Author Archives: WJBD Staff

A 36-year-old Salem woman has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after allegedly hitting another Salem woman over the head with a baseball bat. Salem Poli...

A 43-year-old Centralia woman received serious injuries when struck by a car outside the front entrance of the Walgreens Store. Centralia Police say Bridget Potter of South Elm was struck by 78-year-o...

A 28-year-old Centralia resident has been charged in Marion County Court with possession of under five grams of meth. Casey Grizzard of South Brookside had bond set at $10,000. The public defender was...

The Kinmundy Board of Alderman approved a liquor license Thursday night for a new restaurant in the former bank building undergoing renovation at Madison and West Third Streets downtown. Brenda Altado...

The Effingham Flaming Hearts are making just their 2nd trip to state in baseball and first since 1942 when they head to Duly Health & Care field in Joliet to open up the 3a state semifinals on Fri...

The Christ Our Rock Stallions were well represented in their final season in the Midland Trail Conference. 5 players were selected for All Conference honors. Colton Oelze, Parker Boehne, Damari Dabney...

Congratulations to Mount Vernon's Eli Garrett for being named All South 7 Pitcher. He went 9-5 with a 2.64 ERA on the year. Garrett pitched 66.1 innings and struck out 69 with an opponent batting aver...

At the Little League Complex in softball Majors, it was Radiac beating Salem Tire 10-4. Emily P was the winning pitcher striking out 8 and allowing just 2 hits. Emily P, Talya G and Jorja E all had a ...

In Salem Recreation/YMCA men's softball it was Wild Stallions splitting a pair of games beating El Rancherito 24-6 before losing to ABC Pub 16-1.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - This night was definitely a long time coming for Jo Adell and Reid Detmers. Adell homered in his first game back in the majors, Detmers finally posted his first win of the seaso...