Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Believe It or DON'T
Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1821, Missouri (The Show Me State) became the 24th state. Missouri is the birthplace of Mark Twain, and the home of both the Pony Express Museum and the of course wo...
Aug 10, 2023
Smoke on the Water Fest set this weekend on Raccoon Lake
The Third Annual 'Smoke on the Water Fest' is set this weekend on Raccoon Lake. Castle Ridge is once again sponsoring the boat races and entertainment around the event. Race Organizer Al Owen is expec...
Aug 10, 2023 One of the 2022 Smoke on the Water boat races on Raccoon Lake.
Police Beat for Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested 30-year-old Marie Anderson-Hernandez of East 3rd in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of a narcotic instr...
Aug 10, 2023
OBC Baseball Tournament Gets Underway Today
The Oil Belt Conference baseball tournament gets underway on Thursday afternoon at Central City and Odin. 4th seed Iuka takes on 5th seed Field in Central City at 4pm with the winner getting the top-s...
Aug 10, 2023
Franklin Park Bobcats Open Season Today At Home....Iuka Falls To Solid St Joe Olney
After last year's 20-win season and regional championship, Coach Brian Lipe has a lot of new varsity faces to the Bobcats program that he will see on full display today when Franklin Park opens up the...
Aug 10, 2023
Franklin Park Falls At Perennial Power South Central, Will Host Woodlawn Today
The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are in action for the first time at home as they also host Woodlawn today. The Lady Bobcats enter at 1-1 after falling yesterday at South Central 8-0. Emma Lipe, Abigail...
Aug 10, 2023 Photo: Toby Gullion/FTS
Iuka Takes On Odin/ACA; Field Plays Raccoon/Kell On Opening Day Of OBC Tournament
The Iuka Lady Pirates are at Odin/ACA to open up the Oil Belt Conference Tournament. The winner advances to play 2nd seed Selmaville on Friday at 4pm in Odin. The other opening round game this afterno...
Aug 10, 2023 Photo: Toby Gullion/FTS
YMCA/City of Salem Men's Softball Semifinals Held Wednesday
In City of Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball, the tournament continued with Pennington Chevrolet advancing to the finals with a 12-11 win over Eliminators. ABC Pub then took down Iuka State Bank 18...
Aug 10, 2023
Salem Grad Max Phillips All-American Scholar At Millikin
Salem grad and Millikin golfer Max Phillips was recently named All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of American. To be named to the honor, golfers had to achieve over a 3.2 GPA and have...
Aug 10, 2023
Alonso and McNeil provide power, Bickford saves the Mets as they hand the Cubs a costly 4-3 loss
NEW YORK (AP) - As the Chicago Cubs chase a playoff spot down the stretch, they'll be glad not to see Pete Alonso anymore. Alonso launched yet another homer against the Cubs, and Jeff McNeil hit a tie...
Aug 10, 2023
