Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Salem Strength Team's Monty Murphy and Tim Crwaford both competed at the USA Powerlifting Bench National in Phoenix, Arizona in the Masters 1 Raw Division. Monty in the 90 kilogram weight class finish...

The KC soccer coach Joe Basch and the 2023 women's soccer team will host their annual Navy/White Scrimmage this Saturday at noon. The team will also hold a meet the team and autograph signing followin...

NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Alonso homered in consecutive at-bats and tied a career high with six RBIs as the New York Mets withstood a long rain delay and snapped a six-game losing streak Monday night with ...

The Salem City Council Monday night will consider writing off $14,082 in uncollected utility debt that is more than seven years old. City Manager Rex Barbee says accounting rules indicate that if the ...

Marion County Fair Board President Doug Telford is pleased with this year's county fair that wrapped up over the weekend. Telford says once again this year there was great community support for both t...

Congressman Mike Bost is calling the indictments against former President Donald Trump a 'clear witch hunt'. Bost commented on the latest indictments surrounding the January 6th incident at the Capito...

A 26-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested by Centralia Police on an outstanding Marion County felony failure to appear warrant on pending Class X delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine a...

Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Kevin Sargent says a fire that heavily damaged a garage early this morning appears to have been intentionally set. The fire was on the Lisa Rollinson property in the 400 block of...

The Salem Youth Football Wildcats opened up their season and new conference on Saturday with a sweep of visiting Centralia Red Storm. The varsity won 40-14. Troy Keele, Kyler King and Rylan Lawson all...

The Middle School softball season continues today as South Central takes their 2-0 record to Webster Field in Kinmundy to take on Dieterich. The Lady Falcons beat Dieterich in a tri-match over the wee...