Posts Tagged ‘paywall’
Prairie du Rocher turns 300
At the beginning of 1718, the government of France issued exclusive trading rights for trading company in its North American colony near the Mississippi River. Shortly thereafter, French military officer…
Read MoreColumbia scrambling on OSHA mandate
The City of Columbia is in a race against the clock to conform to Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines concerning employees and COVID-19 by Jan. 10. On Nov. 5,…
Read MorePatton joins Helping Strays
Retired Columbia High School principal Dennis Patton has traded in the sunny Florida skies he’s enjoyed the past seven years to temporarily lead Helping Strays here in Monroe County. After…
Read MoreMinor crash involving school bus
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 7:15 a.m. Wednesday to a crash involving a school bus and a parked car in Columbia. The incident occurred at 715 Lakefield Drive, police said.…
Read MoreRaging Bulldogs edge Ice Eagles
As expected, local hockey rivals Freeburg-Waterloo and Columbia played a close match when they met again Tuesday night at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex in O’Fallon. This time the Raging…
Read MoreAre you a cynic or idealist? | Ott Observations
In my previous column I wrote about how some of us live consumed by fears created by politicians’ propaganda, while others live focused on hope for creating a better world.…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 12-29-21
(Information in this report is gathered from police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty and charges may…
Read MoreKeys | Mark’s Remarks
As we prepared for our recent move, it was interesting to see what we had kept around, and also interesting to realize what we no longer valued and decided to…
Read MoreSunday crash on HH Road
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded around 6:30 p.m. Jan. 2 for a partially-overturned vehicle on HH Road near Bluff Road. The driver of a 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe reportedly…
Read MoreMonday fire call on Bluff Road
The Maeystown, Valmeyer and Prairie du Rocher fire departments responded around 10:15 a.m. Monday to a house in the 3800 block of Bluff Road for a report of a possible…
Read MorePolice on lookout for vehicle
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department notified the Columbia Police Department around 12:20 p.m Thursday afternoon to be on the lookout for a blue Chevy Cruze with no license plates. The…
Read MoreYoung man’s death under investigation
The death of a young Waterloo man on Christmas Eve is under investigation. Anthony McDonald, 19, was pronounced deceased at 5:46 p.m. Dec. 24 in the Red Bud Regional Hospital…
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