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Monday night crash on I-255

Three people were injured in a crash early Monday night on I-255 near the Jefferson Barracks Bridge near Columbia. Illinois State Police said that shortly before 6:20 p.m. on I-255…

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Injury crash on Bluff Road near Columbia

Emergency personnel responded about 2:05 p.m. Monday to a single-vehicle crash with injury and entrapment in the area of 10857 Bluff Road near Steppig Road in rural Columbia. The female…

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Injury crash on Imbs Station Road

The Columbia Fire Department and Columbia EMS assisted the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department in responding about 12:30 p.m Monday to a vehicle crash in the area of 1724 Imbs…

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Saturday crash west of Waterloo

Emergency personnel responded shortly after 9:30 a.m. Saturday to a single-vehicle crash on Route 156 at Old Baum Church Road west of Waterloo. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said that…

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Vehicle in pond northeast of Columbia

Emergency personnel responded about 8:30 p.m. Saturday to the report of a vehicle in a pond off Bluffside Road just south of Triple Lakes Road northeast of Columbia in rural…

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Saturday night injury crash in Waterloo

Emergency personnel responded about 7:20 p.m. Saturday to a two-vehicle crash with injuries on Route 3 at North Market Street in Waterloo. Responding agencies included Waterloo police, the Waterloo Fire…

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ID of body found along river still unknown

The remains of a body found along the bank of the Mississippi River in rural Monroe County this summer have still not been identified. Monroe County Coroner Bob Hill and…

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Semi strikes pedestrian on I-255 north of Dupo

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 10:30 a.m. Friday to the report of a vehicle crash with a male subject struck in the roadway on I-255 southbound at milepost 11 north…

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Friday rollover on Kaskaskia Road

The Maeystown Fire Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded along with Monroe County EMS just before 8 a.m. Friday to a single-vehicle rollover crash on Kaskaskia Road just south…

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Monroe County OKs budget

The “double-edged sword” of increased tax revenues, which Monroe County Treasurer Kevin Koenigstein pointed out in March during his first quarterly budget review of Fiscal Year 2022, has found its…

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