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Self-inflicted shooting death near Red Bud
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, Monroe County EMS, Hecker first responders and the coroner responded after 2 p.m. Friday to a residence near Red Bud for a fatal self-inflicted gunshot…
Two-vehicle crash on Route 3 in Columbia
Columbia police, fire and EMS responded to a two-vehicle crash about 1 p.m. Friday on Route 3 at Valmeyer Road. The vehicles were a maroon GMC Acadia with Missouri license…
Crash on B Road
Columbia Fire Department and EMS responded Friday at 10:15 a.m., to a vehicle crash on B Road, north of Country Lane, with a driver complaining of a back injury. The…
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…