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Community rallies to support local family
Around this time last year, Mike Dailey of Columbia was unconscious in the intensive care unit at St. Anthony’s Medical Center with a fractured skull, bleeding in the brain and…
Read MoreValmeyer student thankful for Lions donation
Valmeyer Elementary student Jordan Schilling faces an obstacle preventing him from doing many of the activities his classmates take for granted. For a while, the visually impaired 11-year-old didn’t even…
Read MoreColumbia talks walking trail, senior center
What was scheduled to be a 10-minute discussion — prior to Monday’s Columbia City Council Committee of the Whole meeting — on a proposed walking trail turned into more than…
Read MoreCPD still hoping to ID ‘Jane Doe’
Columbia police are hoping that through modern advances in technology for news and social media they can gather information that leads to the identification of a woman found deceased in…
Read MoreSongs4Soldiers rocks Columbia
The two-night Songs4Soldiers concert to benefit combat veterans got off to a successful start Friday in Columbia with a packed park grounds taking in the sounds of national rock star…
Read MoreWaterloo man pilots rare military plane
John Schaefer of Waterloo isn’t new to flying, having become a pilot in college. Indeed, Schaefer has owned as many as six or seven private planes over the years, and…
Read MoreLongtime Waterloo police dog retiring
Some meanings for the given name of Ayla include “oak tree” and “halo.” This name is especially fitting for the Waterloo Police Department’s longtime police dog, who has served as…
Read MoreSubmarine crew visits namesake city
It was a homecoming of sorts last week for Columbia’s namesake submarine. Three crew members from the USS Columbia visited for a three-day stay. Commander Dave Edgerton, Lieutenant Ian Sugg…
Read MoreLydia’s big night at Busch
For a moment, 6-year-old local cancer warrior Lydia Boyer became the star last Wednesday at Busch Stadium as she threw the ceremonial first pitch to St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos…
Read MoreDrug coalition planning events
The Monroe County Coalition for Drug Free Communities, which returned from summer break Monday at the Monroe County YMCA, welcomed a fresh face. Coalition secretary Gary Most introduced Sarah Giglotto,…
Read MoreWaterloo library celebrating 125 years
When Elaine Steingrubey came aboard Morrison-Talbott Library as director in 1992, she never imagined that a community treasure, now 125 years old, would have been founded on a tie-breaker vote…
Read MoreMillstadt residents rescued from St. Maarten
Four Millstadt residents who were stranded on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten after Hurricane Irma caused flight cancellations and the evacuation of more than 1,200 Americans have since found…
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