Wednesday crash in rural Columbia

The Columbia Fire Department and Columbia EMS assisted the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department in responding to a single-vehicle crash on Steppig Road between Gall Road and D Road shortly after…

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Eagles, Hawks soar at home

In a busy weekend of boys basketball action, Columbia came through with an impressive win on its home court and Gibault honored its legendary 1999 squad in style. Columbia (14-6)…

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Eagles bowling soars to state

The Columbia High School boys bowling team continued its historic season by advancing to a third straight state tournament Monday in Alton. Following up on the program’s first ever regional…

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$56.5M bet in county

People played $56.5 million at video gaming terminals in Monroe County last year, according to annual data provided by the Illinois Gaming Board.  Of that money, $222,345.61 went to local…

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