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Wednesday work on I-255 ramp in Columbia

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced a left lane closure on the ramp from I-255 northbound to Route 3 southbound in Columbia on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,…

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Friday evening crashes in Columbia

Evening rush hour traffic was backed up in Columbia following two crashes on Route 3 shortly before 5 p.m. Friday. The first was a two-vehicle crash involving a blue SUV…

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Thursday night injury crash in Columbia

Emergency personnel responded about 5:45 p.m. Thursday to a crash on the ramp from eastbound Route 158 to southbound Route 3 in Columbia. Police said the vehicle, a 2018 BMW,…

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Friday fire call on Imbs Station Road

The Columbia Fire Department responded about 9:20 a.m. Friday for a residential structure fire at 2913 Imbs Station Road near Millstadt to provide mutual aid to the Camp Jackson and…

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Friday morning crash in Columbia

Columbia police, fire and EMS personnel were called about 9:20 a.m. Friday to the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Route 3 at North Main Street in Columbia. Police said…

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Friday lane closure on I-255 near Cahokia

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced a right lane closure on northbound I-255 south of Route 157 near Cahokia on Friday, Dec. 10, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather…

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Car drives into church fence

The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly before 7:45 a.m. Wednesday to Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in the 200 block of West Mill Street in Waterloo after a car…

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Soaring with Santa

Recently, a local fifth grader got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity thanks to Santa Claus and the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis County. Annabel Landis, a 10-year-old who attends Gardner…

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Columbia talks subdivision, levies taxes

The plan has changed, but the discussion is the same regarding a proposed subdivision in the northern part of Columbia. During Monday’s Columbia City Council meeting, public input on a…

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Judge returning to Monroe County

It’s official: the county’s resident circuit judge will return to the Monroe County Courthouse with the start of the new year, per 2022 judicial assignments. Judge Chris Hitzemann spent the…

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