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Step out of the box with Pie Hard
People can soon know what a Pie Hard pizza for dinner feels like, as the food truck turned restaurant will have its grand opening on Thursday. Owners and Waterloo residents…
Waterloo man uses art to make ends meet
Matt Dossett is one of millions of Americans who has not yet received his $1,200 stimulus check and has not been approved for unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic. To help…
CDC offers reopening advice
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released six “decision trees” last week aimed at helping decision makers as they look to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. The guidelines cover…
Businesses balancing needs and fears
As Illinois begins to loosen restrictions put in place to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, more businesses have been allowed to resume activity in some form after…
Vehicle crash north of Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department and Columbia EMS responded along with the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department to a vehicle crash in the area of Cement Hollow Road at Imbs Station…
Vehicle evades police on I-255
Local law enforcement agencies were following and attempting to locate a car out of Collinsville that led police throughout Columbia and rural Monroe and St. Clair counties late Saturday morning.…
Fire call in Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded about 10:25 a.m. Saturday to a fire inside a residence at 609 N. Metter Avenue. A responding firefighter said the fire was believed out upon…
Monroe County coronavirus case count at 89
The coronavirus continued its slow spread through Monroe County in recent days. The county now has 89 confirmed cases of the virus, while the death toll remains at 11. Three new…
House fire near Maeystown
The Maeystown, Waterloo and Valmeyer fire departments battled a residential structure fire shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday at 4452 Maeystown Road. All occupants of the remodeled late 1800s former Posten…
Healthy housing market in Monroe County
A new study from SmartAsset.com ranks the healthiest housing markets in Illinois, with both Columbia and Waterloo at or near the top of the list. To assess market health, the…