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Do you live in a town threatened by flooding? You should be reading this

If you live in a coastal city where flooding is an annual business or if you are thinking of shifting to some city which is threatened by flooding, here is a story of how to make the most of a situation when faced with a natural disaster.

Cities like Mumbai, Sydney, New South Wales, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai are famous flood-prone cities. But 16-foot water logging is a situation not known to many. In case it does happen, just like it happened in Illinois in 1993, the city-dwellers will have no idea what struck them. Families and li ... Read more

Columbia man faces meth sale charge

EDWARDSVILLE – A Columbia man was charged with multiple felonies relating to an alleged attempt to deliver methamphetamine in Granite City.

Bryan Locke, 35, of Columbia was charged Dec. 9 with unlawful possession with intent to deliver ... Read more

Family-owned bakery in Waterloo damaged in fire

MONROE COUNTY, Ill.. (KMOV) - A bakery that’s been serving a Metro East community for nearly 50 years is dealing with damage following a fire Sunday.

Firefighters worked to put out a fire at the back of Ahne’s Bakery on West Mill Str ... Read more

Another levee in danger as seemingly endless flood continues

ST. LOUIS — Residents of a small Missouri town were busy Tuesday sandbagging yet another levee being threatened by a seemingly ceaseless flood.

The Pin Oak Levee protects a little more than 100 homes in the low-lying area of Winfield, ... Read more

ASA, other ag groups engage in oral arguments in chlorpyrifos lawsuit

Daryl Cates, ASA president and a soybean grower from Columbia, Illinois, said, “Farmers rely on federal regulators to follow the law. Congress wrote pesticide laws the way they did to provide growers access to the tools they need to be successful and to ensure those tools can be used safely and effectively. When EPA violates the law and refuses to follow its own science to inappropriately deny access to safe, important tools, there needs to be accountability to protect the nation’s farmers and our operations.” (United Soybean Board, Flick ... Read more

Hellcat spotted in Columbia, Illinois

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MISSISSIPPI LIME COMPANY DRIVES GLOBAL EXPANSION WITH THE AC

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mississippi Lime Company (MLC), an HBM Holdings company headquartered in St. Louis, has acquired Singleton Birch, the leading independent supplier of lime products in the United Kingdom. The acquisition, which ... Read more

Carnaghis celebrate 60 years of wedded bliss

Robert Carnaghi and Linda Carnaghi (nee Lippert) celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Nov. 23

The couple was married Nov. 23, 1962, at Waterloo, Illinois, City Hall and then at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in St. Louis.

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