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MASC performing drive-in play
Entertainment options have been severely limited by the novel coronavirus pandemic, but a Monroe County favorite is returning in a new form the next two weekends. Monroe County Actors Stage…
Income tax amendment questions
Election Day is 20 days away, and early voting is off to a strong start, but a few common questions remain about Illinois’s proposed constitutional amendment. The amendment would change…
Columbia man writes first book
Columbia native and active U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class Charles Moore found himself in the middle of the Arabian Sea aboard the USS Leyte Gulf with a lot of…
North settling in at CCSI
About two months into his new job as the principal/assistant director at Career Center of Southern Illinois in Red Bud, former Waterloo Athletic Director Mitch North is enjoying the role. …
Rift grows between Dupo police, CENCOM
St. Clair County 911 Emergency Telephone Board Executive Director Herb Simmons disputed recent comments made by Dupo Police Chief Kevin Smith in regard to a potential disconnect between the village…
Gambling in Monroe County down only slightly
While businesses across multiple industries are coping with staggering losses due to the pandemic, video gambling took only a slight dip in Monroe County in the months it has been…
Music connects teacher to the blind
At the first concert for his current job, Bryan Mueller got emotional as his youngest group of students performed. “I was almost in tears at the first concert when they…
One-vehicle crash in Waterloo
The Waterloo Police Department, Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County EMS responded about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday to a one-vehicle crash near the intersection of N. Market Street and Route 3…
Waterloo man charged with home invasion, domestic battery in Belleville
A young Waterloo man is facing serious felony charges following an incident last month in Belleville. Devon M. Buckley, 23, was charged with home invasion/causing injury and aggravated domestic battery/strangulation…
COVID mitigations lifted in region; 3 more deaths at Oak Hill
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health announced that the metro east region – which includes Monroe County – will return to Phase 4 of the Restore…