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Pickup truck driver ignores stop sign, hits oil tanker in Marine
A pickup truck and semi-truck were involved in a collision in Marine during the 8 o’clock hour on March 23. According to Ofc. Pablo Chambliss, the driver of a pickup truck failed to stop at the intersection of Division and Duncan streets. The struck the right front corner of a semi-truck hauling oil, taking out…
Read MoreTwo-car crash became hit-and-run at intersection of Routes 4, 143 west of Marine
By Charles Bolinger Editor • If you were westbound on Route 143 between Marine and Edwardsville on March 19 between 4:25 and 5:25 p.m., you were likely caught in the traffic jam after a two-car crash became a hit-and-run at the intersection with Route 4. Southbound Route 4 traffic extended beyond the Heritage Trail overpass.…
Read MoreIllinois State Police investigate fatal crash in Edwardsville
By Tribune Staff • EDWARDSVILLE – The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Department (SIUE PD) requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 to investigate a pursuit, which ended in a fatal crash. On Feb. 15, 2026, at approximately 11:10 p.m., the SIUE PD attempted to stop a Chevrolet truck after…
Read MoreTwo-vehicle crash US 40, Triad Road leaves three people injured
A two-vehicle crash on US 40 at Triad Road near the new middle school on Jan. 31 left three people transported to an area hospital with injuries. According to Illinois State Police Trooper Shafer McKune, Troop 8 responded to the above location at 3:07 p.m. for the report of a two-unit, personal injury traffic crash…
Read MoreSemi-truck carrying spuds overturns at 55-270 interchange
Updated at 12:40 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2025 with information from the Troy Fire Protection District. TROY – A tractor-trailer hauling potatoes skidded off of a ramp and overturned Dec. 27 at the Interstate 55-270 interchange, closing it for about 3.5 hours. Per Troy Fire Protection District Chief Darren Davis, “We were dispatched to Interstate…
Read MoreOne of Triad School’s electric buses loses power, strikes tree, clips pickup truck
By Charles Bolinger Editor On Nov. 10, a Troy resident thought she heard a knock at her front door around 6:30 a.m. Finding no one on her porch, she started to go back to bed, only to hear the knock again. The resident, who declined to be named, found a Triad School Bus driver on…
Read MoreTrip to see sunrise becomes Troy teen’s final journey
By Charles Bolinger Editor A Troy teen’s trip to see the sun rise over the trees turned tragic earlier this month. Logan Williams, 17, made such a journey in the small hours of July 6, when his car, a 2011 Acura TSX sedan, crashed into a walnut tree near Pere Marquette State Park, north of…
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