Author Archives: WJBD Staff

A 55-year-old former area resident has died as a result of injuries sustained in a two vehicle crash Wednesday morning on I-57 south of milepost 68 north of Benton in Franklin County. State Police say...

A 40-year-old semi-truck driver from Indianapolis was injured in an early Friday morning crash when his rig hit water on I-57 two miles north of Salem and rolled over. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies...

The City of Salem kicks off the Christmas season this weekend. The festivities begin Friday night with the city recreation department and Marion County YMCA Christmas family game night at the Salem Co...

The Christmas spirit comes alive this weekend in Centralia with multiple activities. The downtown Christmas Stroll kicks things off from three to seven Friday afternoon. Chamber of Commerce Executive ...

Photo's from the Centralia Annies home win on Thursday over visiting Herrin. Picture credit - Pat Hodges  

The Salem Wildcats hit the road to open the Cahokia Conference with a trip to undefeated Breese Central. The Cats are coming off a heartbreaking 42-38 loss to state-ranked St Anthony their last time o...

The Salem Lady Cats felt to 5-2 on the season and 0-1 in the Cahokia Conference with their home loss to Breese Central 47-17. The Lady Cats are back in action Monday on the road out of conference agai...

The Varsity boys won their head to head with the Panthers 2886-2589. The high game of the day came from junior Keaton Gullion who shot a 234. The high series was Evan Gelsinger's 585 along with Silas ...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats won their 13th game of the year beating visiting Iuka last night at The Den 33-22. Quinn Wolfe led Salem with 16 points and 7 steals. Kayleigh Jarrett added 9 points and...

North Wamac/Irvington lost to Selmaville 71-33. In the game, Cooper Teaff went past 500 varsity points for his career scoring 20 in the loss. The Indian Eagles falls to 6-7 on the year. The JV fell to...