Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Christ Our Rock 3rd At Gateway Athletic Conference Championships
Despite not having as many athletes as the other schools competing the Christ Our Rock Lutheran High School boys and girls track and field teams both took home 3rd place tonight at The Gateway Metro A...
May 04, 2023
Franklin Park Boys & Girls Win Class 8 Region Title
The Franklin Park Boys and Girls track teams won 2 more regional title yesterday in the Class L Region 8 meet held at Centralia High School. On the boys side, Salem finished with 158 points followed b...
May 04, 2023
Selmaville Enjoys GREAT Regional, Next Stop State
The Class S Region 6 regional was held recently at Salem High. Selmaville had 8 state qualifiers competing in 11 events. Riley Tate advanced in the long jump and 200, Carly Veach in the long jump, hur...
May 04, 2023
Trout, Lamb homer in 9th, Angels rally to beat Cardinals 6-4
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mike Trout and Jake Lamb hit solo homers in the 9th inning, Shohei Ohtani tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 ...
May 04, 2023
Abrams, Nats squeeze past Cubs for 2nd straight night, 2-1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jake Irvin had dozen of relatives and friends fly in from his native Minnesota to witness his major league debut for the Washington Nationals - and then he hit the "O" on the back of...
May 04, 2023
Believe It or DON'T
Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1964, the soap opera "Another World" premiered on NBC. It lasted for 35 seasons and featured performances from Morgan Freeman, Lindsay Lohan, Luke Perry, Brad Pitt, ...
May 04, 2023
Centralia man gets seven years in prison
A 27-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to a total of seven years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to aggravated battery of a pregnant person and aggravated battery to a p...
May 03, 2023
Gold Medal Flour recall underway
The Illinois Department of Public Health is warning about a multi-state salmonella outbreak connected to Gold Medal brand flour. General Mills has issued a recall of their two, five and 10 pound bags ...
May 03, 2023 Raed Mansour / CC
Centralia issues $101,795 in building permits in April
April was another slow month for building permits in Centralia. 15 permits valued at $101,795 were issued. The two biggest were for installation of solar arrays. One valued at $30,000 is being install...
May 03, 2023
Mount Vernon beats Centralia in Prep Baseball
Photo Gallery of Mount Vernon's 10-2 victory over Centralia. Pictures by Pat Hodges.
May 03, 2023
