Brush fire in Columbia

By Corey Saathoff on January 26, 2014 at 1:31 pm

The Columbia Fire Department was paged out around 12:25 p.m. Sunday for a reported brush fire out of control at 2720 Steppig Road.

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.

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April 1

Mater Dei – 0, Columbia – 9

Freeburg – 1, Waterloo – 5

April 2

Breese Central – 0, Columbia – 8

St. Pius – 0, Gibault – 2

Triad – 2, Waterloo – 1

April 4

Columbia – 4, Wesclin – 0

Waterloo – 5, Mascoutah – 0

Gibault – 1, Mater Dei – 1

April 5

Gibault – 0, Incarnate Word – 2

April 6

Gibault – 1, St. Dominic – 3

Gibault – 0, St. Joseph’s – 3

April 8

Civic Memorial – 1, Waterloo – 6

April 11

Granite City – 1, Columbia – 3

Mascoutah – 0, Gibault – 1

SOFTBALL

April 1

Waterloo – 5, Freeburg – 2

April 2

Dupo – 0, New Athens – 3

Columbia – 12, Carlyle – 0

Valmeyer – 1, Lebanon – 7

April 3

Belleville West – 2, Waterloo – 1

Steeleville – 4, Valmeyer – 1

Dupo – 1, Chester – 0

April 5

Columbia – 10, Belleville East – 0

April 6

Waterloo – 17, Collinsville – 1

Collinsville – 14, Waterloo – 9

April 8

Waterloo – 10, Mascoutah – 6

Red Bud – 9, Valmeyer – 3

April 9

Dupo – 10, Lebanon – 3

Steeleville – 12, Valmeyer – 2

Columbia – 1, Salem – 0

April 10

Highland – 9, Waterloo – 1

Hardin-Calhoun – 8, Columbia – 0

April 11

Breese Central – 2, Columbia – 0

Dupo – 10, Valmeyer – 0

BASEBALL

April 1

Waterloo – 11, Freeburg – 6

Gibault – 1, Marquette – 3

April 2

Dupo – 2, New Athens – 11

Lebanon – 0, Valmeyer – 17

Columbia – 11, Carlyle – 1

Gibault – 12, Father McGivney – 8

April 3

Chester – 2, Dupo – 6

Waterloo – 11, Valmeyer – 3

April 5

Gibault – 1, Columbia – 0

April 6

Gibault – 11, Cahokia – 0

Waterloo- 10, Cahokia – 0

Valmeyer – 8, Valle Catholic – 7

Valle Catholic – 9, Valmeyer – 5

Waterloo – 11, Gibault – 2

April 8

Mascoutah – 6, Waterloo – 1

Red Bud – 6, Columbia – 3

April 9

Mascoutah – 5, Gibault – 4

Steeleville – 3, Valmeyer – 1

Columbia – 8, Salem – 4

Dupo – 9, Lebanon – 6

April 10

Waterloo – 6, Highland – 4

April 11

Columbia – 13, Breese Central – 3

Gibault – 11, Okawville – 0

Valmeyer – 9, Dupo – 6