Author Archives: WJBD Staff

The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport's biggest stars and later became a popular Twitter personality, died Wedne...

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. In the early days of Parcel Post, a few parents managed to mail their KIDS to relatives. In 1913, an eight-month-old baby in Ohio was mailed by hi...

A 36-year-old homeless Salem man has been sentenced to three years in prison for being a sex offender loitering within 500 feet of a school. Jason Belman will serve the time concurrently with a six ye...

A Sandoval woman was hurt in a two vehicle crash in Sandoval Tuesday night. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say 21-year-old Lauryn Hansellman of Vine Street pulled from the stop sign on Broadway and ...

The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce welcomed Shane Bowen, PA-C and his new practice with Asberry and Associates to Centralia with a ribbon cutting Tuesday afternoon. Bowen received his original ...

The Centralia Community Youth Center has a new concrete outdoor basketball court after 15 volunteers gathered for a workday on Saturday. The Executive Director of the center, Herb Williams, is elated ...

No more venue shopping when it comes to Constitutional court challenges. Any lawsuits filed against state laws will be limited to just two counties: Cook and Sangamon, under a bill Governor JB Pritzke...

The Salem varsity baseball Wildcats improved to 5-1 on the summer with a 13-1 road win at Woodlawn. The Cats led 9-1 after six innings and scored 4 in the 7th. Noah Nix was amazing for the Cats. The j...

The Salem Jv split their double header with visiting Newton. Salem dropped the first game 12-11 as the Cats made 6 errors and allowed 8 unearned runs in the loss. At the plate, Carter Lowe had 2 doubl...

The All Cahokia Conference baseball team has been announced. Salem was represented by Senior's Griffin Day and Isaak Williams along with sophomore Jalen Inlow.