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Waterloo FFA repeats as top chapter in state
The Waterloo FFA made it back-to-back state titles at the Illinois FFA State Convention in Springfield on Thursday. The chapter was named tops in the state for a second straight…
Injury crash on I-255 near Dupo
Columbia and Dupo emergency personnel assisted Illinois State Police in responding about 3:15 p.m. Thursday to a vehicle crash with serious injury and extrication on I-255 northbound near Dupo. An…
Virginia shooting hits close to home
Authorities identified James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, as the suspect in the tragic Wednesday morning shooting in Alexandria, Va., that injured the U.S. House majority leader and others. The…
CHS grad selected in MLB draft
A 2014 Columbia High School graduate was selected in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball draft on Tuesday following a sensational spring on the mound for Webster University.…
After the fire, Hopskeller breathes new life
Seen as one of the more unstable of the elements, fire has its advantages and disadvantages. The flames that consumed Matt Schweizer’s prized business at 116 E. Third Street in…
Local wheat crop looks promising
The first of the “big three” field crops in Monroe County is being harvested in earnest and heading to market. This is so-called “winter wheat,” which was planted in the…
Police Blotter | 6/7/2017
(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…
Local man dies in Millstadt crash
A rural New Athens man died following an early Saturday morning crash in Millstadt. Frank Gregson, 62, was driving his pickup truck south on Route 163 into Millstadt shortly after…
Sunday crash south of Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 2 p.m. Sunday to a single vehicle crash with injury on Route 3 southbound south of Gilmore Lake Road in Columbia. The vehicle, a navy blue…
Crash on Route 3 in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 11:40 p.m. Saturday to a multi-vehicle crash at Route 3 and Gall Road in Columbia. Injuries were believed to be minor in nature.