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An 18-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with nine counts of Class X child pornography. In each of the counts, Brett Page of Edgebrook Lane is accused of transferring an im...
Bruce Kropp May 08, 2023
A 22-year-old Salem man has been arrested on a no bond St. Louis County, Missouri warrant. Ivan Weibrecht of North Marion was taken into custody by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on Sunday and taken...
WJBD Staff May 08, 2023
Alma Mayor Russell Swift was pleased with the turnout for the village's annual Consignment Auction held on Saturday. Several streets were lined with flatbed trucks full of items for the sale and more ...
WJBD Staff May 08, 2023 The crowd gathers around one of the auctioneers at the Alma Consignment Auction on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
It wasn't the usual sight in Salem on Saturday. A wagon train consisting of six covered wagons, along with horse and mule riders, made their way through town surprising motorists and those living alon...
WJBD Staff May 08, 2023 The wagon trains gather in an open field near the Red Dog Saloon while moving around the Salem area during a Saturday fund raiser. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
The City of Salem is beginning work on a 2024 Strategic Plan. The city's new Director of Economic Development Leah Dellicarpini is heading the process. "We've put together a strategic planning team co...
WJBD Staff May 08, 2023 Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini.
The Centralia City Council gets two new members when it reorganizes Monday night following the April 4th election. Isreal 'Izzy' Fontanez and Barri Allen will be seated to four-year terms, replacing R...
WJBD Staff May 08, 2023
About 60 kids plus their parents attended the Salem Elk's first-ever Youth Week Emergency Responders Day held in the Elk's parking lot on Thursday. Salem Mayor Nic Farley presented a proclamation decl...
Bruce Kropp May 07, 2023 Salem Fireman Michael Gaston lets one of the attendees at the Salem Elk's Youth Day Emergency Response Day try on some fire equipment.
The South Locust Street Historic Fair in Centralia drew another big crowd this year. While the weather had been a question mark for Saturday all week, Centralia Community Development Director Gayla Ha...
Bruce Kropp May 07, 2023 A look down the 100 and 200 blocks of South Locust Street during the 2023 Historic South Locust Street Fair. Photo taken by the Centralia Fire Department from an aerial truck holding the US flag.
Kaskaskia College marked the 10th Anniversary of the Jim Beasley Veterans Memorial on the main college campus by remembering committee members who have passed away. A balloon was released for each of ...
Bruce Kropp May 07, 2023 The ceremony held Friday to remember those who have passed involved in the Jim Beasley Veterans Tribute on its tenth anniversary. Photo by Pat Hodges.
A 30-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on weapons and drug charges after allegedly threatening to shoot himself and another person in the home before firing a single shot inside his home. Patri...
Bruce Kropp May 07, 2023