Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Franklin Park Avenges Loss To Lady Saints The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats avenged an earlier season loss by beating visiting St Peter 25-15, 25-18 to improve to 15-3 on the season. The night began with...

The Cahokia Conference released their All-Conference boys basketball Mississippi Division Team with Freeburg, Breese Central and Columbia representing the entire team aside from Wood River's Seth Slay...

The KC Blue Devils season came to an end at the Central District Tournament at Rend Lake. They fell to Olney Central College 72-71. Jhei-R Jones led the Blue Devils with 18, Zavian Jackson finished wi...

Salem Strength Team started 2023 strong by sending 2 of their Masters Athletes to Columbus, OH over the weekend to compete in the Masters Of Iron Bench competition at the Arnold Sports Festival on Fri...

In Marion County YMCA Coed volleyball, Tri County Seal Coating beat Salem Tire (25-15, 26-24), HD Oil over Coryell Investment Group (25-23, 21-25, 15-4), You Got Served beat ABC Pub (25-21, 25-12).

The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to award bids on two projects and consider approval of a new Emergency Management Agency Director. The council will be asked to approve a $689,030 bid...

The new Director of the Murray Developmental Center is looking toward campus improvements and additional residents and employees. Jeff Wehking met for the first time with the Murray Parents Associatio...

Preliminary numbers are in and it looks like a mild February wrapped up a weak winter in Illinois. The statewide average temperature last month was 35 degrees. That's four degrees above normal says Il...

Farmers can be paid for a guarantee that their farms never become subdivisions or factory sites and for flood-prone land being turned into wetlands. Assistant State Conservationist Paula Hingson says ...

It's the Super Sectional night in Illinois in prep boys basketball. SIU-Carbondale is the site for a pair of games. In 1a at 6pm, Roderick Gatewood Jr leads Mounds Meridian against Tuscola. The 2a gam...