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Midsummer Classic ready to deliver
The 48th annual Midsummer Classic is set to begin Thursday at Borsch Park in Valmeyer, with eight Mon-Clair League teams vying for the top trophy. The Waterloo Millers kick off…
Read MoreMan arrested after fleeing Waterloo traffic stop
A Cahokia man was taken into custody after leading police on an hour-long foot pursuit in Waterloo early Saturday evening. Waterloo police conducted a traffic stop in the 500 block…
Read MoreRetiring Columbia AD ‘bleeds blue’
Columbia High School sports programs have enjoyed quite a run of success over the past several years with Joe Iorio serving as athletic director. After 32 years at CHS, Iorio…
Read MoreWPD chief retiring
Waterloo Police Chief Mike Douglas has announced his retirement after just more than two years in the position and nearly 30 years in local law enforcement. “It has truly been…
Read MoreCar strikes home, 3 injured
A car struck a residence in a Columbia subdivision early Saturday morning, resulting in three injuries. The male driver of the 2019 Tesla, Alexander P. Gierer, 21, of Arnold, Mo.,…
Read MoreWightman recounts cave discovery
In 1949, a classmate of Paul Wightman named Cletus Meyer told Wightman about a large sinkhole with a cave at the bottom on the property of his uncle, Joel Fogelpole. …
Read MoreFamily of crash victim ‘can feel the prayers’
A Waterloo family is grieving after 23-year-old man died Friday night, though community support is making the process easier. Jonah Matthews, a 2014 graduate of Waterloo High School, died…
Read MoreWoman sought for February smash-and-grab at YMCA
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a Missouri woman wanted for the February smash-and-grab theft of a purse from a vehicle in the…
Read MoreFatal train vs. tractor crash in Fults
Several emergency agencies responded shortly after 8 p.m. Friday to a fatal crash involving a train and a farm tractor with multiple train cars derailed in the area of Fults…
Read MoreMoehrs wins 2,000th game
There have been many doubleheader sweeps over the past 59 years for baseball manager Vern Moehrs and his Waterloo team in the Mon-Clair League, but Sunday’s victories gave him a…
Read MoreBulldogs take third at state
The Waterloo High School baseball team claimed the third place trophy at the IHSA Class 3A state tournament in Joliet on Saturday, defeating Dixon 9-2. Dixon took a 2-0 lead…
Read MoreRiver crests as flood fight continues
For now at least, the worst is over for flooding in the area because the Mississippi River crested Saturday night at 46.02 feet in St. Louis. That is the second…
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