Posts Tagged ‘route 3’
Vehicle fire on Route 3 in Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded at 3 p.m. Saturday to a vehicle fire on Route 3 southbound at Veterans Parkway. Upon firefighter arrival, it was a fully involved engine compartment…
Read MoreWoman dies after being struck by car in Waterloo
A young woman died at the scene after she was struck by a car in the roadway last Wednesday evening in Waterloo. Waterloo police and Monroe County EMS responded shortly…
Read MoreColumbia schools in planning mode
As COVID cases decline, the Columbia School Board, like many others, is moving its discussions away from testing and social distancing and toward future planning. March’s meeting showed this includes…
Read MoreMan enters meat shop with chainsaw
The Waterloo Police Department responded about noon Friday to Schneider’s Quality Meats, 1323 Illinois Route 3, after a 63-year-old man from East Carondelet entered the business carrying a chainsaw, alarming…
Read MoreRoute 3 road work in Cahokia
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Route 3 from north of Monsanto Avenue to Ruby Street in Cahokia will be intermittently restricted to one lane in each direction during…
Read MoreVehicle flees following Waterloo theft
An Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network broadcast was issued to area law enforcement agencies shortly before noon Thursday following a retail theft in Waterloo that resulted in a police…
Read MoreMCSD makes weapons, drug arrests
It was a busy week for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, with four people from Missouri arrested in separate incidents. During a Monday traffic stop on Route 3 near GG…
Read MoreTheft from Waterloo Walmart
Local police agencies were put on lookout for a suspect vehicle following a theft from Walmart in Waterloo shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. The vehicle wanted in the incident, a…
Read MoreSaturday crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 1:10 p.m. Saturday to a three-vehicle crash on Route 3 just south of North Market Street in Waterloo. There did not appear to be any…
Read MoreTuesday crash in Columbia
Columbia EMS, police and fire departments responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries reported about 2:30 p.m. at Route 3 and N. Main Street. Emergency personnel were helping direct traffic…
Read MoreHazardous travel on local roadways
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday to multiple reports of crashes or vehicles on the stretch of Route 3 from Gilmore Lake Road to Hanover Road between Columbia…
Read MoreSunday morning crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 9:35 a.m. Sunday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at Valmeyer Road in Columbia. The vehicles involved were a Chevy truck and a small…
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