Junior high golfers shine at state
Despite constant rain and flooded fairways, the Red Bud Elementary School boys golf squad won the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association state title Monday at Kokopelli Golf Course…
Read MoreKhoury is IWU home run queen
Former Columbia High School softball standout Ava Khoury has etched her name into the record books at Illinois Wesleyan University. On Saturday, Khoury blasted her eighth home run of the…
Read MoreLocals help SLU make history
Jane Kaniecki of Waterloo and Karsen Jany of Columbia are members of a Saint Louis University softball squad that captured its first Atlantic 10 Conference Championship title this past Saturday…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5-7-25
(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 MoreMotherhood | Ott Observations
Some people think Mother’s Day is a holiday contrived by greeting card companies and florists to sell more of their products. Certainly the crass commercialization of religious or historical events…
Read MoreSchool laziness | Mark’s Remarks
I just saw a Snow Angel Challenge video, which the kids call reels these days. It was a guy in swim trunks who had been challenged to dress that way,…
Read MoreReal Estate Transactions | April 28-May 2, 2025
The location of real estate transactions with only the parcel number listed may be viewed be entering the number on the Monroe County GIS website ‘Parcel Viewer.’ All transactions may…
Read MoreI-255 crashes in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded to two separate late afternoon rush hour crashes on I-255 near the Columbia exit onto Route 3 southbound on Tuesday. The first was at 4 p.m. and…
Read MoreTuesday crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of South Market Street at Front Street (Route 156) in Waterloo. Monroe County EMS was requested…
Read MoreMarie A. Schroeder | Obituary
Marie Ann Schroeder, 67, of Waterloo, died peacefully on May 10, 2025, with her husband Gary by her side holding her hand. Marie was born in St. Louis on June…
Read MoreNelda R. Saul | Obituary
Nelda R. “Nel” Saul (nee McCollough), 88, of Waterloo, died May 13, 2025, in Waterloo. She was born Oct. 15, 1936, in Bastrop, La. Nel was a member of Concord…
Read MoreBarbara A. James | Obituary
Barbara A. James, 71, of Red Bud, died May 11, 2025, at her residence. She was born to the late George and Zelma (nee Blechle) Elder on June 21, 1953,…
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