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Area girls soccer teams kick into action
The 2014 girls soccer season got off to a thrilling start last week, highlighted by a pair of local rivalry matches in the Metro Cup Tournament. First, Gibault and Columbia…
Goodman family wins tent collapse settlement
The family of a Waterloo man killed at Kilroy’s Sports Bar in downtown St. Louis following a 2012 Cardinals game has reached a $548,000 settlement with the company that leased…
Local softball teams take to the field
The Waterloo, Columbia and Dupo softball teams got off to good starts last week, while Valmeyer and Gibault suffered defeats. Waterloo opened its season at home last Wednesday against Wood…
Women return from recent cruise to Antarctica
Two Waterloo women traveled thousands of miles to see the sights of a continent often forgotten: Antarctica. Betty Wightman and Judy Tomlinson are a pair of travel enthusiasts who have…
Valmeyer fire call
The Valmeyer Fire Department is responding to the report of a tree and brush on fire at 5226 Bluff Road.
Two-vehicle crash in Columbia
Route 3 southbound was closed to traffic as Columbia police and fire handled a two-vehicle crash at Southwoods Drive just outside of Moto Mart around 7:30 p.m Wednesday. The vehicles…
Baseball teams get back into swing of things
Umpires dusted off home plate and yelled “Play ball!” to start the 2014 high school baseball season last week. Gibault, Columbia, Valmeyer and Dupo were all in action, while Waterloo…
Columbia bank robbers face federal charges
A man and a woman from Chesterfield, Mo., were arraigned last week on federal charges stemming from a February 2013 bank robbery in Columbia. They were caught and arrested last…
Hirsch enters sheriff’s race
Kevin Hirsch, 56, of Fults, formally announced this week that he is seeking the office of Monroe County Sheriff this November as an Independent. Hirsch, who works at Menard Correctional…
A family reunion of sorts at Garden Place
In a tidy, well-decorated room at Garden Place Senior Living in Waterloo, 93-year-old Cathy Harberding waited by the phone. She waited not for family members to visit, but instead anticipated…