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Red Bud Spring Sports 2013 schedules & results

Red Bud Musketeers Spring Sports and 2013 Schedules and Results:

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Injury crash Friday evening in Columbia

A man was transported to an area hospital following a two-vehicle crash in the steady rain on Route 3 northbound at Wedgewood Lane in Columbia shortly after 6 p.m. Friday.…

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Monroe County makes young cancer patient’s cowboy dream come true

Five-year-old Kansas City cancer patient Joe-Joe Charles is battling neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer. On Thursday, Monroe County banded together as a community to partner with the Make-A-Wish Foundation in making…

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CPD conducting special Cinco De Mayo safety patrols

Columbia Police Department officers, thanks to grant funding provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation, will join Illinois State Police and other area law enforcement agencies by participating in a…

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Man turns cancer fight into positive new purpose

Music is a powerful thing. It makes you feel. It is therapeutic. For Bob Berry, 52, of Waterloo, there has been an intense passion for music since he started playing…

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‘Tis the season for hunting morels

Morel mushroom season is in full swing, with lucky hunters taking to the Internet to share the fruits of their labors without divulging too many details about their secret hunting…

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Powerful anti-heroin message continues in county

“Addiction is actually a survival mechanism. But heroin is 500 times as powerful as turkey!” That was just one message some 900 students heard Thursday during a no-nonsense assembly about…

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Waterloo wins Centralia Tourney

After four losses in five games last week, the Bulldogs were in need of a confidence booster. Their, five-game win streak since then seems to have gotten the Waterloo High…

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Gibault, Columbia notch wins going into post-season

The Gibault High School girls soccer team is going out with a bang. GHS (10-5) won three in a row to end the season, including Monday night’s last regular season…

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Police Blotter 4/24/13

Columbia Police April 16 Dane Wells, 25, of Colum- bia, was arrested on a Monroe County warrant at the police station. April 18 Ronald J. Niswonger of Grubville, Mo., was…

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