Mon-Clair League down to 6
The Mon-Clair League will play the rest of its 2024 summer baseball season as a six-team circuit after the Cape Girardeau Capahas dropped out due to lack of players. The…
Read MoreGirls soccer kudos for locals
The Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association recently announced its all-state and all-sectional teams from the recently completed girls soccer season, with several locals selected. Two Columbia players were named…
Read MoreRodeo girls make state
Four local girls will compete in the Illinois High School Rodeo Association State Finals taking place June 6-8 in Monticello. Payton Weber of Waterloo advanced to state in barrel…
Read MoreLocals roll strong in bowling tournament
West Park Bowl hosted the Junior Bowling Club Gateway Tournament, a premier scratch scholarship tournament, May 17-19 in Columbia. There were six 300 games in this ages 18 and under…
Read MoreRichard A. Lammert | Obituary
Richard A. Lammert, 85, of Waterloo, died June 4, 2024, in St. Louis. He was born April 22, 1939, in St. Louis. Rich was a member of Ss. Peter &…
Read MoreImpossible reconciliations | Ott Observations
I often attend a weekly men’s Bible discussion group. We review the upcoming readings for Sunday and discuss what they mean to us. A few months ago, we were reading…
Read MoreGoing back on my word | Mark’s Remarks
I think one of the things I look forward to most when summer begins is quiet. A time when your head doesn’t have to race around thinking of every little…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5-29-24
(Information in this report is gathered from police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty and charges may…
Read MoreMonday crash near New Hanover
The Columbia Fire Department assisted the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department in responding shortly before 5 p.m. Monday to a single-vehicle crash in the area of 8800 block of Gall Road…
Read MoreID theft, meth charges in Waterloo
A local man faces multiple felonies in connection with a financial fraud case investigated by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department. Police said that on the morning of May 16, the…
Read MoreAnhydrous leak near Prairie du Rocher
The Prairie du Rocher Fire Department was requested to assist the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office about 6:35 p.m. Sunday with a hazmat situation following the report of an anhydrous ammonia…
Read MoreWHS softball wins first sectional title in 35 years
The Waterloo High School softball squad took down a tough Freeburg team on Friday, 4-0, to avenge an earlier loss and capture the program’s first sectional championship since 1989. “We…
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