Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Kinmundy hires new police chief, raises water rates, sets Halloween Trick or Treat
Kinmundy has a new police chief starting Monday. Wamac Police Officer Joe Duffy has accepted the position. He has been on the Wamac department since 2014 and before that served in the military and wor...
Sep 15, 2023 Kinmundy's new Police Chief Joe Duffy is sworn into office while his wife Katrina holds the Bible.
Lady Rockets Fall To Woodlawn, Finish Regular Season Saturday
The Selmaville Lady Rockets lost a rematch with Woodlawn 5-4. The Lady Rockets were up 4-3 in the bottom of the 7th but surrendered 2 runs on an error, walk and a base hit. Keira Meredith struck out 1...
Sep 15, 2023
Wildcats Soccer Get Hat Trick From Baker, 2 Goals From Shober In 5-3 Win
The Salem Wildcats soccer team earned a home win over visiting Wesclin 5-3. Salem got on the board first with a Robbie Shober goal followed up by an Eli Baker score to make it 2-0. Wesclin would score...
Sep 15, 2023 Photo: Toby Gullion/FTS
19 Central Illinois USPS employees and former employees charged with fraud
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal grand jury has returned indictments against 19 United States Postal Service employees and former employees, charging them with fraud related to the Paycheck Protection Pr...
Sep 15, 2023 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Wildcats Open Cahokia Tonight Against 0-3 Wood River
The Salem Wildcats and the rest of the Mississippi Division of the Cahokia Conference will open up league play tonight when they welcome East Alton Wood River to Jim Finks Field. Salem is 2-1 on the y...
Sep 15, 2023 Photo: Toby Gullion/FTS
Lady Cats Volleyball Falls At Wood River
The Salem Lady Cats fell to 7-6 on the season and 0-3 in the Cahokia with a road loss at Wood River 14-25, 19-25. The night began with the Salem freshmen winning in 2 sets 21-11, 21-14 and the JV also...
Sep 15, 2023
Lady Cat Golfers Stay Hot....CORLHS Gets Another Medalist Performance From Boehne
The Salem Lady Cats golf team continued to roll yesterday at the Salem Country Club's Back 9 beating Sandoval Co-Op 166-264. Mak Mann shot 37 to lead Salem, Alyssa Paul added 40, Mya Russell 43 and Ja...
Sep 15, 2023
Franklin Park, Iuka & Rome Earn Wins
The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats beat visiting Centralia 15-0. Reagan Shuler was great in the circle striking out 7. At the plate, Quinn Wolfe went 2-2 with 5 RBI, Emma Lipe had 2 hits along with Alli T...
Sep 15, 2023
Selmaville Honors 8th Graders With Win....Franklin Park Blows Out CJHS
The Selmaville Rockets recently hosted Woodlawn and honored their 8th graders with a 14-4 victory. Nicholi Marhanka drove in 4 runs on the day to lead the Rockets who scored 9 times in the first innin...
Sep 15, 2023
Franklin Park & Central City Results From Lee Evans Invite
More results are coming in from this week's Lee Evans Cross Country Invitational. The Bobcats Varsity Boys were led by Scout Puricelli who was 9th out of 117 runners. Central City was led by Trey Sloa...
Sep 15, 2023
