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Schnucks aims to be part of Columbia community
Last week’s big announcement that Schnucks has purchased The Market Place grocery store was a topic of the Columbia City Council Monday night. Bob Wiegert of Schnucks visited Monday’s council…
Flu activity seen in Monroe County
As the bitter heart of winter hits Monroe County, another unwanted visitor creeps in as well. The flu has made its mark on the county already, hitting earlier than in…
County board talks road projects
The Monroe County Board was one of many groups that had to give way to the weekend blizzard, but they kicked off the 2014 slate of meetings Tuesday morning at…
Police Blotter 1/1/14
Columbia Police Dec. 20 Antonia L. Reiss, 33, of Columbia, was arrested for DUI on Gall Road at Elizabeth Drive. Dec. 22 Arthuro M. Garcia, 28, of East St. Louis,…
Injury crash on I-255 at Columbia exit
Columbia police, fire and EMS are responding to the report of a two-vehicle crash on I-255 southbound at the Columbia exit with injuries. There was no entrapment, according to emergency…
Columbia power outage update
Ameren is using a large crane this afternoon to replace the main transformer at its substation on North Briegel Street in Columbia following a four-hour-long power outage last night that…
Power outage in Columbia; schools closed Tuesday
A power outage was reported in Columbia around 8:30 p.m. Monday with below zero temperatures one day after the area received up to a foot of snow. Ameren reported 1,108…
Local crime news 1/3/14
•Waterloo police are investigating a couple of car break-ins that occurred Jan. 1 on the Waterloo Cinema parking lot. A GPS device was stolen from an unlocked vehicle, while the…
WHS Hall of Fame 2014 class chosen
The 2014 Waterloo High School Athletic Hall of Fame class was announced Thursday. This year’s class includes Orville Gregson (deceased) from the WHS Class of 1941, Dennis Gentsch from the WHS…
Winter weather shutdown in Monroe County
The winter storm arrived as predicted on Sunday, dropping nine inches of snowfall and more to most areas of the Republic-Times readership area and a smattering of light snow continuing…