Recently, U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) texted that she was deeply troubled that a Sikh cleric led a prayer in Congress.

I am so grateful to be around people who are way smarter than I. I am equally grateful that there are mentally healthy ...

Janice Kay Lauer (nee Scheibel), 77, of Columbia, died Aug. 10, 2025, in Columbia. She was born Nov. 5, 1947, in Belleville.

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 4:10 p.m. Monday to a two-vehicle crash with injuries and road blockage on Route ...

The Columbia Fire Department responded about 1:45 a.m. Monday to an RV on fire in the backyard of a residence in the 200 ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday to a multi-vehicle crash with possible injuries on I-255 ...

Patrick M. McCarthy, 79, of Waterloo, died Aug. 5, 2025, in St. Louis. He was born June 5, 1946, in Red Bud. Pat was a member ...

She was born on May 10, 1939, in Harrisonville, to Jacob and Luella (nee Garleb) Mehrtens. She passed away on Aug. 5, 2025, ...

An investigation is underway following a police pursuit that started about 10 p.m. Wednesday on I-255 in Columbia. The initial report indicates that a Monroe County Sheriff’s Department deputy ...

A “scour hole” on the land side of the levee located just north of Prairie du Rocher is growing, and a bureaucratic “run ...