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Keeping it AO Clean
A cleaning business with an emphasis on general hygiene and eco-friendliness has served the St. Louis area for over two decades and has found a home locally serving Monroe County…
Oak Hill a concern in county audit
Monday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board featured a good audit review and good news about the Monroe County Jail expansion but uncertainty about the future of the Oak Hill…
Columbia talks ice cream, dog park
With the arrest Friday in Columbia of five St. Louis men involved in sex trafficking, the discussion of ice cream truck licensing in the city had a heavier tone during…
Waterloo urged to think green
The Waterloo City Council on Monday night heard from a local resident who expressed concerns about the city’s association with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency and recent contract extension with…
State eliminates grocery tax
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed into law House Bill 3144, the local government tax omnibus bill that eliminates the state tax on grocery items. The 1 percent state tax…
Truck hits building in Columbia
The Columbia fire and police departments were paged shortly before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a vehicle striking a building near the Moto Mart gas station in the…
Gas leak in Waterloo
The Waterloo Fire Department was paged shortly before 5 p.m. Monday for a call of a gas line struck by a construction crew near the intersection of Paul Drive and…
Vehicle fire north of Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded along with St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department shortly before 4:15 p.m. Monday to an active truck fire on IMBS Station Road near Nevois Lane just…
Crash early Sunday morning near Smithton
The Illinois State Police assisted the Smithton Fire Department, St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department and EMS personnel in responding about 2 a.m. Sunday to a single-vehicle crash in the area…
Thursday crash on Route 158
Emergency personnel responded about 1:50 p.m. Thursday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 158 near Douglas Road between Columbia and Millstadt. Injuries were believed to be minor. One of the…