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Schools make COVID plans
Last week, the Illinois State Board of Education announced a highly anticipated statement regarding mask usage in schools. Many found the original statement confusing, but after some clarification, it appears…
Columbia mulls new TIF district
As one tax increment financing district ends in Columbia, another one may be beginning. At last Tuesday’s Columbia City Council meeting, Columbia Director of Community Development Scott Dunakey requested the…
Woman bitten by her own dog due to fireworks
Columbia police and EMS personnel responded shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday to the report of a woman who was bitten by her own dog while the animal was alarmed due…
Guilty plea in Trooper Hopkins death
An East St. Louis man entered a guilty plea Friday in federal court for the 2019 shooting death of Illinois State Police Trooper Nick Hopkins of Waterloo. Christopher Grant, 47,…
Stolen vehicle report south of Waterloo
Police are investigating the theft of a vehicle south of Waterloo that was found abandoned nearby a short time later. At about 12:30 a.m., a black Ford Fusion was reported…
Early morning arrest at Columbia gas station
Suspects who drove away from an early Friday morning traffic stop attempt in East St. Louis were apprehended at a Columbia gas station. East St. Louis police were in pursuit…
Friday morning crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 9:40 a.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 northbound just south of Veterans Parkway near Columbia High School. The vehicles involved pulled over to…
Possible bear sighting in Columbia
At about 7:25 p.m. Wednesday, Columbia police responded to a property on Skyline Drive off Old Route 3 after homeowners reported a possible bear sighting in the woods behind their…
Zoning board OKs Sugar Spring pavilion, with restrictions
Owners of a rural Columbia wedding venue recently destroyed by fire approached the Monroe County Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday night to ask that ceremonies and receptions be allowed…
Wednesday field fire near Renault
Prairie du Rocher and Maeystown fire departments were called shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon for a report of a wheat field on fire in the 5500 block of VV…