Posts Tagged ‘Route 159’
Crash victim was ‘emblematic of service’
James “Mitch” Ellis joined the U.S. Marine Corps in the early 1990s, serving on active duty from November 1992 to August 1996. After he got out, Ellis earned a master’s…
Read MoreTwo die in crash near Hecker
The Illinois State Police is investigating a three-vehicle, head-on crash with two fatalities that occurred about 11 p.m. Thursday in the 6100 block of State Route 159 near Nu-Deal Oil…
Read MoreMonday evening crash south of Hecker
The Red Bud Fire Department, Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded to a two-vehicle crash on Route 159 near LL Road south of Hecker shortly before 7…
Read MoreCrash on Route 159 south of Hecker
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Hecker Fire Department responded shortly after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 159 at Wiegand Road south of Hecker. Both lanes…
Read MoreLarge fire near Red Bud
Six departments battled a large fire at the former recycling center just north of Red Bud city limits near the Monroe County line off Route 159 on Wednesday morning. The…
Read MoreFelony arrest after eluding police near Hecker
A 33-year-old Belleville man was arrested for aggravated fleeing and eluding police, possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon following an early morning incident…
Read MoreRollover crash south of Hecker
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to a vehicle rollover crash in the area of 5165 State Route 159 south of Hecker. The male driver was reported to…
Read MoreSaturday morning crash on Route 159
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday to the area of 4938 State Route 159 north of Red Bud for a two-vehicle crash with injury. The vehicles involved were…
Read MoreInjury crash near Red Bud
A woman sustained minor injuries during a Sunday morning vehicle crash on Route 159 near Red Bud. Police said a 2008 Dodge Caravan driven by Samantha J. Gregory was traveling…
Read MoreVehicle crash near Hecker
Emergency personnel responded about 11:30 a.m. Monday to a single-vehicle crash on Route 159 at Route 156 near Nu Deal Oil Co., just north of Hecker in St. Clair County.…
Read MoreVehicle crash south of Hecker
Monroe County EMS responded along with Hecker Fire Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department personnel shortly before midnight Monday to a single-vehicle crash on Route 159 south of Roscow Road…
Read MoreSix years in prison for deaths of two girls
The Red Bud woman who killed Abby Liefer and Hannah Porter in a January 2015 drunk driving crash received six years in prison Thursday in exchange for her guilty plea…
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