Wednesday night pursuit on I-255

An investigation is underway following a police pursuit that started about 10 p.m. Wednesday on I-255 in Columbia. The initial report indicates that a Monroe County Sheriff’s Department deputy attempted…

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Monroe County to lease Oak Hill

Nearly 75 years after building the first county-owned nursing home in Illinois, Monroe County may soon be out of the senior living and rehabilitation business altogether. Commissioners are expected to…

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WHS students grow in Spain

Students studying Spanish at Waterloo High School recently returned from Europe, seeing a great deal of Spain’s culture as well as traveling around France for a trip that provided lessons…

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Stolen vehicle pursuit ends in arrest

A St. Clair County woman faces multiple felony charges following a successful police pursuit early Monday afternoon. Shortly after 12:30 p.m., investigators with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department’s Aggressive Criminal…

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