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Mixed feelings about school safety in Columbia

Some expressed confidence in the administration’s ability to keep the schools safe. Others shared frustrations with a lack of initiative toward increasing security within the Columbia School District. Regardless of…

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WHS grad on front lines of cancer research

A Waterloo High School graduate is putting her extensive education in biology to good use, joining the ongoing fight against cancer. Jordan Bartlebaugh, the daughter of Diane Lux-Holmen and David…

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An extra boost to strengthen Lydia

Lydia Boyer, 7, quickly stole the heart of ATI physical therapist Sam Kruse when she began working with the local cancer warrior at the Waterloo facility. “She likes to giggle…

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Fire damages Columbia fish store

The Columbia Fire Department responded at 11:37 a.m. Wednesday to a working structure fire at The Corner Reef, 115 E. Whiteside Street, in downtown Columbia. CFD initially requested mutual aid…

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Crash on Country Club Lane in Waterloo

Police and EMS responded to a single-vehicle crash shortly before 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in the area of 1124 Country Club Lane in Waterloo. The female driver reported a minor injury…

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Police Blotter | 4/25/2018

(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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Man dies in farming accident near New Athens

A man has died following a Monday afternoon farming accident in rural St. Clair County. The St. Clair Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to what was called in as a possible…

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Fire in the bluffs near Valmeyer

The Valmeyer, Columbia and Maeystown fire departments are fighting a blaze in the bluffs in the area of Harris Road at Bluff Road south of Valmeyer. The call went out…

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Fatal crash near Red Bud

Emergency personnel responded to a fatal one-vehicle crash that occurred early Sunday morning near Red Bud. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, Red Bud Fire Department and Monroe County EMS responded…

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Speeding motorcycle evades Columbia police

Columbia police terminated pursuit following a brief attempt to stop a speeding motorcycle in town about 2 p.m. Thursday. The red motorcycle had a driver wearing a black helmet and…

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