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Return to Hawkins Hollow
Members of Southern American Bottom Archaeology led by Autumn Melby, a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, recently completed a second round of excavations at the Hawkins Hollow site…
Summer cookout costs climb
The cost of a summer cookout continues to climb with inflation and supply chain disruptions driving grocery store prices. American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual marketbasket survey reported an Independence Day…
Effort to save vanishing prairie
HeartLands Conservancy, a nonprofit that works for clean water, access to the outdoors, healthy ecosystems and resilient communities in southwestern Illinois, recently stepped up to save a vanishing hill prairie…
Corn acres down, soybean acres up
By DANIEL GRANT FarmWeek A challenging planting season apparently didn’t stop U.S. farmers from seeding a hefty amount of corn and soybeans, according to USDA’s much-anticipated June acreage report released…
Concerns over grain terminal buy
Lawmakers have raised concerns over the recent acquisition of a Cahokia grain terminal by COFCO International Ltd, a Chinese state-run company. U.S. Representatives Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) and Nikki Budzinski (D-Springfield)…
Two suspected drug overdose deaths
The Monroe County Coroner’s Office pronounced two people deceased over the weekend due to suspected drug overdoses. Shortly before 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the coroner’s office was requested by the Waterloo…
Man charged in Columbia burglary
An area man was arrested following a recent burglary in Columbia. Columbia police were called to the scene of a burglary on May 16 in the 1300 block of Walnut…
Water plant staffing hubbub
While Waterloo’s new state-of-the-art $30-plus million water plant remains on schedule to begin operation this fall, the matter of how best to staff the facility is still to be determined. …
Gibault Hawk gets his wings
An incoming Gibault Catholic High School senior recently received the highest honor in scouting on a trip to Iceland, capping off a Boy Scout career that has helped him mature…
LSVs in Columbia?
A Columbia man is halfway to his goal of obtaining enough signatures to revisit the possibility of allowing low-speed vehicles within Columbia city limits. The issue had been proposed in…