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In wake of disasters, their job is to help
A Monroe County couple is using their retirement to aid in disaster relief through the American Red Cross. Terry and Justine Liefer of rural Red Bud made a career in…
Local golfers advance to sectionals
Two Waterloo courses were hopping Tuesday with high school regional boys golf action. The Class 2A regional took place at Annbriar Golf Course with Waterloo and Columbia competing among a…
Police Blotter | 9/26/2018
(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…
WFD fire call Monday afternoon
The Waterloo Fire Department responded about 3:20 p.m. Monday for the report of smoke inside a residence in the 6400 block of Old Orchard Lane west of Waterloo. There was…
Search for suicidal man ends peacefully
A search for a reportedly suicidal man with a gun headed in his vehicle for the scrub under the JB Bridge ended peacefully early Sunday afternoon. At about 12:30 p.m.…
Wrong way driver stopped on I-255
Shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, an Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network broadcast alerted law enforcement agencies of a wrong-way elderly driver traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-255…
Eagles win thriller over Freeburg; ‘Dogs fall just short
In an exciting night of early autumn high school football action Friday night, Columbia outlasted Freeburg in a thriller while Waterloo fell just short in its homecoming game against Jerseyville.…
Songs4Soldiers benefit concert is Oct. 5-6
Popular country music acts Granger Smith and Diamond Rio are co-headlining the sixth annual Songs4Soldiers benefit concert, which takes place Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6 at Bolm-Schuhkraft Park in Columbia.…
Bull riding legend makes dream come true
The Waterloo Optimist Club’s annual Blue Army Bull Bash on Sept. 15 was especially momentous for one 8-year-old Missouri boy. Aiden, who lives in Niangua, Mo., with his mother and…
Arrests made in Dupo burglaries
Dupo police have charged three men in connection with a string of burglaries that occurred in town earlier this month. On Sept. 13, officers responded to several burglaries to motor…