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Small gas leak in Columbia
Columbia police and fire department personnel responded about 2 p.m. Friday to the area of 830 Columbia Centre near Jan’s Hallmark for the report of an old pickup truck leaking…
Still no budget for Illinois
Illinois continues to flirt with financial disaster as the state readies to enter its third year without a budget. The fiscal year begins July 1, and thus far legislators have…
Lockett found not guilty by reason of insanity
Mary B. Lockett, the Dupo woman charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of her daughter, Emily Rose Perrin, was found not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday…
Thursday evening crash on I-255
Columbia police responded at 5:18 p.m. Thursday to a single-vehicle crash on I-255 near mile marker 8. Initial reports are the vehicle spun out, hit a guardrail and stalled in…
Crash on Route 158 in Columbia
Columbia police, fire and EMS personnel responded at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday to a three-vehicle crash on Route 158 at Centerville Road. Initial reports indicate there were two persons transported…
Smoke seen at Merle Norman in Waterloo
Waterloo Police and Fire responded to a report of smoke coming from Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio at 742 N. Market Street at about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday. The cause of the…
Hope Food Pantry gives in abundance
The Hope Food Pantry continues to maintain a strong reputation for generosity, giving food and personal products to upwards of 150 families every two weeks. “We give in abundance,” Hope…
LifechurchX has space to call home
Since the Waterloo church’s rebranding in 2016, LifechurchX’s reputation has been marketed on the concept that it uses unconventional methods to serve the community. Cleaning gutters in the dead of…
ICS breaks ground on new school
Exactly six years to the day after breaking ground for a new church on Palmer Road in Columbia, Immaculate Conception Parish reached another milestone Saturday when Father Carl Scherrer blessed…
Waterloo man breathes new life
“When I got the call, which surprised me, I was taking inhalers and sipping coffee,” Maurice Kleyer, 67, told the Republic-Times, describing the lifestyle he had succumbed to over a…