To 13-3 Start The Salem Lady Cats are 13-3 overall and 5-1 in the Cahokia Conference after their home win over Breese Central 13-5. It was a huge game for Sal...
Apr 17, 2024
Lady Cats Track Compete At Rain Shortened Mattoon Invite
The Salem girls track team competed at the Mattoon Invite after the rain shortened the event. Hannah Smith won the discus with a new PR of 108 feet. She also was 5th in the shot. Brylee Pennpyacker wa...
Apr 17, 2024
SC Junior High Track 2nd At Altamont
South Central got 2nd place overall at the Altamont track meet. We had a lot of first place finishers. 1st place in the 4x100 7th grade of Brayden Kuester, Ben Skibinski, Cooper Mcdowell, Jordan Smith...
Apr 17, 2024
Casey Mount Vernon's Michael Lash Named IBCA Coach of the Year In First Year With Rams
Congratulations to Casey Middle School Basketball Head Coach Michael Lash for being selected as a 2024 IBCA Coach of the Year. Coach Lash will be recognized at the IBCA Coach of the Year Luncheon at R...
Apr 17, 2024
YMCA/City of Salem B League Women's Volleyball Scores
In YMCA/City of Salem Women's B League Volleyball, 2 Legit 2 Hit beat Salem Grace (25-11, 25-19), Salem Grace in three sets beat Route 50 Repair (25-11, 24-26, 15-13), Pennylee Photography beat Plumbe...
Apr 17, 2024
Marte hits tying homer in 9th, Grichuk has winning double in 10th, D-backs beat Cubs 12-11
PHOENIX (AP) - Ketel Marte hit a tying solo homer with two outs in the ninth, and Randal Grichuk won it with a pinch-hit RBI double in the 10th, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a wild 12-11 victor...
Apr 17, 2024
Lynn earns his first win in second stint with Cards, who beat A's before season-low crowd of 3,296
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Lance Lynn earned his first win for the St. Louis Cardinals in seven years, a 3-2 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night before a season-low crowd of 3,296 at the Oakland C...
Apr 17, 2024
Salem Community High School Board hears about CEO program
The Salem Community High School Board Monday night heard from the four seniors in the Little Egypt CEO program. Jacob Thrash, Melanie Knaak, Payton Phillips and Jairen Stroud told the board it took co...
Apr 16, 2024
Salem City Council approves 2025 fiscal year budget
Without any additional questions, the Salem City Council Monday night approved the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. City Manager Annette Sola says department heads put a lot of work into the plan. She is plea...
Apr 16, 2024 Salem City Manager Annette Sola.
Police Beat for Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
Two people were arrested on Monday on no bond warrants and were taken to the Marion County Jail. Central City Police arrested 31-year-old Christa Wintermann of South Beech in Centralia on a failure to...
Apr 16, 2024
