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...
Ebersohl chosen interim mayor of Columbia
In a brief meeting Wednesday night, Columbia Ward III Alderman Gene Ebersohl was chosen to be the city's interim mayor until a new mayor...
Vaccine clinics next 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 next week after...
Lawsuit filed in fatal train, tractor crash
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed recently in St. Clair County by the family of a young Waterloo farmer who died when he was...
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...
WHS Speech Team set records
The Waterloo High School Speech Team set records collectively and individually last weekend at the Illinois High School Association state tournament last weekend.
Coached by...
New YMCA leader settling in
It has been far from a normal few months, but Kris Fulford has still been able to acclimate to her new job as Monroe...