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River traffic still flowing, for now
Area rain and snow over the past weekend have brought a temporary reprieve for barge shippers on the middle Mississippi River. Combined with recently completed rock removal work by the…
New beginning nears for Immaculate Conception Church
It won’t be long now. On Sunday, Jan. 27, parishioners of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will travel up Father Carl Scherrer Drive on the north end of Columbia and celebrate…
Police Blotter 1/9/13
Columbia Police Dec. 30 Mark C. Nichols, 18, of St. Louis, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful consumption of alcohol at 602 N. Main Street. A 17-year-old…
Father, two sons die in Mo. hiking incident
A 36-year-old rural Millstadt area man with Waterloo ties and his two young sons died after getting lost on the Ozark Trail in Reynolds County, Mo., late Saturday afternoon as…
Dogs bite young girl in New Athens
Around 6 p.m. Thursday, New Athens police asked the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department to assist them with a call because the suspect was an employee of the police department.…
Woman injured in two-car crash near Red Bud
Illinois State Police said a blue 1999 Ford driven by Brenda K. Alberson, 58, of Prairie du Rocher, was westbound on Route 3 and had stopped to attempt a left…
Car veers off road, strikes house near Dupo
Miraculously, no injuries were reported after a car veered off the roadway and struck the corner of a house east of Dupo before overturning shortly before midnight late Wednesday night.…
Boys Basketball Midwinter Tournament Central
Next week is full of boys basketball tournaments taking place throughout the area. Columbia begins play in the Litchfield invite Saturday, while Gibault begins play in the Nashville Tournament Tuesday.…
Coaching legend Eilbracht dies
Baseball legend and Waterloo native, Lee Paul “Coach” Eilbracht, 88, passed on into the baseball heavens Jan. 2. A 1942 graduate of Waterloo High School, Eilbracht went on to become…
Local bowlers compete in Panther Challenge
Area bowling teams resumed play last Thursday after the holiday break. With under two weeks to go until the IHSA boys state sectional meet, the young men took to the…