A Tennessee man was arrested in Columbia after allegedly stealing a six-figure sum’s worth of gold from a local woman through ...

OK, so it may not be an obsession but since I’m considered a journalist, I thought I’d go the route of sensationalism and try ...

The Waterloo fire and police departments along with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded ...

David Roland Schilling, 84, of Mattoon, died Dec. 23, 2024, from the effects of pulmonary fibrosis. David was born on Sept.

Linda R. Schilling, 79, of Mattoon, died Jan. 1, 2025, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon. Linda was born on Feb.

Roland George Wiegand, 57, of New Athens, born Sept. 5, 1967, in Red Bud, died peacefully at his home on Feb. 2, 2025, with ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 8:30 a.m. Monday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at Bottom Avenue in Columbia.

At least one person has died in a double-shooting that took place late Monday morning in Dupo. Police said two people were ...

Gary Andrew Wilson, 79, of Waterloo, died peacefully on Jan. 31, 2025, at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis, surrounded by his ...

Mary E. Fredrick (nee Blust), 74, of Waterloo, died Feb. 1, 2025, in Waterloo. She was born July 4, 1950, in St. Louis. The ...

An earthquake was felt in Monroe County on Saturday evening. The U.S. Geological Survey measured a 2.4 earthquake just ...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and local leaders to announce Regional ...