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Wednesday crash in Waterloo

No serious injuries were reported after two Chevy Equinoxes collided at the intersection of North Market Street and Bradford Lane in Waterloo outside the Schnucks parking lot shortly after 11:20…

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VHS student barreling toward equestrian career

Kendra Goldschmidt is turning her passion for barrel racing into a potential career.  Kendra, now a senior at Valmeyer High School, started riding horses as a tween while spending time…

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Heine retires from Safety Town

In May 2005, the Columbia Police Department sent Karla Heine to O’Fallon, Mo., to learn about a program  used nationwide to teach children about a wide variety of safety issues. …

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HSS hosts inaugural gala

Guests streamed in through the double doors. Laughter rang out across the ballroom. People browsed items up for auction.  All this and more happened when Human Support Services hosted its…

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Early wheat harvest puts beans ahead of schedule

The winter wheat across Monroe County has been pushed to maturity and energetic harvesting by the heat that descended in May following an unseasonably cold April. The wheat harvest is…

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Oak Hill veterans take virtual honor flight

Within moments of the program beginning, a hush fell over the room as chaplain Ron Chase was pushed up toward the front of the room in his wheelchair.  When he…

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Woman finds long-lost family

Eight days after Mother’s Day, Phoenix, Ariz., resident Dennis Lurvey posted a tribute to his mother on Facebook. It is something he has done for years, but this time he…

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Police Blotter | 6/13/2018

(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…

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Multiple injuries in LL Road crash

Just before 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County EMS units made an early departure from the Porta Westfalica Festival parade in downtown Waterloo for a two-vehicle crash…

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Two injured in Friday evening crash

Two Smithton men were injured in an early Friday evening crash on Floraville Road in rural St. Clair County. A 2014 Kia Soul driven by Joshua C. Fournie, 24, of…

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