Author Archives: WJBD Staff

After 4 years as Rend Lake College men's basketball coach, Brian Gamber recently resigned from the position. Gamber turned in his resignation on Friday. The Warriors ended the year with an 8-23 record...

The NJCAA Division 2 National Tournament is going on right now in Danville at the Mary Miller Center. Parkland College opened the tournament as the 7 seed and beat St Clair County, Michigan 64-60 to a...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A placard with Terrence Shannon Jr.'s name hung over a stall in the Illinois locker room at CHI Health Center on Wednesday. An empty folding chair was beneath it. The Illini's bigge...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The first person Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams greeted when he stepped onto the field for his pro day Wednesday was wide receiver Keenan Allen, newly acquired by th...

A fire destroyed a mobile home and shed northeast of Mt. Vernon late Tuesday afternoon. Jefferson Fire reports no one was at home on the Rodney and Jana Mullinax home in the 19,000 block of North Hill...

A 22-year-old St. Peter man has been sentenced to three years in prison in Marion County Court after pleading guilty to a garage burglary. Drew Gherardini of Holeman Street admitted to breaking into t...

A Taylorville attorney has won the Republican Primary to replace the at large circuit judgeship left vacant by the election of Michael McHaney of Salem to the Appellate Court. Dennis Atteberry receive...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. Texas is so big that El Paso is closer to San Diego than it is to Houston. 2. Half of the gold that's ever been found on Earth comes from the Witw...

The Salem girls track team held their home meet Tuesday at Jim Finks Field . We honored our only senior Avery Robison, she will be a 4 year varsity letter winner and is this year's team captain. Mt. V...

The Centralia Annies beat Mount Vernon at home in prep soccer 2-0. Photos by Pat Hodges: