Columbia News

A 44-year old man died on the job while removing trees in Columbia, Ill. The accident occurred around 1 p.m. Wednesday in a wooded area near the Brellinger subdivision and the Columbia Golf Club, according to Vicki Koerber, the Monroe County Coroner.

General Motors Co. has agreed to recall 231,000 older SUVs over fire risks and urged owners to park them outside garages until they are repaired.

Businesses along the Illinois Route 3 corridor between Alton and Columbia, Ill., generate more than $20 billion in annual revenue and provide more than 215,000 jobs and payrolls totaling $9.2 billion, according to a study from the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois released Tuesday.

Before you know it, Independence Day will be here, so we want you to know about all of the fireworks displays and festivities going on in the greater St. Louis area.

Just when you though you've seen everything at the Shriners Circus Parade, along come motorized easy chairs, a scale model locomotive and Shriners popping 50- to 100-foot wheelies in a Crazy Car.

The Violence Policy Center released a survey Thursday showing that the District of Columbia and 12 states scattered across all regions of the nation had more gun deaths than motor vehicle-related deaths in 2010.