Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1986, the Chicago Bears won Super Bowl 20 over the New England Patriots. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1998, President Clinton uttered the now infamous words "I...

Centralia Police arrested a 49-year-old rural Odin man on Wednesday for a federal warrant for violation of supervised release. David Altom of Queens Avenue was taken to the Marion County Jail. The Mar...

Salem Township Hospital is getting a new surgeon. Hospital President Alex Nazarian says Dr. Kevin Claffey will take the place of Dr. Joshua Knolhoff who is moving from the community. "Dr. Claffey join...

The Salem Township Hospital Board on Wednesday got an update on the renovation of the 'A wing' at the hospital and at the West Whitaker Street medical clinic. Hospital President Alex Nazarian says pla...

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is announcing a settlement with online used-car retailer Carvana. Illinois was the first state in the nation to suspend Carvana's license back in May, the result o...

The Kaskaskia College Board has awarded a bid for construction of the Vandalia Center Art Gallery. Bruce Unterbrink Construction of Greenville will do that work for $572,822. The project involves the ...

Franklin Park Scholar Bowl had an away match against St. Mary's and Patoka on Tuesday evening. The JV team defeated Patoka 155-50. Liam Morris and Colton Smith both answered four toss-ups and Steven S...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will hit the road tonight when they play at 16-7 Columbia who is 4-2 and sits 3rd in the Cahokia Conference behind Breese Central and Freeburg. Salem is 11-12 on the year and f...

Here are the boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points and previous ranking. Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Lisle (Benet Academy) (12) 22-1 120 3 2. Moline 20...

The KC basketball programs had their Wednesday night games at home with John A Logan postponed due to weather. They will make those games up on Saturday with the women tipping at 1 and the men will st...