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Safety a top priority for prep football teams
Safety is a concern in all sports, but it has taken on added significance in football, particularly at the high school level. This year, the Illinois High School Association is…
Figure 8 race doesn’t disappoint
Crowds packed the grandstands last Wednesday night at the Monroe County Fair to witness cars drift around the track for the popular Figure 8 race. With mud flying and engines…
Driver in Columbia crash charged in St. Clair County
The Waterloo woman involved in a July 15 crash in Columbia that seriously injured a New Athens girl is facing charges in St. Clair County stemming from an incident that…
Police Blotter | 7/22/2015
(Editor’s note: All 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…
Columbia hit hard by heavy rainfall
Heavy rains hit Columbia hard late Monday afternoon, dropping an estimated three to five inches of precipitation in less than an hour. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood…
Dog rescued from smoking Waterloo home
Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County EMS personnel responded with Waterloo police about 10 p.m. Sunday to the report of smoke in a residence at 222 W. Third Street. A…
MCSD launches sex offender website
Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department recently launched a new sex offender registration and public notification website called OffenderWatch. Monroe County will now be part…
Columbia receives star treatment in making of new film
Columbia welcomed with open arms a movie production crew with well-known Hollywood actors as the filming of a dark comedy took place recently at various locations in town. “Columbia is…
Truck on fire north of Waterloo
The Waterloo Fire Department responded to a report of a white Ford F-150 pickup truck with its engine on fire on Route 3 at Rose Lane north of Waterloo. Firefighters…
Three-car crash in Columbia
Columbia police, fire and ambulance personnel responded about 10:10 a.m. Friday to a three-vehicle crash on Route 3 at Sand Bank Road near the Department of Public Works office. Ambulance…