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Community shows love for little Audrey and Elsa
Support for Audrey The news keeps getting better for a 7-year-old Zahnow Elementary student who underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor late last year and encountered various complications as…
Benyo, Morris join Gibault Hall of Fame
The Gibault Catholic High School Athletic Hall of Fame added two new members last Tuesday night. Former tennis standout Joe Benyo (Class of 1978) and softball great Emily Morris (Class…
Ice Eagles outlast ‘Dogs to advance
The first round hockey playoff series between the Columbia Ice Eagles and reached a fever pitch last Tuesday night, as both teams were fighting for playoff survival in a deciding…
State budget mess draws Obama’s ire
After nine months without a state budget, and deteriorating relationships between Republican governor Bruce Rauner and the Democrat-controlled legislature, even President Barack Obama has joined the ranks of people urging…
Columbia’s Main Street merchants feel the magnetism
The scientific measure of the strength of a magnet is “gauss.” And by several measures, a group in Columbia is cranking up the “gauss” there. At least it feels like…
CMS teacher to be spotlighted on PBS
For the past 22 years, Patrice Bain has been teaching at Columbia Middle School. For those 22 years, she’s been teaching social studies — currently sixth grade world history and…
Police Blotter | 2/10/2016
(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…
Nebraska man arrested in road rage incident
A Nebraska man was taken into custody following an alleged road rage incident that occurred early Sunday morning in Monroe County. Michael D. Davis, 28, of Cortland, Neb., now faces…
Columbia police chief placed on leave
Columbia Police Chief Joe Edwards has been placed on paid administrative leave while the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department conducts an investigation into a domestic matter involving his family. Edwards was placed…
Early voting now underway
Monroe County Clerk Dennis Knobloch announced that early voting for the March 15 primary got underway last week as scheduled following previous concerns about a possible delay. Early voting, by…