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Schools open without state funding
Illinois Gov. Bruce Raunerās amendment to Senate Bill 1 not only drew ire from Democrats, the decision also prompted the Senate to override his veto during a Sunday special session.…
Police Blotter | 8/9/2017
(Editorās 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…
Burglary reported in Columbia
Charges are pending following a burglary investigation that began Monday afternoon in Columbia. Shortly before 5 p.m., Columbia police responded to the 300 block of Carl StreetĀ to investigate an alleged…
Fight outside Waterloo tavern
Waterloo police are still investigating an altercation involving three men that occurred about 9:15 p.m. Thursday outside of Fourth Street Bar, 301 S. Moore Street, resulting in one person transported…
Sunday morning crash south of Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 5:30 a.m. Sunday to a vehicle crash on Route 3 about a half mile north of Crook Drive south of Waterloo. A male driving a…
Two Wednesday crashes in Columbia
Columbia emergency services worked two Wednesday crashes on Admiral Parkway/Route 3. At 4:27 a.m., Nicholas Meier, 37, of Waterloo, was traveling southbound in the right lane of Admiral Parkway approaching…
Two-vehicle crash on North Market Street
Waterloo police and fire and Monroe County EMS responded to a two-vehicle crash with unknown injuries and road blockage at about 1:45 p.m. Thursday on Market Street at Covington Drive.…
Columbia man guilty of child porn
A Columbia man entered a guilty plea this week to a child pornography offense at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis, admitting to investigators that he had been downloading…
Wednesday fire on Rogers Street
Waterloo police and fire department personnel responded at about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday to a fire on Rogers Street. Firemen were dispatched to a fireĀ reported by two different callers, one reporting…
Swimming gives new purpose to Columbia man
In competitive swimming, the keys are to stay within yourself and keep pushing the entire time. For longtime swimmer John Traube, 47, of Columbia, those lessons also apply to his…