Author Archives: WJBD Staff

On Saturday September 23rd at 7:00pm, Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling (SICW) will return to the Sandoval High School in a benefit for the Sandoval Athletic Fund. SICW, promoted by Herb Simmon...

There's a lot of construction work underway on the north end of the Bell Tower Park in downtown Centralia. Carillon Foundation's Dave Agee says the work will convert the north end of the Bell Tower Pa...

Salem Grade School Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says it is exciting to see the continued improvement of student test scores coming out of the COVID-19 shutdown. She shared the results of the IAR st...

The 3-1 Salem Wildcats take their 1-0 record in the Cahokia to Jim Finks Field tonight when they welcome 10th ranked and undefeated Roxana. Salem is coming off a decisive win over Wood River last week...

The Salem Lady Wildcats are the Cahokia Conference golf champions. They shot 330 to finish ahead of Breese Central who shot 349, Columbia was 3rd with a 360, Freeburg 370 and Roxana 407. Freshman Mya ...

The Salem Lady Cats volleyball team improved to 10-9 on the season with a road win at Roxana 25-22, 23-25, 25-23. It finished a great night for the Salem team who won at all three levels, opening the ...

On Throwback Thursday, the KC Blue Angels soccer team topped Scott Community College 5-0 wearing the original Blue Angels jerseys. Rachael Beer, Kaylee Bierman, Lauren McDaniel, Brooklynn Phillips and...

The Franklin Park softball season came to an end with a heartbreaking loss to Hamilton County at Benton 6-5. Abigail Thompson struck out 7 in the circle. Reagan Shuler drove in 2 runs and Kendall Zimm...

In Class S, Selmaville came up short to Trinity St Mary's 3-0. Emrie Quick struck out 9 in the win. Raylynn Parker had a triple and run, Quick added a hit and run with Bailey Pingsterhuas chipping in ...

The SC Lady Falcons will play in IESA State Quarterfinal action this afternoon at 3pm against Pontiac St Mary's. SC enters with a record of 18-2 taking on St Mary's who enters at 24-1. The first game ...