Soccer girls keep battling
It’s been a positive start to the spring for all three local high school girls soccer squads. Gibault (8-3) has generated excitement for its program that hasn’t been experienced in…
Read MoreCollege track scene has local flavor
A solid number of former local high school track and field standouts are competing at the college level this spring. Waterloo High School has no less than nine former tracksters…
Read MorePiranhas registration underway
The Waterloo Piranhas youth swimming program is celebrating its 52nd season in 2025. The Piranhas have enjoyed a resurgence of late, performing well in the Kaskaskia Conference the past few…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 4-2-25
(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 MoreThe only real guardrails | Ott Observations
Throughout the first Trump presidency and after, there was constant media banter about the “guardrails of democracy.” Trump’s use of executive power was unprecedented in our history and raised many…
Read MoreVictim mentality | Mark’s Remarks
eing the victim is a lot of fun sometimes. You often get a lot of attention, at least for a while, from people who rally around you, feel sorry for…
Read MoreReal Estate Transactions | March 24-28
The location of real estate transactions with only the parcel number listed may be viewed be entering the number on the Monroe County GIS website ‘Parcel Viewer.’ All transactions may…
Read MoreNumon S. ‘Pete’ Posey | Obituary
Numon S. “Pete” Posey, 94, of Waterloo, graduated to his heavenly home on April 7, 2025. He was born Feb. 11, 1931, in Tuscumbia, Ala. Pete was the second oldest…
Read MoreDennis Beiermann | Obituary
Dennis “Denny” Beiermann, 72 of Stillwater, Minn., died March 25,2025. Dennis was born in Jerseyville and grew up in Columbia, where he graduated from Quincy College. He started his teaching…
Read MoreTuesday crash on Bluff Road
Emergency personnel responded about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday to a two-vehicle crash with rollover and injury on Bluff Road at Steppig Road near Columbia. Both vehicles involved were pickup trucks, both…
Read MoreCPD dispatcher rescues owl
A Columbia Police Department dispatcher stepped from behind the 911 console while on duty recently to rescue an owl that was tangled in netting on a pond in the city. …
Read MoreI-255 shoulder closures next week
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that intermittent shoulder closures on Interstate 255 from Route 3 in Dupo to half a mile north of Route 157 in St. Clair County…
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