Author Archives: WJBD Staff

It was regional championship night in prep basketball. The Centralia Orphans moved to 30-2 on the season winning the Marion 3a regional over the host Wildcats 42-35. Centralia will advance to the Tria...

The Vandalia Vandals dominated their IHSA State Wrestling Duals quarterfinal held at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington shutting out Rickover Naval Academy of Chicago 82-0. Vandalia will wrestle i...

The Salem boys and girls track teams each opened their indoor seasons this week. The Lady Cats traveled to Marion on Thursday for the Joe Elliott Indoor. Finlay Puricelli had a good day finishing 5th ...

Franklin Park hosted their varsity volleyball tournament. Franklin Park and Breese tied for first place and Breese would take home the title on points allowed in the tournament. Franklin Park opened w...

A 71-year-old Salem woman was killed in an early Wednesday morning fire that gutted her home at 410 East Bennett Street. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon has identified the victim as Dollaine Wooley....

The Salem City Council Tuesday night approved three bids totaling around $50,000 to replace a section of a failed section of roof at city hall and replace portions of the interior that received water ...

Salem Mayor Nic Farley has unveiled a website designed as a one-stop website for everything about the April 8th total eclipse. The mayor used his IT and website-building skills to create SalemEclipse....

A 30-year-old Odin man has been sentenced to three years in prison for failure to register as a sex offender with a prior conviction. Roy Cochran of Folsom Street was charged with failure to register ...

Mt. Vernon Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department reports a 44-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been arrested for felony criminal trespassing after allegedly being shot while trying to forcib...

Last night was sectional semifinal night in girls prep basketball. In 1a at Elkville, Edwards County beat Pope County 62-36 and Goreville over Marissa 46-25. At Central A&M, Salt Fork knocked off ...