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Rollover crash near Red Bud
Emergency personnel responded about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday to a vehicle rollover in the area of 6880 LL Road northwest of Red Bud. One occupant of the vehicle was successfully extricated…
Read MoreFire call near Fults
The Maeystown Fire Department responded shortly after 5 p.m. Monday to a brush fire reported in the area of Bluff Road south of Kidd Lake Road near Fults. The Monroe…
Read MoreWednesday night crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at Valmeyer Road in Columbia. The southbound lanes of Route 3 were closed temporarily as…
Read MoreWednesday crash east of Dupo
Emergency personnel responded about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to a single-car crash in the area of 8330 Triple Lakes Road in rural St. Clair County. Responding agencies included the Columbia and…
Read MoreFatal shooting in Dupo
By COREY SAATHOFF and ANDREW UNVERFERTH At least one person has died in a double-shooting that took place late Monday morning in Dupo. Police said two people were shot in the…
Read MoreTuesday night crash in Waterloo
The Waterloo fire and police departments along with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded just after 10:45 p.m. Tuesday for a two-vehicle crash in front of…
Read MoreMonday morning crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 8:30 a.m. Monday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at Bottom Avenue in Columbia. No medical transport was required as a result of this…
Read MoreSmall earthquake near Valmeyer
An earthquake was felt in Monroe County on Saturday evening. The U.S. Geological Survey measured a 2.4 earthquake just southwest of Valmeyer at 6 p.m.Reports of the quake came from…
Read MoreFire to detached garage in Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded about 12:45 p.m. Friday to a fire to a detached garage at the corner of West Bottom Avenue and Grueninger Street near Life Community Church.…
Read MoreWaterloo man dies in crash
Waterloo lost a young resident in a fiery car crash last week near Red Bud. Emergency personnel responded shortly before midnight late last Wednesday night for a vehicle that struck…
Read MoreIce rescue of dog near Columbia
The Columbia Fire Department responded just after 4:45 p.m. Wednesday to the report of a dog which had fallen through ice on a pond in the 6700 block of Stoneridge…
Read MoreVehicle strikes IDOT truck on I-255
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday to a crash involving a pickup truck and Illinois Department of Transportation truck on I-255 eastbound near the Fish Lake overpass in…
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