Author Archives: WJBD Staff

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Owen Tippett scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:33 left, sending the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. The surging Flyers won their fourth str...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Donovan Mitchell scored 34 points, Jarrett Allen had 10 points and 14 rebounds for his ninth straight double-double, and the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away late for a 109-91 victory ...

Miss Marion County Fair Kaityln Banning came away with two special awards at the State Fair Queen Pageant held this weekend in Springfield while Miss Clinton County Audrey Moran was second runner up a...

A noon hour fire on Saturday caused fire damage to the kitchen of a Centralia home. The fire was at the Kenya Stacey home on Charles Drive. Centralia City Firefighters say a pot had been left on the s...

State Representative Blaine Wilhour will remain on the March primary election ballot after the State Board of Elections overruled a challenge to his nominating petitions. While Wilhour had filed a Sta...

Girls Saturday Scores: Altamont 53 Tuscola 52 Breese Central 64 Waterloo 23 Breese Mater Dei 54 Belleville East 41 Christopher 61 Anna 42 EAWR 60 Mount Olive 39 Goreville 57 Gallatin County 24 Hamilto...

The Salem Wildcats survived and advanced through the IHSA Regional's on Saturday held at Salem Bowl. The Cats finished 2nd to Harrisburg by 33 pins. Junior Silas Moats was the individual champ shootin...

The Salem Wrestlers competed at the Cumberland Duals on Saturday short-handed due to injury. Salem beat Unity Christian 51-24. Salem lost to Oblong 39-32, Porta 60-15, Bismark Henning 45-30 and Cumber...

The Salem Lady Wildcats and the JV will both open up the Vandalia Mid-Winter Tournament. The JV are replacing Madison in the tournament and will open at 10am against top-seed Effingham. The 2nd game o...

The Salem Freshmen traveled to Fairfield and won a pair of games on Saturday. They opened with a 28-27 win over Fairfield. Trailing by 2 with 12 seconds left, Jaret Gibson made a shot and was fouled. ...