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Fights involving juveniles in Columbia parks
Columbia police responded early Friday evening to two separate fights involving middle school students. The two fights are unrelated, police said. The first altercation took place at about 4:30 p.m.…
Motorcycle crash near Columbia
Columbia Fire Department and Columbia EMS personnel responded shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday to a motorcycle crash with possible injury reported in the area of Wagner Road near Spring Valley…
Local tracksters qualify for state
Three girls from Waterloo and one from Columbia qualified for next weekend’s IHSA Class 2A state track meet by virtue of impressive performances Thursday in Salem. Waterloo super sophomores Jenna…
I-255 road work to begin Monday
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that lane restrictions in both directions will be encountered on I-255 between Collinsville Road and the Mississippi River in St. Clair and Monroe counties…
Suspected drug overdose at Lakeview Park
Waterloo police and Columbia EMS responded to the city lakes at Lakeview Park in Waterloo about 4:30 p.m. Monday, after a 36-year-old woman using a walker was found unresponsive following…
Eagles, Hawks to battle for regional crown
The Columbia and Gibault girls soccer teams are battling this week in the Class 1A Columbia Regional with designs on a deep postseason run. But only one will emerge as…
New CHS volleyball coach ready to lead
Columbia High School has named Dustin Cutts as the new head coach of its varsity volleyball program, replacing Kelly Landgraf, who resigned this past fall. Cutts has coached the past…
Haudrich named new Gibault soccer coach
Gibault Catholic High School has named Darryn Haudrich as its new head varsity boys soccer coach, taking over for Matt Reeb, who resigned recently to take a college coaching position.…
Derby friends help crash survivor ‘dust off’
Kolton May lay dazed in his hospital bed with steel rods protruding from his legs, unable to recall the catastrophic events that brought him there in the first place. The…
Tennis court closing causes stir
For about 30 years, the Larry Henson tennis courts in Waterloo have provided the community a place to blow off steam and for tennis players to work on their backhand.…