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Patton joins Helping Strays
Retired Columbia High School principal Dennis Patton has traded in the sunny Florida skies he’s enjoyed the past seven years to temporarily lead Helping Strays here in Monroe County. After…
Minor crash involving school bus
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 7:15 a.m. Wednesday to a crash involving a school bus and a parked car in Columbia. The incident occurred at 715 Lakefield Drive, police said.…
Monroe County tops 1,000 active COVID cases
Over the weekend, Monroe County’s number of active coronavirus cases, according to the local health department, seemed to have gone down. With Tuesday’s total case count topping 1,000, it is…
Sunday crash on HH Road
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded around 6:30 p.m. Jan. 2 for a partially-overturned vehicle on HH Road near Bluff Road. The driver of a 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe reportedly…
New Year’s Day crash on Route 156
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded to Route 156 near Oexner Lane just east of Waterloo about 2 p.m. Jan. 1 for a one-vehicle accident with…
Monday fire call on Bluff Road
The Maeystown, Valmeyer and Prairie du Rocher fire departments responded around 10:15 a.m. Monday to a house in the 3800 block of Bluff Road for a report of a possible…
COVID claims another life
Monroe County reported one new COVID death over the holiday weekend, bringing the local toll since the start of the pandemic to 108. Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner…
Police on lookout for vehicle
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department notified the Columbia Police Department around 12:20 p.m Thursday afternoon to be on the lookout for a blue Chevy Cruze with no license plates. The…
Report of 3-vehicle crash unfounded
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Waterloo Fire Department responded to a call shortly before 4:45 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a call reporting an accident near Ken Valentine Auto Body.…
Young man’s death under investigation
The death of a young Waterloo man on Christmas Eve is under investigation. Anthony McDonald, 19, was pronounced deceased at 5:46 p.m. Dec. 24 in the Red Bud Regional Hospital…