Girls hoopsters in action
The high school girls basketball season tipped off last week, as local squads got an early taste of what’s to come this winter. Columbia won two of three games at…
Read MoreBoys hoops season starting up
It’s time for local high school boys basketball teams to hoop it up this Thanksgiving holiday, with multiple teams taking the court for the first time this season. Waterloo is…
Read MoreHockey action skates along
The Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs and Columbia Eagles hockey squads took to the ice last week with mixed results. The Raging Bulldogs (6-2) won 4-1 over Highland last Tuesday, but dropped…
Read MoreVote for Mitch!
Waterloo High School senior Mitch Baldwin, a member of the varsity football team this past fall, was recently named a Great American Rivalry Scholar Athlete. He is now in the…
Read MoreBearcats get first bowl bid
For the first time in program history, the McKendree University football team is going bowling. The NCAA Division II Bearcats received the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s bid to the America’s…
Read MoreConference kudos for Davis
The Western Kentucky University women’s soccer squad, featuring a local resident as goalkeeper, recently ended its season. WKU (6-5-7) fell to host Louisiana Tech (6-10-3) in the first round of…
Read MoreMonday crash in Waterloo
The Waterloo Police Department and Monroe County EMS responded shortly before 6 p.m. Monday for a two-vehicle crash on North Market Street near the intersection of First Street. Traffic was…
Read MoreMaxine E. Steingrubey | Obituary
Maxine Eunice Steingrubey (nee Murray), 99, of Maeystown, died Nov. 10, 2023, in Columbia, Mo. She was born Jan. 17, 1924, in Harnett County, N.C. Maxine graduated high school in…
Read MoreAnthony J. Gravagna | Obituary
Anthony J. Gravagna, 74, of Waterloo, died Nov. 17, 2023, in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 10, 1949, in St. Louis. He was a member of Ss. Peter &…
Read MoreClark L. Habermehl | Obituary
Clark L. Habermehl, 85, of Columbia, died Nov. 17, 2023, at de Greeff Hospice House, St. Louis. He was born April 29, 1938, in Columbia, son of the late Russell,…
Read MoreSonja K. Stockel | Obituary
Sonja K. Stockel, 59, of Waterloo, died Nov. 16, 2023, in St. Louis. She was born June 7, 1964, in Red Bud. She is survived by her father Clarence H.…
Read MoreVehicle flees police Saturday in Columbia
Shortly before 10:30 a.m. Saturday, a vehicle wanted on traffic charges fled police in Columbia before speeding north out of town onto I-255. The vehicle, a white Chevy Malibu occupied…
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