Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Salem Tips Off At Capital Classic Today.....Prep Boys Basketball Schedule For Friday
The 35th Capital Classic tips off today along with the Salem Wildcats season. Salem will begin at 12:30 today with a game against Teutopolis followed tonight by a 7:30 start against Red Hill before fi...
Nov 24, 2023 Salem Community High School's new head boys basketball coach Pete Colclasure.
IHSA State Football Championships On Friday & Saturday From Normal
Today is the first of 2 state championship days in prep football at Hancock Stadium in Normal. Today begins at 10 am with the 1a game of Lena Winslow and Camp Point Central. In 2a at 1 its Wilmington ...
Nov 24, 2023
SC & Odin Get Wins Before Thanksgiving
The SC Falcons won a pair of games beating CHBC 53-21. Colton Cartright had 20 in the win, Eli Hiestand added 11. They also beat Ramsey 61-27. Eli Hiestand led the way with 17, Cartright added 16 and ...
Nov 24, 2023
Here is the latest Big Ten Conference sports news from The Associated Press
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Caleb Love scored 17 points and made a key steal in the closing seconds to help No. 3 Arizona beat No. 21 Michigan State 74-68 in the Acrisure Classic. Love made 1 of 2 free...
Nov 24, 2023
Two incumbent members of Marion County Health Department reappointed after board's past actions are criticized
Two incumbent members of the Marion County Health Board were reappointed on 7-6 votes at a special meeting Monday night. After an attempt at an earlier meeting to remove Mike Morton and Kendra Taylor ...
Nov 21, 2023 Filled meeting room at Monday night's special Marion County Board room. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Property Tax Multiplier will be 10-percent due to continuing rise in home prices; see list of assessments
Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller has announced a ten percent property tax multiplier for bills that will be issued next year. The increase is the result of the continuing rise in ho...
Nov 21, 2023 Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller.
Salem Community High School canned food drive collects 24,130.5 cans
The Salem Community High School canned food drive collected 24,130.5 cans. The drive came to an end Monday morning as all the homeroom classes brought in the canned goods they had collected during thi...
Nov 21, 2023 Members of the Salem Community High School Student Council and National Honor Society as they prepare to move 24,130 cans to the Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem selects Sunrise Sanitation as new garbage collector
The Salem City Council has selected the low bidder Sunrise Sanitation of Salem as its garbage collector for the next five years starting January first. However, there were concerns including the compa...
Nov 21, 2023
Free Thanksgiving Dinner planned for 19th year at Poplar Place in Centralia
The Poplar Place in Centralia will provide a free Thanksgiving Dinner to anyone who wants to participate on Thanksgiving Day. One of those who founded the program 19 years ago, Mimi Hawkins, expects o...
Nov 21, 2023 The food line at the Thanksgiving Dinner at the Poplar Place in 2022.
Salem Township Hospital Board begins discussing next big improvement project
Salem Township Hospital President Alex Nazarian says pre-design has been completed on the hospital's next big improvement project. Nazarian says once the rural medical clinic can move to the renovated...
Nov 21, 2023 Salem Township Hospital President Alex Nazarian at front entrance to the parking lot on the new parking lot.
