Author Archives: WJBD Staff

Area teams are back in action today as Week 2 of the prep football playoffs continue. The Centralia Orphans will kick off at 3pm this afternoon at home against Morris trying to advance to the State Qu...

Today is the state prep cross country meet held at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Mater Dei will compete as a team in the 1a girls team finals along with Freeburg. Individually Christ Our Rock junior Sara...

KC returns to action today at 3pm when they host Blackburn College after moving to 2-0 last night with a 102-57 win over Oakland City University. Jacksen Harre and Zavian Jackson had 14 each for KC, J...

The Selmaville Rockets outlasted the Wamac Eagle Indians in overtime by a score of 49-45 to capture the 3rd place trophy Friday night. You could tell the game was played in a church because Wamac had ...

Salem 4th Grade opened up the Selmaville Tournament with a win over Central City 34 to 7. E.J. Wolfe had 10 points, Nolan Krutsinger and Brody Brubaker added 6 each, Lewis Eddy 4 points, and Maddox Lo...

BOSTON (AP) - Jayson Tatum had 36 points and 12 rebounds, including some late free throws to help the Boston Celtics hold on for a 123-119 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night. Malcolm Brogd...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has been the surprise of the year in the Big Ten after seizing control of the Big Ten West and winning six straight games. Now the No. 14 Illini start November against ...

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Ross Chastain skyrocketed to motorsports infamy for wall-riding his way into NASCAR's championship race with a video-game style move that has overshadowed the finale and his fel...

The State Fire Marshal's office is investigating two small fires apparently set in a home in the 1600 block of Ticklen Road in rural Sandoval early Thursday night. Sandoval Fire Protection District Ch...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department has made an arrest in connection with the theft of three spools of wire at a solar field installation site on US 51 north of Sandoval. 24-year-old Trevor Langfor...