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Sunday evening fire call in Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded shortly before 6:45 p.m. Sunday to a report of a fire inside a work room at 700 Briar Lake Place. The fire was believed out…
Thursday crash south of Waterloo
Police, fire department and EMS personnel responded at about 3:40 p.m. Thursday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 3 and Kaskaskia Road south of Waterloo. The Monroe…
Motorcycle crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 3:05 p.m. Thursday to a motorcycle crash with injury on the Route 158 ramp to Millstadt from southbound Route 3 in Columbia. An ARCH Air…
Wednesday crash in Columbia
Columbia police, fire department and EMS personnel responded shortly before noon Wednesday to Palmer Road near the entrance to Palmier Cemetery after a pickup truck traveling the wrong way crashed…
Anxieties about state bail reform persist
A substantial piece of criminal justice reform legislation set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023 continues to raise concerns from law enforcement officials in the state. One of the bigger…
No saving seats at the fair
The Monroe County Fair Board posted last week on Facebook that effective immediately, there will be “no saving or reserving of seats for any Monroe County Fair events prior to…
Kanofsky lawsuit settled
A lawsuit in the death of Sawyer Kanofsky has been settled. The 17-month-old boy died after choking at a Columbia child care center in January 2021. Mary and Bryan Kanofsky,…
County hears judicial, EMS updates
Monroe County Probation Officer Courtney Schweickhardt spoke at Tuesday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners in preparation for the change in judicial districts in December. As part of…
Sunday night crash near Hecker
Emergency personnel responded to a crash shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday on Nike Road near M Road east of Hecker. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said a 2010 Suburu Outback…
Temporary tax relief in Illinois
Illinoisans received some modest tax relief when the state’s new fiscal year began July 1. That includes some income tax rebates, property tax rebates, a suspension of the state’s 1…