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Monday morning crash in Columbia
Columbia police, fire department and EMS responded shortly after 9 a.m. Monday to a multi-vehicle crash at Route 3 and Valmeyer Road in Columbia. Traffic in the northbound lanes of…
Truck stolen from Columbia golf course
Police are investigating after a pickup truck was stolen from Columbia Bridges Golf Course. A white 2005 Ford F250 that belonged to the golf course, located at 1655 Columbia Bridges…
Public safety, tech talk in Columbia
Columbia emergency response personnel were presented with lifesaver awards at the beginning of Monday’s Columbia City Council meeting. Fittingly, it was announced later in the meeting that requests for proposal…
Hearing on mandate lawsuit vacated
With multiple pending court matters being introduced late last week, parents of students in Waterloo, Columbia, Valmeyer and Red Bud, along with over 140 other districts, must now wait longer…
Eckart provides young voice for Hecker
At only 18, Aaron Eckart is the youngest person to serve on the Hecker Village Board in its 125 years. Yet, Eckart’s involvement in village happenings started long before he…
SWIC defies enrollment trends
With enrollment plummeting among many sectors of higher education, Southwestern Illinois College is actually seeing a positive trend. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, the COVID pandemic caused…
Crash on Route 3 at Hanover Road injures 5
Monroe County EMS and Columbia EMS, the Waterloo and Columbia fire departments and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department all responded shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday to a two-vehicle crash with…