Author Archives: WJBD Staff

With the total solar eclipse rapidly approaching, organizations in Centralia are finalizing plans to promote the community during the event and handle the expected influx of traffic. Centralia sits in...

A big crowd was on hand as the Easter Egg Hunt in the Wamac Park was held Sunday afternoon. Wamac Mayor Butch Mathus has overseen the event since its beginning. "Its been a wonderful event. This is th...

Near-perfect weather brought out a big crowd to the 88th annual Salem Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt at Bryan Memorial Park on Sunday. The number of prizes was increased this year, with six bicycles given...

Centralia Police arrested two for alleged domestic battery following separate incidents. 40-year-old Lori Yarbrough of Edgewood Drive in Salem and 46-year-old Christopher Ramey of East 6th in Centrali...

The SC Lady Cougars split a pair of games at Carlyle on Saturday. SC opened with 4-0 loss to Carlyle. The Lady Cougars outhit Carlyle 4-3. Zoey Feldhake doubled and singled with singles from Kyra wift...

It was a big weekend for the Salem Wildcats baseball team. Limping in after a week that saw them go 1-2, the Cats played their best baseball of the season as they beat visiting Class 4a Belleville Wes...

The Salem JV split their double header over the weekend at home. Salem opened with an 8-2 win over Belleville West. Salem got RBI from Carter Lowe, Brody Collier, Colton Rogers and Evan Barnes. Barnes...

Today in prep baseball, the SC Cougars are at Windsor/Stew-Stras. Over the weekend, the Cougars won a pair of games. On Friday, they knocked off Ramsey 11-1 in five innings. Coen West homered, doubled...

The Salem Lady Cats fell to 7-2 on the season with a 3-1 loss at Marion. Bre Thurman was solid in the circle going all six innings allowing 6 hits and 3 runs. At the plate, Thurman had an RBI single, ...

The Salem 13u Travel Wildcats dropped a pair of tight games to South Central Storm Chasers over the weekend. In the opener, Salem fell 5-4. Jared Crompton had 2 hits including a double and drove in a ...