Author Archives: WJBD Staff
Jr High Boys Basketball - FP Falls At Wesclin, Rome & St Mary's Tournaments Continue
Bobcats Fall At Unbeaten Wesclin, Head To SC Tonight Franklin Park fell to 6-0 Wesclin on the road 57-54 last night. Trailing 33-23 at the half, Salem outscored Wesclin 31-24 in the second half but fe...
Nov 02, 2022 Photo: Toby Gullion
Jr High Girls Basketball - Franklin Park Falls, Selmaville & Iuka Win
Salem Falls to 1-1 At Salem Girls Invite With Close Loss To Carlyle The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats dropped their game on the 2nd night of tournament play losing to Carlyle 30-27. Mya Russell had 11 to...
Nov 02, 2022
Blues bring 5-game losing streak into matchup with the Islanders
New York Islanders (5-4-0, fifth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (3-5-0, eighth in the Central Division) St. Louis; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues will try to ...
Nov 02, 2022
LaVine has 20 in 4th, Bulls beat Nets in 1st game after Nash
NEW YORK (AP) - Zach LaVine scored 20 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Chicago Bulls to a 108-99 victory over Brooklyn on Tuesday night in the Nets' first game after a coaching chan...
Nov 02, 2022
For Bears GM Poles, trading star LB Smith stings a day later
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Ryan Poles thought he inherited a potential cornerstone player for the defense in linebacker Roquan Smith when the Chicago Bears hired him as their general manager in January....
Nov 02, 2022
AP source: Bears acquire WR Claypool from Steelers
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Wide receiver Chase Claypool is heading to the Chicago Bears. A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press the Pittsburgh Steelers have traded Claypool to Chicago f...
Nov 02, 2022
The Biggest COLA Increase Since 1981
The Biggest COLA Increase Since 1981 Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources How well do you remember 1981? Harrison Ford had his first bow as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Frogg...
Nov 02, 2022
Marion County Supervisor of Assessments announces 7-percent multiplier due to continuing rise in home costs
Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller has announced a county-wide seven percent multiplier on all properties in the county as a result of a continuing rise in the sale prices of home dur...
Nov 01, 2022 Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller.
Gateway Regional Water Company to begin Modified disinfection process November 8th
The Gateway Regional Water Company has announced it will begin a modified disinfection process on November 8th. The water district will be using Free Chlorine instead of Chloramines for its predominan...
Nov 01, 2022
Masons provide three welders and scholarships to South Central High vocational students
The new welding program at South Central High School is getting a boost from the Masons. The Brethren of Kinmundy Lodge #398 in partnership with the Grand Lodge of Illinois, Ancient and Free and Accep...
Nov 01, 2022 Donation of three welders received.
Left to right:
Teacher Travis Mulvaney, Anthony Buonaura, Mitchell Brauer, Ethan Dunn, Ethan Watwood, Principal Jamie VanScyon, and Clayton Keen.
