Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Bobcats Open Post Season Tonight Against Centralia At Wesclin
The Franklin Park Bobcats will open up the post season tonight as the 2 seed in the Wesclin Class L Regional. Salem enters at 20-6 and will take on 3rd seed Centralia. The Tigers are fresh off a 3rd p...
Feb 01, 2023 Photo: Toby Gullion/FTS Photography
KC Men & Women Host Lincoln Trail Tonight
The KC men and women's basketball teams are back in action at home tonight. At 5, the Blue Angels take their 12-9 record and 5-3 GRAC mark hosting Lincoln Trail. The Blue Devils are 14-8 and 4-5 in th...
Feb 01, 2023
Marion County YMCA/City of Salem Coed Volleyball Scores
In City of Salem/Marion County YMCA coed volleyball it was You Got Served over Bierman's General Store (25-6, 25-10), Loan Rangers beat the Donkey Kickers (25-17, 25-11), Zen Nails & Spa in 3-sets...
Feb 01, 2023
Leonard, Powell lead Clippers past Bulls, 108-103
CHICAGO (AP) - Kawhi Leonard scored 33 points and Norman Powell added 27 to help the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Chicago Bulls 108-103 on Tuesday night. Paul George added 16 points and 10 rebounds f...
Feb 01, 2023
Illinois pulls away midway through 2nd, beats Nebraska 72-56
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Matthew Mayer scored 16 points to lead four in double figures as Illinois beat Nebraska 72-56 on Tuesday night. Illinois (16-6, 7-4 Big Ten) has won seven of its last eight game...
Feb 01, 2023
SECURE Act 2.0: An Overview
SECURE Act 2.0: An Overview Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources In the final days of 2022, Congress passed a new set of retirement rules designed to make it easier to contribute to retir...
Feb 01, 2023
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies handle 12 weather related traffic problems on Monday
The Marion County Sheriff's Department handled a dozen calls from minor accidents or vehicles sliding off the road due to icy road conditions on Monday. Six of those calls were from slide-offs on I-57...
Jan 31, 2023
Alma man arrested for Indiana armed robbery
A 21-year-old Alma man has been arrested on a Davies County, Indiana warrant for armed robbery. Jacob Lindsey of Orchard Road was arrested at his place of employment in Alma by Marion County Sheriff's...
Jan 31, 2023
Centralia High School moves ahead with expansion of Annex building
The Centralia High School Board has decided to seek bids for construction of a four classroom expansion of the Annex Building. Superintendent Dr. Chuck Lane says one room would be used as part of the ...
Jan 31, 2023 Galen Mahle presiding over a Centralia High School Board meeting. He is now in line to become Centralia's new city manager after recently accepting an offer to be the city's new recreation director.
Centralia High School signs final agreement for solar power
The Centralia High School Board Monday night gave the final sign-off on the construction of two solar arrays that will provide 95 to 100 percent of the school's power needs. Superintendent Chuck Lane ...
Jan 31, 2023 One of GRNE's completed solar projects. (Photo from GRNEsolar.com website)
