Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Prep Cross Country Post Season Set For This Weekend
The high school cross country regionals are Saturday. Salem will compete at Olney Central College along with North Clay and Mount Vernon. Qualifiers will advance to the Jacksonville Sectional next wee...
Oct 17, 2023
Lady Bobcats Get 20 From Wolfe In Home Opening Win Over Vandalia
The Lady Bobcats are 2-0 after last night's home opening win over Vandalia 55-13. Quinn Wolfe had 20 and Kayleigh Jarrett 9 to lead Salem. The JV won 40-18 with Lexie Malan scoring 14 points and Brynn...
Oct 17, 2023
Fuzion 16u Win USA Softball Tournament At Centralia
The Fuzion 16u won the USA Softball Tournament of Champions in Centralia on Saturday going 4-1. They opened up the day with a pool win over Top Tier 18-2 followed by a 7-6 loss to the Z20 Bombers to g...
Oct 17, 2023
Women's A Leage Volleyball Salem Recreation/YMCA Results
In Salem Recreation/YMCA Women's A League Volleyball, Meskil Cleaning Service won in three sets over Bierman's General Store 22-25, 25-14, 15-11; Spike Tysons over Salem Tire 25-7, 25-5; Spike Tyson a...
Oct 17, 2023
Kansas is No. 1 in the preseason men's AP Top 25; Duke, Purdue next as 5 teams get first-place votes
Bill Self likes to remind his team that the faces may change at Kansas but the expectations within his program never do. Expectations outside the program? Turns out they are as high as possible this y...
Oct 17, 2023
Salem City Council Monday to consider final approval for natural gas rate increase
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to give final approval to a change in the natural gas rate structure for residential and commercial users to cover the city's increased costs to maint...
Oct 16, 2023
Large part of South Central Illinois falls back into abnormally dry conditions
A large part of South-Central Illinois has moved back into abnormally dry conditions. The Illinois Drought Map issued Thursday shows Salem and most of the northern two-thirds of Marion County still wi...
Oct 16, 2023
Odin School District moves forward on solar energy
Odin School Superintendent Belinda Kirgan expects work on the district's solar energy field to get underway next month and be completed by January. The board at its meeting last week agreed to pay a $...
Oct 16, 2023 File: Odin High School. Photo by Sam Snodsmith.
Effingham plant closes doors due to UAW Auto Workers strike
The Effingham Flex-N-Gate plant in Effingham has laid off all of its hourly employees until further notice due to the United Auto Workers strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. The Effing...
Oct 16, 2023 Members of the United Auto Worker Union walk out of the Chicago Ford Assembly Plant as Lance Williams from Lansing, Ill., waves the UAW flag Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Marion County Relay for Life set for this coming Saturday
Food, fun, celebrations, remembering-these will all be a part of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Marion County on Saturday, October 21st. The event will run from 4 to 8pm on Saturday at ...
Oct 16, 2023 Cancer survivors lead off the opening ceremony at the Marion County Relay for Life.
