Saturday car crash in Hecker

The Hecker Fire Department and Millstadt EMS responded just after 4:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of a one-vehicle accident at the intersection of Route 156 and Route 159. Initial…

Read More

Friday crash south of Hecker

The Hecker Fire Department responded about 4:30 p.m. Friday along with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS to a two-vehicle crash on Route 159 at Guebert Drive…

Read More

Structure fire in New Athens

The Hecker and Freeburg fire departments assisted the New Athens Fire Department with structure fire reported about 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the 8000 block of Peacock Site Road near New…

Read More

Water, water everywhere

Emergency responders were thrust into action Tuesday following a deluge of rain that resulted in several reports of flash flooding throughout Monroe County and surrounding areas. Fortunately no injuries were…

Read More

Fire call east of Waterloo

Three local departments responded shortly before 10:45 p.m. Wednesday to a vehicle on fire inside a garage attached to a residence east of Waterloo. The incident occurred in the 6700…

Read More