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Rollover crash Sunday evening near Waterloo

Police, fire department and EMS personnel responded about 6:20 p.m. Sunday to a rollover crash in the 1000 block of Floraville Road near Baxmeyer Construction in Waterloo. The Monroe County…

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Saturday night crash north of Maeystown

Emergency personnel responded shortly after 11:50 p.m. Saturday to the report of a vehicle that crashed into a treeline in the area of Koch Road at Maeys Road north of…

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Hearts pouring for Amari

A 1-year-old boy born with a developmental disorder recently underwent his second open-heart surgery, and his family is grateful for the support this community has shown over the past year.…

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Worldly welcome at Gibault

Gibault Catholic High School has seen a number of students from all over the world come to the school for a semester, a year or even an entire high school…

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Youth mental health concerns

With a recent round of grants from the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services and the country still dealing with effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health remains a…

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Columbia OKs budget, rate increases

Columbia water and sewer customers are facing a rate increase of 10 percent, but the money is not going down the drain.  During the Columbia City Council meeting Monday night,…

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Fire and FFA for Columbia schools

Last week’s Columbia School Board meeting involved talk of a recent incident at Columbia High School as well as varied discussion on a number of other district matters. In his…

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Weekend road work in South County

Drivers who plan to use I-270/I-255 near I-55 in South St. Louis County this weekend will want to consider alternate routes or allow extra time, as the Missouri Department of…

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Illinois Caverns now open

Illinois Caverns is open again for the season. Located at 4369 G Road near Burksville, Illinois Caverns contains an array of cave formations including stalactites, stalagmites, rimstone dams, flowstone and…

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Splash pad stagnant, for now

Following news that the Waterloo Park District would have another year to put the project together, a reassessment of the splash pad at William Zimmer Park off Rogers Street has…

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