Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Salem Match Play Today...Maxey 4th At St Anthony JV Tournament....Boehne Medals Again
Big day at the Salem Country Club today as the boys and girls teams will host the Salem Match Play. The Salem JV competed at the St Anthony JV Tournament. Freshman Landen Maxey was 4th overall shootin...
Sep 16, 2023
SC Beats Neoga, Hosts DH On Saturday
The SC Cougars baseball team is in action today hosting a double header with St Anthony. The Cougars are coming off a 5-0 road win yesterday at Neoga. Callaway Smith drove in 2 runs with RBI also from...
Sep 16, 2023
Franklin Park Falls To TSM, Will Host Nashville Today
The Lady Bobcats dropped their home game yesterday to a very good Trinity St Mary's team 9-0 as the Defenders improve to 12-1 with the win. Abigail Thompson struck out 10 in relief of Alli Thurman. Th...
Sep 16, 2023
Gurriel, Thomas hit 3-run homers, D-backs beat Cubs 6-4 in showdown of NL wild-card contenders
PHOENIX (AP) - Left-handed batter Alek Thomas took a confident swing at a slider and hit a crucial three-run homer off one of baseball's top left-handed pitchers. It was another indication that these ...
Sep 16, 2023
Castellanos hits 3-run homer in 1st inning in Phillies' 5-4 victory over Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nick Castellanos hit a three-run homer, lifting the NL wild-card leading Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-4 victory over St. Louis on Friday night to assure the Cardinals of their first l...
Sep 16, 2023
Martin Truex Jr. is staring down elimination from NASCAR playoffs after winning regular-season title
Regular-season NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. is in a slump going into Saturday night's race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. Two bad races to open the playoffs has left him on the brink of e...
Sep 16, 2023
Marion County Fair Board, past and present, named Grand Marshals of Little Egypt Festival Parade
The Marion County Fair Board, past and present, along with their families, have been named the Grand Marshals of this year's Little Egypt Festival Parade. Parade Chair Troy Cannon says their selection...
Sep 15, 2023 Looking down North Broadway at West Main at the start of the 51st Annual Little Egypt Fesival Parade in 2022.
Salem Theatre production of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' opens this weekend
The Salem Community Theatre production of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' opens its two weekend run with a performance at seven Friday night. The play is based on the novel by Mark...
Sep 15, 2023 The cast of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’. Front row: Megan Geary, Lucinda Register, Taylor Parker, Dawson Deckard holding Hazel the dog, Crystal Jackson, Hannah DeLao, and Misty Rinehart. Back row: Bryce Stanley, Kevin McCarty, Dusty Hays, Andrew Hays, and Zach Torbeck. Missing: Chelsea Duke.
Salem Applefest set for Saturday at Marion County Fairgrounds
Applefest returns to the Marion County Fairgrounds in Salem this Saturday. Salem Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jessiycka Coleman says the event will run from ten to three and has grown from l...
Sep 15, 2023 The Daffy Dill Garden Club was doing a brisk business in plants at the 2022 Apple Fest.
Iuka Fall Park Demolition Derby set for Saturday
The Fall Iuka Park Demolition Derby returns on Saturday. The event sponsored by the Iuka Community Development Corporation begins at two. Gates will open at nine for the demo cars. There will also be ...
Sep 15, 2023 Past action at the fall Iuka Demolition Derby.
