Author Archives: WJBD Staff
CHT Pairings Are Out
The Centralia Holiday Tournament bracket has been released. First round matchups will see Marist opening with Cahokia, followed by Wekiva, Florida taking on Kipp Academy of St Louis. That will be foll...
Dec 10, 2022 Chilli Head / CC
KC Basketball Hosts RLC Today, Women Play Tomorrow As Well
The KC basketball teams will both host Rend Lake College today with the women tipping at 1 and the men at 3pm. The Blue Angels enter at 7-5 on the year and the Devils are 9-4. Tomorrow the Angels are ...
Dec 10, 2022 Kaskaskia College President George Evans addresses some of the high school students gathered at Kaskaskia College for a morning to explore career options. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Central City Shootout Today
Today is the Central City Shootout. The full day begins at 8:30 with Rome taking on Odin in a girls matchup. Then at 9:45 it starts a slate of 4 straight boys games with Selmaville and Germantown, the...
Dec 10, 2022
Cain's Double/Double Lifts Patoka Past Hoffman-St Mary
Last night, Brady Cain had 21 points and 18 rebounds as Patoka beat Hoffman/St Mary 56-46 to improve to 6-6 on the year. Jesse Cain added 15 and Kody Burks 14 in the win. The Patoka JV also won to run...
Dec 10, 2022
OBC All Conference Baseball Team Announced
The OBC released their All Conference Baseball Team this week. Raccoon's Mike Organ was selected MVP. He was joined on the team by Archie Goewey, Will Stanton and Preston Feig from Central City; Brady...
Dec 10, 2022
Salem 4th Grade Opens Tournament With Tight Win Over Raccoon
The Salem 4th grade opened up their own Salem Tournament last night with a close 23-21 win over Raccoon. Despite being down 2 starters with the flu and trailing 12-3 early, Salem came back to advance ...
Dec 10, 2022
Avalanche take losing streak into matchup with the Blues
Colorado Avalanche (13-10-1, third in the Central Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (12-15-0, sixth in the Central Division) St. Louis; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche look to break...
Dec 10, 2022
Contreras, Cardinals finalize $87.5M, 5-year contract
ST. LOUIS (AP) - For the first time in more than 18 years, the St. Louis Cardinals will have a new starting catcher. Willson Contreras and the Cardinals finalized an $87.5 million, five-year contract ...
Dec 10, 2022 apardavila / CC
Centralia Chamber of Commerce welcomes new location for Orthopedic Center of Southern Illinois
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce marked the opening of the new Orthopedic Center of Southern Illinois facility in Centralia on Thursday with a ribbon cutting. Dr Angela Freehill says they are excited...
Dec 09, 2022 Dr. Angela Freehill, with scissors, gets ready to cut the ribbon as Dr. Don Kovalski, Dr. Matthew Phillips, and Dr. Houle watch along with members of the Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce.
Illinois State Police investigating fatal officer involved shooting
Illinois State Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred in Williamson County in deep Southern Illinois. Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 was requested by the W...
Dec 09, 2022
