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Troy Feb. 12 planning commission meetings move to Triad High School
By Tribune Staff • The next Troy Planning Commission Meetings have been relocated from Troy City Hall to the Triad High School Cafetorium, located at 703 U.S. Highway 40, to allow for greater attendance. The Feb. 12, 2026 schedule is as follows: Planning Commission Public Hearing: 6 p.m. (subject: Hampton Glen Villas) Planning Commission Meeting:…
Read MoreTroy man arrested after evading police since last April
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Running from the police never ends well for civilians, as Jeffery Warren found out on Jan. 24. Warren, 55, had been successful at eluding officers since April 2025 according to the incident field report Sgt. Jessica Callahan filed that same day. She said that afternoon, while it snowed, she was…
Read MoreTroy Police donate used SUV to Triad Schools
By Charles Bolinger Editor • In a memorandum dated Jan. 20, the Troy Police Department donated a 2017 Ford Explorer to the Triad School District. This vehicle is being donated as is, with no warranties expressed or implied. The Troy Police Department makes no representations regarding the condition or fitness of the vehicle for any…
Read MoreTroy man swipes $850 worth of lottery tickets from Circle K
By Charles Bolinger Editor • It’s one of the Ten Commandments but it works just as well for employees – don’t steal. A Troy man should have remembered that bit before Jan. 20. According to Troy Police Officer Daniel Greenemay’s incident filed report from Jan. 20, he was dispatched that day to the Circle K…
Read MoreTroy’s Feb. 12 planning commission meetings move to Triad High School
The Troy Planning Commission Meetings have been relocated from Troy City Hall to the Triad High School Cafetorium, located at 703 U.S. Highway 40, Troy, to allow for greater attendance. The Feb. 12 schedule is as follows: Planning Commission Public Hearing: 6 p.m. (subject: Hampton Glen Villas) Planning Commission Meeting: 6:30 p.m. or immediately after…
Read MoreTroy City Council denies data center concept site by Bethel Church
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Despite a new name and a Houston PR firm, the data center concept site revealed at a Jan. 8 planning commission meeting has been nullified. Now called Project Beacon and backed by Innovant Public Relations, the data center concept must find a new home, either at another site near Troy…
Read MoreIce training exercise at Tri-Township Park Lake on Feb. 1
The Troy Fire Protection District will conduct an ice rescue training exercise on Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents may notice emergency personnel, fire and EMS apparatus around the lake, on the ice and in the water. This is a scheduled training event designed to prepare emergency responders for cold water and…
Read MoreTroy’s Mertz as Illinois Air National Guard’s new top enlisted leader: ‘Get all the training you can’
By Tribune Staff SPRINGFIELD – New State Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Mertz’s priorities as he settles into his new job as the Illinois Air National Guard’s senior enlisted airman might be summarized into one six-letter word: PEOPLE. “You have to have quality, trained, people,” said Mertz, who lives in Troy and works as a…
Read MoreTroy man accused of threatening to kill ICE agents in Minneapolis
EAST ST. LOUIS – A Troy man is facing a federal charge for threatening to kill federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, according to a media release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois. A federal complaint charged Jeffrey A. Mullinix, 67, with one count of…
Read MoreCloverleaf claims mine subsidence, possible high demand on aquifer as non-factors in Troy data center decision
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Two other factors could change Cloverleaf Infrastructure’s search for another data center in the Metro-East. In the wake of the uproar that has happened since a Troy planning commission meeting on Jan. 8, many residents in town and elsewhere have come out against the project. During the week of Jan.…
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