Wagner: Two Choices – Get Vaccine Or Get Covid-19
by Joe Leicht Monroe County Health Director John Wagner sent a seemingly mixed message on covid-19 when he reported to the county board on Jan....
Governor Extends Face Mask Mandate
Through a Jan. 4 executive order, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker extended the state’s face mask wearing mandate through June 3 (150 days). It requires citizens...
Vaccines Begin At Nursing Homes As Deaths And Hospitalizations Increase
New positive cases of covid-19, along with hospitalizations and deaths, continue to roll in during the pandemic. But there is a light at the end...
Illinois Continues To Tweak Its Vaccination Allocation List – Those 65+ Added To Phase 1b Rollout
County health departments throughout the state are patiently waiting for the next shipments of the coronavirus vaccines. The national rollout has been slowed a bit...
First Phase Of Covid Vaccine Distribution Underway
Monroe County received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines on Dec. 23. The 100 doses were administered to healthcare workers with frontline contact with possible...
Monroe County Covid-19 Cases
Oct. 1 - Dec. 28 There have been 2,333 cases since Oct. 1 (That is 77 percent of the total of 3,026 since the pandemic...
Sabo to Play For Roosevelt University
Gibault senior Brayden Sabo has signed his letter of intent to play baseball at Roosevelt University in northern Illinois.
CHS Baseball Standouts Sign Letters Of Intent
Columbia High School baseball standouts Jonah James, Sam Bonaldi and Adam Wibbenmeyer will be suiting up next year at SWIC. The boys recently signed their...
2020 Deer Harvest
Alexis Mueller got an eight point buck during deer season. She is looking forward to her deer sausage and jerky. Alexis is the 2020 Valmeyer...
Rylee Cocos Wins Big Buck Contests In Maeystown And Fountain
Rylee Cocos won the big buck contest at both Fountain Inn and Hank and Lilly’s in Maeystown. The 197-pounder had 8 points. Rylee, 11, is...
CHS Kossina Commits to Mississippi College
Columbia High School senior Malia Kossina has signed a letter of intent to play golf at Mississippi College. Malia, second from left, is congratulated by...
Khoury To Play At Illinois Wesleyan
Columbia High School senior Ava Khoury has signed her letter of intent to play softball at Illinois Wesleyan University. While at CHS, Ava played first...
MPD Offering Annual D.A.R.E. Scholarship
The Millstadt Police Department is offering its 14th annual D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) College Scholarship. The winning student will...
Van Stolen From Rural Waterloo Home
A mid-2000s Pontiac Montana minivan was reported stolen Friday morning, Jan. 8, from a home in the 4900 block of...
$305 In Liquor Stolen From Walgreens
Two masked men went shopping for booze Dec. 30 at the Columbia Walgreens. The pair filled their cart with numerous...
Who We Are Wednesday Features Officer Moravec
Columbia Police Department’s ‘Who We Are Wednesdays’ recently featured Officer Luke Moravec. •Where is your hometown? Dupo • Years in...
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