Brush fire near Waterloo
The Waterloo Fire Department responded about 12:10 p.m. Monday to the report of an out-of-control brush fire in the area of 3175 Cedar Ridge...
Vaccine clinics this week; COVID deaths added
For the first time in roughly three weeks, Monroe County has scheduled vaccine clinics for residents to get their first shot after its supply...
Sunday night rollover crash on I-255
Emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle rollover crash on eastbound I-255 just east of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in Columbia at about 8:30 p.m....
Pursuit ends in stolen vehicle arrest
A man was arrested early Sunday afternoon for possession of a stolen vehicle and multiple warrants after leading local police on a pursuit that...
WPD arrests 2 following Walmart theft
The Waterloo Police Department arrested two men from out of the area following an incident at Walmart about 8 p.m. Saturday.
One man exited...
Lawsuit filed in fatal train, tractor crash
The family of a young Waterloo farmer who died when he was struck by a train while driving a tractor near Fults in June...
Friday crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded about 11:55 a.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Market and Front streets near the Amoco gas station...
Injury crash in Dupo
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday to a head-on crash on South Main Street at I-255 in Dupo.
Dupo police, fire department...
Brush fire on bluff near Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded to a small fire at the top of the bluff just south of Valmeyer Road near Columbia shortly after...
Pursuit ends in crash near Columbia
Columbia EMS, police and fire personnel were called around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon to westbound I-255 near the Fish Lake overpass just east of...
Police reform bill a topic at county board
The Monroe County Board met the morning of March 1 at the courthouse in Waterloo, with the state’s recent passage of a criminal justice...
Lawmakers talk vaccine with Columbia Chamber
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) and state Rep. David Friess (R-Red Bud) spoke at a virtual Columbia Chamber of Commerce meeting last Friday, mainly...