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Medical call north of Fountain

The Columbia Fire Department assisted Columbia EMS and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department about 3 p.m. Thursday in responding to a 64-year-old man reported to be not conscious and not…

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StreamathonSTL small biz benefit April 10-11

A first-of-its-kind “Streamathon for St. Louis Small Businesses” takes place next Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, online at streamathonforSTL.com and via Facebook and other social media platforms. Hosted by NexCore…

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Columbia School Board OKs contract

The Columbia School Board unanimously approved a performance contract with Trane U.S. Inc., an energy services company, for work to be done at Columbia High School and Columbia High School…

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Stumpy’s shifts to sanitizer

A rural Columbia business is adapting to the coronavirus pandemic in a way different than most – shifting its entire operation to focus on helping fight the virus.  That business…

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Small biz setback due to virus

Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion economic relief plan last week to help offset some of the economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic.  Under that…

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Families help environment during pandemic

Several families in Monroe County have started doing what they can to help the environment during the coronavirus pandemic using what they call their “PE time.”  These individuals take gloves…

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Program provides food for kids

As area school districts are working to ensure children are fed during the week while schools are closed, a program based in Maeystown is doing the same for students on…

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Republic-Times wins state awards

The Republic-Times newspaper, covering Monroe County and surrounding areas for 130 years, was announced this week as the winner of more state awards from the Illinois Press Association for work…

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Lessons learned from the Spanish Flu

A little over a century ago, the world was facing a flu pandemic. Locally, the response was strikingly similar in nature to measures implemented recently to combat the spread of …

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I-255 lane closures near Cahokia

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the northbound center and right lanes of Interstate 255 at milepost 12.4 in St. Clair County are closed today for repairs to the…

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