Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Prep Girls Soccer Post Season Scores From Tuesday
The prep girls 1a soccer post season continued last night. At Marquette, the hosts shutout Gillespie 12-0 and Carlinville over Staunton 2-1. Father McGivney won at home over Maryville Christian by for...
May 10, 2023
Johnson & Susmena Named Mr & Miss Wildcat
The Senior Awards were handed out Monday at Salem Community High School, and this year's Mr and Miss Wildcat were Cole Johnson and Maya Susmena. Johnson is a multi-sport athlete who will continue his ...
May 10, 2023
KC Baseball & Softball In Post Season Mode
The Kaskaskia College Blue Angels Softball team began their postseason journey this past Saturday on May 6th against the Falcons of Southeastern Illinois College. This initial round of the Region XXIX...
May 10, 2023
Salem Trio Show Well At SIJHSAA State Golf Championships
Salem was represented well at the SIJHSAA Golf Championships held at Rend Lake College. Salem's Mya Russell shot a 91 and finished 8th in state with Raegen Shuler scoring a 100 for 15th. Landen Maxey ...
May 10, 2023
Little League Majors Results From The Complex
In Little League Major's last night, Rotary improved to 2-0 with a 12-3 win over Larimer's Abstract. Zane Applegate, Jared Crompton and Kai Graham combined to strike out 13 in the win. At the plate, G...
May 10, 2023
DeJong hits tiebreaking homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 6-4
CHICAGO (AP) - Paul DeJong loves playing at Wrigley Field. The Friendly Confines have been very friendly to the veteran shortstop. DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Car...
May 10, 2023
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic 1. Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, Travelocity, Orbitz, Hotwire.com, CheapTickets, and Trivago are all owned by the same company . . . Expedia Inc. 2. "Te...
May 10, 2023
COMMON RETIREMENT INVESTMENT MISTAKES
COMMON RETIREMENT INVESTMENT MISTAKES Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources Having enough money after you retire is a big concern today for Americans. In fact, only roughly one-in-four Ame...
May 10, 2023
Centralia City Council votes to take 'civility' pledge
The Centralia City Council has voted to take the 'civility' pledge. Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder says the Illinois Municipal League is pushing the pledge. "What that does is essentially hold us to ensu...
May 09, 2023 Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder.
Salem Police shoot suspect twice with bean bags when he comes towards them with a knife
Salem Police Chief Kyle Ambuehl said officers had to fire two bean bags at a man acting irrationally when he began coming towards them with a knife during an incident last Thursday. The firing of the ...
May 09, 2023
