Author Archives: WJBD Staff

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer off Yu Darvish in the sixth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Tuesday night to win the first two of a three-ga...

CHICAGO (AP) - Cody Bellinger, Seiya Suzuki, Christopher Morel and Garrett Cooper homered, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Colorado Rockies 12-2 on Tuesday night for their third straight win. Belling...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. The fountains at the Mall of America in Minneapolis collect about $25,000 in coins each year. 2. Johnny Carson liked being alone so much that his ...

A 41-year-old rural Texico man has been charged in Jefferson County Court with two Class X felony counts of armed violence and being a felon in possession of a weapon following an investigation that b...

The Salem City Council has approved the rezoning of property at 201 West Lake Street just west of the Casey's Store. It had been zoned residential. It will now be zoned as highway business. A new owne...

Ameren Illinois officials say it is not clear what caused a two and a half hour power outage to most of Salem early Tuesday morning during heavy thunderstorm activity. The outage began at 3:12 am and ...

Salem Interim City Manager Annette Sola says several improvements are planned as part of the fiscal year 2025 budget. She continued her review of the proposed budget at Monday night's City Council mee...

The Wamac City Council on Monday evening approved a motion to appropriate $92,000 in Motor Fuel Tax money to oil and chip the city's streets in 2024. The expenditure approved by the council includes t...

Photos of the Centralia Annies loss to Mascoutah 16-7.   By Pat Hodges:

After a pair of wins over Belleville West and Triad on Saturday, the 6-6 Salem Wildcats try to improve on their 0-1 Cahokia record when they travel to Freeburg today. The Midgets are 6-4 on the season...