Real Estate Transactions | Nov. 10-14, 2025
The location of real estate transactions with only the parcel number listed may be viewed be entering the number on the Monroe County GIS website ‘Parcel Viewer.’ All transactions may…
Read MoreScour hole fix brings relief, but not long-term safety
By JOSH RODENBERG Crews are finally filling the scour hole that has been creeping toward the Stringtown levee for years. It is the right move and it significantly reduces the…
Read MoreWilliam C. ‘Toby’ Thompson
William Charles “Toby” Thompson, 91, of Columbia, died Nov. 23, 2025, at Township Senior Living Community, Springfield, Mo. He was born Feb. 28, 1934, in Murphysboro. Toby was a faithful…
Read MoreAsbestos found at vacant Columbia trailer park
The presence of asbestos at the site of a partially-demolished mobile home park in the 500 block of South Main Street in Columbia was confirmed Thursday. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency…
Read MoreFix found for Fults levee
Residents of the Bottoms in southern Monroe County and Prairie du Rocher can “breathe easier” with repair work now underway on a scour hole near Fults, Monroe County Public Safety…
Read MoreSemi fire on I-255 in Columbia
The Columbia and Prairie du Pont fire departments responded about 9:25 a.m. Monday to a semi tractor-trailer on fire on I-255 westbound just past the Columbia exit. The fire spread…
Read MoreHazmat call due to pool chemicals
The Waterloo Fire Department and other agencies responded about 8:10 a.m. Monday to a hazmat situation in the 3500 block of HH Road just north of Annbriar Golf Course. Initial…
Read MoreMan charged with battery of state’s attorney
A local man was charged following an incident with an elected county official late last Wednesday afternoon in downtown Waterloo. Wesley A. Corey, 45, of Waterloo, faces a Class 3…
Read MoreCrisis averted on JB Bridge
Several emergency agencies responded about 10:15 a.m. Friday to the eastbound span of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge on I-255 for a distraught female sitting and then standing on the side…
Read MoreEarly morning crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 1 a.m. Friday to a single-vehicle crash on Route 158 near Columbia Quarry Road at the Monroe-St. Clair County line in Columbia. The initial report was…
Read MoreCharlotte Bode | Obituary
Charlotte Bode (nee Bise), 81, of Waterloo, died Nov. 15, 2025, in Waterloo. She was born April 27, 1944, in Red Bud. She is survived by her children Connie (Jim)…
Read MoreAlan C. Straub | Obituary
Alan C. Straub, 82, of Columbia, died at his home on Nov. 15, 2025. He was born Oct. 10, 1943, in Belleville, to the late Stephen H. and Agnes (nee…
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