Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Sunday was Veterans and Gold Star Families Day at Illinois State Fair
Sunday was Veterans and Gold Star Families Day at the Illinois State Fair. The Veteran's Day program included music from the Illinois Army National Guard's 144th Army Band. Lieutenant Governor Juliana...
Aug 14, 2023 Those who lost their lives on active duty are remembered at the Gold Star Family program at the Illinois State Fair on Sunday.
Centralia City Council to start process to obtain low interest loan for new water treatment plant
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to start the process of obtaining a low interest loan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to pay for a new six-million gallon a day ...
Aug 14, 2023
Franklin Park Baseball At Carmi Off For Monday
The Franklin Park Bobcats were scheduled to play a road game at Carmi today, but that game has been canceled. Salem also had their home double header on Saturday canceled with Newton. They will return...
Aug 14, 2023
OBC Tournament Trophy Games Scheduled For Monday In Central City & Odin
The Oil Belt Conference Tournaments are scheduled to finish up today with trophy games. In baseball, the championship will be at 4pm in Central City featuring the hosts taking on Odin/Patoka. The 3rd ...
Aug 14, 2023
SCMS Lady Falcons Split DH At Casey On Saturday
The South Central Lady Falcons split a pair of games at Casey on Saturday. They opened with a 13-1 win over Tri-County. Maddi Peddicord went 3-3 with a double and 4 RBI while scoring twice. 8 out of 1...
Aug 14, 2023
SYFL Sweeps Carbondale On The Road
The Salem Youth Football Wildcats swept their JV and Varsity games at Carbondale Saturday. The JV won 26-20 in overtime. Ben Lux had 3 touchdowns and Emit Gibson also scored. Davian Garrison and Eli P...
Aug 14, 2023
Centralia CK Finishes 3rd At Reebok Summer Series Finale
Centralia CK goes 2-1 on the day at Cape Girardeau Reebok Summer Finale Basketball Tournament! They won their first game by 5, lost the 2nd game by 6 and won the 3rd game by 15. They got the #1 seed h...
Aug 14, 2023
CCL Championship Comes Down To One Game
The Clinton County League Championship will come down to a winner-take-all game this weekend after Trenton and Bartelso split the first two games of the championship series on Sunday. Trenton won the ...
Aug 14, 2023 Darren Whitley
Varsho has 5 RBIs, Ryu gets first win since surgery as Jays avoid sweep, beat Cubs 11-4
TORONTO (AP) - Daulton Varsho homered and had five RBIs, Hyun Jin Ryu pitched five innings to win for the first time since returning from elbow surgery, and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided a three-game ...
Aug 14, 2023
Tommy Edman's 2 homers power the Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Tommy Edman hit two home runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night in front of the second-largest crowd of the season at K...
Aug 14, 2023
