Troy Planning Commission to correct, re-add city improvement fees
By Charles Bolinger Editor • To correct a clerical error when an ordinance was approved in June 2025, the Troy Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 11 to discuss an amendment to the city’s planned development overlay. The amendment would permit such monies to be allocated to designated public improvement accounts, including street…
Read MoreMarine mayor, trustees pen letter to IDOT in support of proposed truck stop
By Charles Bolinger Editor • In a letter to Carrie Nelsen, one of IDOT’s regional engineers in Collinsville, Marine Mayor Darren Apken and the village trustees wrote in support of a proposed Jack Flash truck stop at the northwestern corner of Route 4 and Interstate 70. The letter, dated June 5, opens with: “We, the…
Read MoreRicheson fraud trial now moved to Aug. 10
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Despite attempts by freelance reporter Bruce Darnell to contact William Stiehl, Guideon Richeson’s defense attorney, he has not responded to questions after Richeson’s no-show at his June 8 fraud trial. That trial, which is now scheduled for Aug. 10, represents the fourth time this year it has been kicked down…
Read MoreTroy Planning Commission amends fee schedule
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Troy officials proposed an amendment to the city’s schedule of fees in which it would replace the current table in its ordinances and replace it with Chapter 37, Appendix A: Fee Schedule as the official fee schedule reference for administration and enforcement of the subdivision regulations. This happened during a…
Read MoreCollinsville Parks and Rec department granted new customer payment processing software
By Ray Popkess • The Collinsville Parks and Recreation Department presented the city council with a new ordinance last week to adopt a new registration and payment processing software with Amilia Technologies. Department staff evaluated multiple registration software and payment processing platforms to identify the solution that best meets the department’s operational needs. Representatives from…
Read MoreTroy, Marine residents’ vacation lands them in Florida jail after child calls 9-1-1 for drug possession
By Charles Bolinger Editor • According to ABC Channel 13 TV News in Franklin County Florida, sheriff’s deputies arrived at a rental property in the summer camp area on June 16 to find four people from southern Illinois and eastern Missouri in possession of cocaine, synthetic and natural marijuana, methamphetamine and MDMA, also known as…
Read MoreEducators explore Ag Coast of America, career pathways in logistics, aviation
Immersive experiences during FreightWeekSTL highlight multimodal freight network and expanding career opportunities By Tribune Staff • The St. Louis Regional Freightway hosted a riverboat cruise on June 11 as part of FreightWeekSTL 2026, offering educators and other industry leaders an up-close look at the Ag Coast of America and the multimodal infrastructure that supports the…
Read MoreDarnise A. Frey
Darnise A. Frey, age 71, of Highland, IL, died Wednesday, April 16, 2026, at Barnes-Jewish-Children’s Hospital (BJC) in Saint Louis, MO. She was born on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1954, in Baltimore City, MD, the daughter of Nelson and Dorothy (née Hediger) Kroner. On Thursday, June 11, 1981, she married John Frey at EvUCC, Highland, IL,…
Read MoreTroy resident requests permission to add four hens to property
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Troy resident Jarrod Mayes has a fowl idea that may ruffle a few of his neighbors’ feathers; he requested a special-use permit to keep four hens on a two-acre parcel in the 400 block of Troy Avenue. A public hearing on the matter took place on June 11 before the…
Read MoreTroy officials discuss raising sewer rates in 2027 to fund sewer treatment plant improvements
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Now that Troy officials have chosen which sewer upgrade plan to go with, the first one of five shown, for $4.7 million, the next step is to talk about funding it. While city officials have quietly been putting aside some monies in preparation for a new city sewer plant, they…
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