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Columbia, Illinois is located in Monroe County. Zip codes in Columbia, IL include 62236. The median home price in Columbia is $169,900 which is roughly $111/per square foot. More Columbia information.

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Tuesday May 14 | The Province

Tim Bosma: Suspect Dellen Millard to face first-degree murder charge after burned remains found

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

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Tuesday May 14 | Belleville News Democrat

McLean stepping down as St. Clair GOP leader; Amos to take post

McLean, of Belleville, said he wants to devote more time to his family as well as growing his insurance business.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Belleville News Democrat

You can eat and play at new pub

A series of coffee houses cropped up across the metro-east area and beyond to satisfy your craving for caffeine and casinos.

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Wed May 08, 2013

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Dogs Rescued From Sinkhole Near Millstadt

Two hikers were on a walk in the Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve when they heard the sound of wimpering dogs.

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Tue May 07, 2013

KPLR-11

Racial Tensions Over Sunset Sirens

There is debate in Columbia, Illinois over whether or not to end the decades old practice of sounding the civil defense sirens twice every day.

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Thu May 02, 2013

Belleville News Democrat

It's farmers market season; Belleville Old Town Market opens Saturday

Last year the market spread from the parking lot at the corner of West Main and First streets to a parking area along West Main and the northwest quadrant of the Belleville Public Square.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

Belleville News Democrat

Columbia freshman excels at gymnastics

Sean Rickey is a freshman at Columbia High School. Shelby Rickey is in seventh grade and Bridget Rickey is in sixth grade at the Columbia Middle School.

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Tue Apr 23, 2013

Patch.com

U.S. News Ranks Lincoln-Way East High Among Top 50 Illinois Schools

Lincoln-Way East High School ranks among the top high schools in America, according to a ranking of public schools released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report magazine .

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Belleville News Democrat

Sheri Coleman's family appeals ruling in wrongful death suit

An appeal has been filed to restore a dismissed wrongful death lawsuit against Joyce Meyer Ministries, which employed Christopher Coleman who was convicted of the strangulation of his wife and two sons.

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Mon Apr 22, 2013

The University News

The Gamble of Higher Education

Congratulations, you're a graduating senior. The unemployment rate is over 7 percent nationwide, but for you, it could be over 10 percent.

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Belleville News Democrat

Retail roundup: Charter launches phone services in Dupo, Columbia and Waterloo

The St. Louis-based telephone, Internet and cable television provider has announced its Charter Phone service is now available in Dupo, Columbia and Waterloo.

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