Author Archives: WJBD Staff
SC & NC Fall In NTC Baseball Semifinals
The National Trail Conference baseball tournament semifinals were yesterday. Altamont knocked off South Central 8-0. In the loss, Colton Smith had a single, Callaway Smith added 2 hits and Hudson Moor...
Oct 05, 2023
SIJHSAA State Baseball & Softball Tournaments Finish Today....TSM In Action For 3rd At Coulterville
The SIJHSAA State Baseball & Softball tournaments are scheduled to finish up today, weather permitting. In Class L at Centralia, the baseball games will start at 1pm with the 3rd place game betwee...
Oct 05, 2023
Brian White scores his 15th goal and the Whitecaps beat St. Louis City to clinch playoff spot
Brian White scored his 15th goal of the season and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat St. Louis City 3-0 on Wednesday night to clinch an MLS playoff spot. Vancouver (12-10-10) came into the match needing a ...
Oct 05, 2023 Jarrett Campbell / CC
Mired in chaos off the field and winless on it, the Bears visit Washington hoping to spring an upset
Ron Rivera understands what the Chicago Bears are going through. In his first three seasons as coach in Washington, the former Bears linebacker and assistant dealt with one off-the-field distraction a...
Oct 05, 2023
Phillies, D-Backs, Rangers & Twins Advance
Phillies sweep Marlins to earn NL Division Series rematch with MLB-best Braves PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bryson Stott crushed the second grand slam in Philadelphia Phillies postseason history and Aaron Nola...
Oct 05, 2023 Dru Bloomfield / CC
Another arrest made for drug delivery investigation in Salem
The eighth person has been arrested in an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in the Salem area. 35-year-old Levi Sullivan of South Salem Street in Kinmundy turned himself in at the Marion Cou...
Oct 04, 2023
One person injured in Route 37 crash north of Salem
One person was hurt in a two vehicle crash on Route 37 north of Salem Tuesday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a car driven by 64-year-old Angela Wyatt of Lakeview Drive in Salem was tr...
Oct 04, 2023
Salem Bryan Bennett Library set to unveil new Planetarium
The Salem Bryan Bennett Library has acquired a large inflatable Planetarium that will hold about 20 people at a time for presentations on the solar system. Educational programs are being planned with ...
Oct 04, 2023 Bryan Bennett Library Program Director Karen Shanafelt and Librarian Kim Keller outside new Planetarian. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. Humans have been eating pistachios for approximately 8,750 years. 2. Almost 99.9% of the mass in our Solar System is the sun. 3. More than 50% of ...
Oct 04, 2023
Saturday is Little Egypt Festival Day in Salem; see the parade line up
The Little Egypt Festival Parade in Salem will be bigger this year. Festival General Chair Jay Henke says the parade completes a big day of activities in Bryan Memorial Park and downtown. "Starting ea...
Oct 04, 2023 Looking down North Broadway at West Main at the start of the 51st Annual Little Egypt Fesival Parade in 2022.
