Author Archives: WJBD Staff

A 21-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for the New Year's morning shooting of a Salem juvenile girl at a home in the 1300 block of North Trenary Street. Die...

The Central City Village Board voted Tuesday evening against creating a perpetual communications easement with SBA Communications regarding village property on which SBA operates a cellular tower. Had...

The Marion County Board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night asking the state legislature to do away with the requirement that the quadrennial reassessments and yearly assessment changes be p...

The Marion County Board Tuesday night approved a $25,835 update to the security system at the Marion County Courthouse and Public Service Building. Sheriff Kevin Cripps says the improvements address c...

The Centralia Orphans needed overtime but in the end Cruz Harlan was too much in the 2nd half leading Centralia to a 60-52 win over Highland in the 3a Triad Sectional Semifinals. Harlan finished with ...

Franklin Park volleyball stayed unbeaten on the season with a win at Centralia 25-15, 25-16. The JV lost 20-25, 22-25. Salem is back in action tonight at home against Wesclin. Selmaville traveled to N...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA coed volleyball action, A League was played on Monday with Bierman's General Store beating Meskil Cleaning Service (25-19, 25-13), Coryell Investment Group beat The Broadway T...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Payton Sandfort finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his first triple-double and Iowa breezed to a 90-81 victory over Penn State. Sandfort, a junior, made 3 o...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Sean Monahan scored a goal and added an assist after missing a game because of an illness to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Tuesday night and extend t...

CHICAGO (AP) - Cade Cunningham was just glad the Detroit Pistons could take a deep breath and exhale. A rare win felt particularly good coming off such a heated loss. Cunningham scored 26 points and t...