Troy
Troy residents, others unload opinions about data center project on mayor, council
By Charles Bolinger Editor • A standing-room only crowd filled the Troy City Hall Chamber on Jan. 20 as more than 100 people turned out to listen to 15 others speak against the proposed data center concepts that were revealed earlier this month, even though data centers were not on the night’s agenda. Each speaker…
Read MoreMadison County Transit plans new ‘microtransit’ service between Maryville, Troy
by Randy Pierce • Madison County Transit Managing Director SJ Morrison was one of six members of a panel who participated in a discussion hosted by the Citizens for Modern Transit organization in St. Louis earlier this month where he shared information regarding pending local projects planned for an area that includes Collinsville, Maryville and…
Read MoreTroy’s first roundabout project delayed by landowner
By Charles Bolinger Editor Ruth Sedlacek Morris owns a 77-acre farm along Troy’s western border, near where a roundabout on Route 162 is planned. However, her nephew, John Sedlacek, said they refuse to grant the city’s request to put an easement and/or right-of-way as part of the roundabout because it is too close to her…
Read MoreOne Troy planning commissioner moved from afar to create new home, life here
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Even though she’s lived in America since 1991, Liz Compton sounds like she just disembarked from a red, double-deck bus that stopped in Trafalgar Square or Piccadilly Circus, to the untrained ear. Actually, Compton hails from a village a stone’s throw from Liverpool, England, not London, but this story isn’t…
Read MoreMadison County considers lowering speed limit on section of Troy-O’Fallon Road
By Charles Bolinger Editor • One of the items mentioned during Troy’s Jan. 5 city council meeting was the plan for the sidewalk that currently links US 40 and Turtle Creek Drive. Plans call for expanding that sidewalk along the west side of Troy-O’Fallon Road from Turtle Creek to Meadowbrook Drive using a Transportation Alternative…
Read MoreSouthwestern Electric presents Mayor Nonn with check for almost $8,500
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Erin Jurke, manager of business development for Southwestern Electric Cooperative, brought Troy Mayor David Nonn a belated Christmas present Jan. 5. Jurke handed Nonn a check for $8,492.49. Why? “We run a little bit differently than your common utility,” she said. “We’re not-for-profit and anytime that we collect more funds…
Read MoreTroy residents put carts before horses during data center educational forum
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Ed. Note: Many residents who spoke at this meeting did not use the sign-in sheet at the podium, so their names may not be spelled correctly below. Residents and other folks barraged the city’s planning commission, Cloverleaf Industrial staff and city staff members with data center questions that don’t have…
Read MoreCloverleaf Infrastructure hopes to get lucky with plans for Troy data center
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Between 40 and 50 Troy residents filled a usually near-vacant city council chamber for a special planning commission meeting on data centers Jan. 8. Billed as an educational or ‘ask and learn’ session, no votes took place, no documents were signed and nothing was approved. Cloverleaf Infrastructure Two new points…
Read MoreStarbucks in Troy now open
Caffeine addicts and bean-dependents, rejoice and celebrate! Starbuck’s newest location, in Troy, is now open. The $2.6 million store is located on the northwestern corner of Edwardsville Road (Route 162) and Senior Airman Brad Smith Boulevard, across from Burger King and diagonal from Walgreen’s.
Read MoreTroy to buy downtown property with eye toward future parking needs
By Charles Bolinger Editor • Even though Rya covered it last year, I prefer Amy Grant’s 1994 cover of Joni Mitchell’s song, “Big Yellow Taxi,” with the famous lyric, ‘So they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.’ With a 8-0 vote at its first city council meeting of 2026, Troy councilmen passed an…
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