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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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Eagles make all-state softball team
A 32-2 season understandably drew attention to the Columbia High School softball team this spring, which had four players named this week to the Illinois Coaches Association Class 3A All-State…