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Injury crash in Waterloo
A two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at Illinois Avenue in Waterloo injured a local woman Thursday morning. Waterloo police said that shortly after 10:10 a.m., a 2011 Ford F-150 driven…
Vehicle gets stuck on railroad track south of Valmeyer
Emergency personnel responded to the area of Bluff Road near KK Road in Monroe County shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday for a vehicle that was stuck on the railroad tracks.…
Scam averted in Millstadt
The Millstadt Police Department responded Wednesday to Central Bank, 3 E. Washington Street, for an elderly female that was being scammed over the phone. “The officer met with the (bank)…
Man runs from early morning traffic stop
A man believed to be wanted for questioning in recent Monroe County burglaries ran away from an early Thursday morning traffic stop near Columbia. A Columbia police officer pulled over…
Illinois updates reopening plan
Gov. JB Pritzker announced an updated version of his Restore Illinois reopening plan that should get the state closer to pre-pandemic life sooner while not going as far as some…
Gas crisis discussed in Waterloo
A gas committee meeting took place in Waterloo Thursday morning to discuss ways to tackle an exorbitant natural gas rate charged to the city for February. Many communities in the…
Business as usual in Columbia
The first meeting of the Columbia City Council with Gene Ebersohl as interim mayor was business as usual. In an administrative action, the first agenda item vote corrected an inadvertent…