Posts Tagged ‘paywall’
Monday brush fire near Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department was paged shortly before 2:40 p.m. Monday for a brush fire near Harres Lane and Bluff Road south of Columbia. Waterloo and Valmeyer fire departments were…
Read MoreSmall fire Monday at Waterloo Sonic
The Waterloo Fire Department responded around 2:10 p.m. Monday to the Sonic restaurant drive-thru in Waterloo. Initial reports stated a small fire began in a mulch pile near the drive-thru…
Read MoreMan enters meat shop with chainsaw
The Waterloo Police Department responded about noon Friday to Schneider’s Quality Meats, 1323 Illinois Route 3, after a 63-year-old man from East Carondelet entered the business carrying a chainsaw, alarming…
Read MoreRoute 3 road work in Cahokia
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Route 3 from north of Monsanto Avenue to Ruby Street in Cahokia will be intermittently restricted to one lane in each direction during…
Read MoreVehicle flees following Waterloo theft
An Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network broadcast was issued to area law enforcement agencies shortly before noon Thursday following a retail theft in Waterloo that resulted in a police…
Read MorePutting it in perspective(s): WHS students make agamographs
When viewing Waterloo High School student artwork at Morrison-Talbott Library, viewers see one image when standing at the front of the hallway. As they move to the other end, the…
Read MoreJuniors get all-state hoops nods
The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association announced its all-state teams for the 2021-22 season, and some talented locals made the list. Receiving third team IBCA All-State honors in Class 1A was…
Read MoreWHS track starts strong
The event was titled the 2022 Jersey Winter Thaw this past Saturday at Principia College in Elsah. The Waterloo High School track team heated up the lanes at the season…
Read MoreGirls soccer season underway
The high school girls soccer season kicked off Monday, with both Waterloo and Columbia in action. The Bulldogs, who went 13-7-2 last season, opened their 2022 campaign with a 4-1…
Read MoreFriendly competition for junior bowlers
On March 9, club bowlers from Columbia Middle School and Waterloo Junior High School were among those competing in the Southern Illinois Junior High Bowling Conference championship at St. Clair…
Read MoreCoalition: Mental health, drug use go hand-in-hand
The intersections between mental health and drug use were the focus of the March meeting of the Monroe County Coalition for Drug Free Communities. Jaime Becker, a pediatric mental health…
Read MoreChemical reaction inside Columbia plant
Multiple area fire departments responded to a chemical reaction incident inside EMCO Chemical Packaging at 1900 Westgate Drive in Columbia shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday. Fortunately, a tense situation was resolved…
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