Posts Tagged ‘paywall’
Hall of Fame nod for CHS football coach
Legendary longtime Columbia High School head football coach Scott Horner was recently named as a member of the 2024 class of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Hall of…
Read MoreKnapp to join hoops Hall of Fame
A longtime statistician for the Columbia High School boys basketball program received a prestigious honor for his contributions to the sport. In addition to keeping stats for the CHS varsity…
Read MoreWednesday vehicle fire south of Waterloo
The Waterloo Fire Department, Monroe County EMS and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday for a vehicle on fire on Route 3 south of KK Road.…
Read MoreA gun conundrum for some
The second major component of the Protect Illinois Communities Act is set to go into effect at the start of the new year, requiring that every resident who owns any…
Read MoreWaterloo plans for future
An eye toward 2024 was the theme Monday night for the Waterloo City Council – the last such regular meeting of the year. In addition to approving a tax levy…
Read MoreKeckritz leaves legacy
Henrietta Bauer, the first administrator at what was then known as Monroe County Nursing Home, retired on Jan. 1, 1974. Fifty years later, almost to the day, former Oak Hill…
Read MoreWaterloo School Board OKs tax levy
For the first time in several months, the regular Waterloo School Board meeting took place in the high school library rather than the auditorium, with discussion centering chiefly on the…
Read MoreCounty talks jail and tax bills
During its final meeting of 2023 on Monday, the Monroe County Board approved the final revision of an expansion project for the Monroe County Jail which will begin in 2024. …
Read MoreCaliber keeps Columbia cruising
An auto repair shop in Columbia which came under new ownership last year recently celebrated its grand re-opening. Joe Gearon, who works as general manager at the Columbia Caliber Collision…
Read MoreEarly opening for splash pad?
The Waterloo Park Board touched on a range of items at its most recent monthly meeting, with some larger discussions focused on praise for the splash pad’s ongoing progress and…
Read MoreHospital sued over toddler’s death
A lawsuit has been filed in the late 2022 death of a local toddler. The Madison-St. Clair Record reported that a lawsuit was filed recently in St. Clair County Circuit…
Read MoreFarm income to drop from 2022 record
Farm income is forecast to shrink in 2023 after climbing to record highs in 2022. USDA’s Economic Research Service released its Farm Sector Income Forecast Nov. 30, which estimated net…
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