Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Salem Police arrested a 36-year-old Centralia man for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and unlawful use of a weapon after they received a report of an employee at a business having a gun. Re...

Two Centralia residents were arrested after a burglary to a shed in rural Central City was broken up in progress. 32-year-old Stephen Bryant of North Cherry and 41-year-old Christopher Frakes of East ...

While total oil production was down, Marion County remained the number two oil producing county in Illinois in 2022. The figures tabulated by the Illinois Petroleum Resource Board show the county prod...

A 67-year-old rural Iuka man was airlifted from the scene of a one vehicle crash on the Route 161 extension about a half mile east of Route 37 Thursday night. The driver is identified as David William...

This is identify theft awareness week and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office has some tips to protect yourself. Identity theft can happen to anyone, so it's important to safeguard your per...

The Salem Wildcats head to Freeburg in Cahokia play tonight. Salem is coming off an overtime loss last Saturday at DuQuoin. Salem comes in at 6-19 overall and 1-6 in the Cahokia Conference. After toni...

The Centralia Tigers are champions of the Wesclin Regional knocking off Highland in last night's finals 44-32. It's the 4th straight regional title for CJHS. Centralia led 24-21 at the halftime break....

In middle school volleyball, Selmaville varsity earned a win over visiting Raccoon 25-13, 25-11. Kaolin Lewis had 13 service points. The Lady Rockets also won the JV game 17-25, 25-17, 15-12. Talya Go...

CHICAGO (AP) - Ayo Dosunmu matched a season high with 22 points, Coby White scored 20 points and the Chicago Bulls overcame shaky outings by DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine to beat the Charlotte Hornets...

It would have been a great college prank, but the Iowa athletic department crushed it. The Illinois student spirit group "Orange Krush" had its order for 200 tickets to the men's basketball game at Ca...