Vehicle strikes pole in Columbia
Columbia police and fire department personnel responded to the 300 block of Longview Drive about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday after a vehicle struck...
Boys tracksters win state medals
Donovan McBride Columbia’s 4x100 meter relay team
At the...
Bulldogs clip Eagles for regional crown
The Waterloo baseball team poses with its regional championship plaque after defeating Columbia on Saturday. For more photos from the game,...
Longtime SPPCS teacher retires
Chris Haberl
For 44 of its 166 years of existence, Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic School has boasted...
CPD creating camera program
The City of Columbia is asking citizens and businesses to assist the police department through the use of existing security cameras for...
‘May we never forget’ | Monroe County observes Memorial Day
Roger Cortner and his granddaughters release a group of doves during the Memorial Day service in Hecker.
House OKs graduated income tax
Illinois voters will get to vote in 2020 on how they want their income taxed after the Illinois House of Representatives passed...
Rising river causing concern
Pictured is water across the roadway near the intersection of KK Road and B Road near Harrisonville on Wednesday afternoon. (Scott...
Police Blotter | 5/22/19
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is...
Hawks blast way to state tourney
The Gibault baseball team poses with its supersectional plaque on Monday. For photos from Saturday's sectional title victory, click here.
Eagles take care of business at state
The Columbia High School girls soccer team finished the job Saturday at North Central College in Naperville,...
Reinholz slams Hawks to sectional title
The Gibault Catholic High School baseball team celebrates upon receiving the Class 1A Greenville University Sectional championship plaque on Saturday. For...
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Sports Year in Review
The year 2018 was a banner year for Monroe County athletes, all the way through.
It began in January, when Waterloo junior Jenna Schwartz was...
Attempted murder charge in Waterloo stabbing
Trevor C. Hudson
A 26-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge following an early Friday morning stabbing in...
DUI injury crash at Walmart
Pictured is the scene of the accident Friday.
Emergency personnel responded shortly after noon Friday to the...
Inmate dies at county jail
The Illinois State Police is investigating the death of an inmate in the Monroe County Jail early Friday morning.