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Thursday crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 2:30 p.m. Thursday to a two-vehicle crash on North Market Street at Bradford Lane next to Schnucks in Waterloo. The vehicles involved were gray and…
Read MoreFight ends Dupo basketball game
Multiple police and EMS agencies descended on Dupo High School shortly before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday after a fight broke out between players from both the Dupo and Collegiate Medicine &…
Read MoreChimney fire near Millstadt
The Millstadt and Columbia fire departments responded about 4:30 p.m. Monday to a chimney fire reported on Fox Run Lane southeast of Columbia. The CFD was first requested by Millstadt…
Read MoreChimney fire in Waterloo
The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly after 5:20 p.m. Sunday to a chimney fire in the 600 block of Louise Lane off Covington Drive. Waterloo Fire Chief Mike Lloyd said…
Read MoreGuilty verdict in Waterloo shooting
Following closing arguments from the prosecution and defense attorneys as well as lengthy jury deliberations, a guilty verdict has been reached in the case concerning a young man charged in…
Read MoreFriday morning crash near YMCA
Emergency personnel responded about 7 a.m. Friday to a two-vehicle injury crash on Route 3 at EE Road near the entrance to the Monroe County YMCA just south of Columbia.…
Read MoreSmall earthquake near Valmeyer
A 2.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded in rural Monroe County on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It was detected at 8:23 p.m. just more than 3.5 miles south-southwest of…
Read MoreElevator rescue at Waterloo church
The Waterloo Fire Department responded to St. Paul United Church of Christ, 200 N. Main Street, shortly before 9:15 a.m. Sunday for a broken elevator with people stuck inside. A…
Read MoreSaturday night crash on I-255
Emergency personnel responded about 7:10 p.m. Saturday to a two-vehicle injury crash on I-255 southbound near milepost 16 north of Dupo in St. Clair County. One vehicle came to rest…
Read MoreMillstadt Boy Scout leader arrested for child porn
Millstadt man and Boy Scout leader was arrested last Wednesday for allegedly possessing “child sexual abuse material,” according to a Jan. 28 press release from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s…
Read MoreChild porn charges for sex predator
A Missouri man arrested last month in Monroe County as part of a series of stings involving individuals suspected of soliciting underage sex online is now facing seven additional counts…
Read MoreSnow plow strikes gas line
The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly before 11:50 a.m. Sunday to assist after a Monroe County road district snow removal truck struck a natural gas line in the area of…
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