Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Visitor restrictions put in place at HSHS Illinois hospitals including St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese have been updated due to a decline in COVID-19 numbers. The guidelines will return to pre-pandemi...

Tickets are still available for the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District's 78th Annual Meeting and Dinner which will be held this Thursday, February 16th, at the Marion County Fairground...

The City of Centralia has announced the Spring Leaf Vacuuming schedule. Leaves will be picked up for four weeks on your regular trash collection day from Monday, March 13th through Friday, April 7th. ...

Although Valentine's Day only comes once a year, there are scammers in cyberspace that are using the desire for a relationship to scam people 365 days a year. The Better Business Bureau warns that rom...

The Salem Wildcats will finish up their regular season tonight with a trip to Roxana. Game time on WJBD will begin around 7:30. After tonight, Salem will prepare for their 2a regional opener that they...

The South Central Cougars are back in action tonight with 2 games left on their regular season schedule. They will honor their seniors and host Oblong. Among that senior group is Aidan Dodson who set ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats season came to an end falling to 2nd seed Robinson in the Flora 2a regional semifinals 51-40. Salem could not overcome 24 turnovers. Alesia Keller had 10 points and 8 rebounds ...

The Class L State basketball tournament continues tonight with the semifinals. At 6pm the Centralia Tigers take on Belleville Whiteside followed by Casey Mount Vernon and O'Fallon Carriel. The winners...

The North Wamac 7th Grade Tournament opened up last night. Central City beat Ashley 50-14 behind 15 points from Kruz Jackson. Odin over Raccoon 31-24 with Archer Bechtold scoring 12 and Lance Nix 10. ...

The Patoka 2nd/3rd grade won their tournament over the weekend. They also have won the Central City and Carlyle Tournaments as well as the Carlyle League finishing undefeated.