Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Centralia Baseball Tournament Features Stacked Field
Today is the first of 2 days of the Centralia Orphans Baseball Tournament. At 4:30 it's South Central who enters at 17-1 taking on 15-4 Class 2a Wesclin followed at 7pm by 15-4 North Clay and 10-8 Cen...
Apr 28, 2023
Marion County YMCA Soccer Tournament Finishes Up
The Marion County YMCA Youth Soccer League wrapped up their tournament this week. Medicine Shoppe won the tournament championship with a 4-3 win over Salem Township Hospital in penalty kicks after 2 o...
Apr 28, 2023
Chicago Bears draft Tennessee OT Darnell Wright at No. 10
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Darnell Wright helped Tennessee re-emerge as a national power. The Chicago Bears hope the feisty blocker can do something similar for them. Chicago selected the Tennessee offe...
Apr 28, 2023
Burleson, DeJong homer, Mikolas pitches Cards past Giants
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Alec Burleson and Paul DeJong homered, Miles Mikolas pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Thursday to avoid a four-game...
Apr 28, 2023
Hosmer, Velázquez, Swanson hit HRs, Cubs beat Padres 5-2
CHICAGO (AP) - Eric Hosmer and Nelson Velzquez hit back-to-back homers and Dansby Swanson added his first of the season to help the Chicago Cubs top the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Thursday. Manny Machado...
Apr 28, 2023
Financial considerations during a divorce
Financial considerations during a divorce Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources Going through a divorce can take a tremendous toll, especially on your finances. Here are a few key a...
Apr 28, 2023
Sandoval Elementary Students of the Month-April
Sandoval Elementary School recognized the Students of the Month for April. The students were chosen because of their outstanding display of INTEGRITY, such as doing what is right even when no one is w...
Apr 27, 2023
Salem Township Hospital Board receives update on improvement projects
The Salem Township Hospital Board was updated on numerous improvements at its monthly meeting Wednesday. Hospital President Alex Nazarian says work continues to move forward on converting the old A wi...
Apr 27, 2023
Americana Outdoors in Salem receives Kaskaskia College's Business and Industry Partnership Award
Americana Outdoors in Salem has been presented Kaskaskia College's Business and Industry Partnership Award. The company was lauded for its heavy involvement with the college in workforce development i...
Apr 27, 2023 Americana Outdoors is honored by Kaskaskia College. Left to right: Board Chair Bill Hawley, Americana VP Geoff Purcell, Americana IT Director Nic Farley, and Kaskaskia College's Joy Fitts and George Evans. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kaskaskia College presents Centralia native with Distinguished Alumnus Award
Kaskaskia College has presented its Distinguished Alumnus Award to lifelong banker Tom Holloway who was a 1968 graduate of Centralia High School and 1970 graduate of Kaskaskia College. College Preside...
Apr 27, 2023 Kaskaskia College honors Tom Holloway as Distinguished Alumnus. Pictured are College Board Chair Bill Hawley (left), Holloway, and College President George Evans. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
