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Rollover crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded about 4:45 p.m. Monday to a crash on HH Road between North Moore Street and Gall Road in Waterloo. A Chevrolet Malibu driven by a 16-year-old Columbia…
Motorcycle crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday to a motorcycle crash on the Route 3 northbound exit ramp onto northbound I-255 in Columbia. The motorcyclist, identified by police as…
Friday crash in Waterloo
Fortunately, no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 near North Moore Street about 2:45 p.m. Friday. Waterloo police said a Chrysler Town & Country driven by…
New COVID restrictions take place Tuesday
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Sunday that the metro east region would have new restrictions put in place effective Tuesday to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The move came…
Driver crashes after eluding police in Columbia
A driver who sped away from a traffic stop attempt on I-255 crashed in Columbia on Friday morning. Shortly before 9:45 a.m., a Columbia police officer reported that a car…
Fire at Crown Linen in Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday to a fire inside Crown Linen Service, located at 322 E. Industrial Drive off Rueck Road. A responding Columbia police…
Police pursuit on I-255
About 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dupo police and other St. Clair County law enforcement agencies briefly pursued a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee with Colorado plates driven by a black male wanted…
Stolen trailer from Columbia recovered; man charged
An enclosed trailer stolen from outside a residence in the Columbia Lakes subdivision in Columbia early the morning of Aug. 1 was recovered last week in a rural area near…
Flash flooding in Monroe County
Due to heavy rainfall in an area already saturated due to recent storms, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Monroe County and surrounding areas until 5:15…
Tax bill breakdown
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed much of the world down, but Monroe County residents should actually receive their real estate tax bills about two weeks earlier than last year. The…