Three men, including an administrative assistant at the Monroe County Courthouse, are accused of targeting and threatening an employee of the sheriff's office.

Attempts to remove the 143rd Street widening from a Will County transportation plan failed, but the board sent it back to committee.

Monroe County got an early jump, hitting the field on Father’s Day. “We had a lot of eager kids,” Reed said. “They all love the game and were eager to put pads on again.” ...

Illinois lost residents from 2020 to 2024: US Census Bureau. But 15 counties gained residents, including 2 in the metro-east. See population trends by county in map ...

County leaders have dismissed as “political theater” the Trump administration’s inclusion of Monroe County among “sanctuary jurisdictions” that, the administration alleged, “protect ...

RIGA — A Batavia man has been identified as the person killed Tuesday night in a one-car crash on Chili-Riga Center Road, Monroe County sheriff’s deputies said.

MONROE COUNTY, Ind. — Authorities and residents alike are still dealing with the aftermath of the storms that blew through south central Indiana on Friday night. According to the National ...

A former Monroe County employee is accused of intercepting communications, and conspiring to harass, threaten and assault a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office bailiff. Two other men are also charged ...

Anyone with information that could assist Investigator Jim Vogt of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department can contact him at (618) 939-8651, extension 271.

Monroe Tornado 2 NWS surveyors determined the second tornado formed along East 400 South County Road near Monroe, producing an EF1 tornado at 10:48 p.m.

Monroe County deputies shot a suspect Tuesday, April 1, 2025. The sheriff’s office said officers were trying to serve warrants when the suspect shot at them. File A man was shot by Monroe County ...

The Macon-Bibb County, Ga. Fire Department helped pull a woman out of a well after a vehicle accident in Monroe County, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday, March 30, 2025.