Waterloo, Illinois

Education

Retiring St. Clair County schools superintendent will be replaced by Waterloo principal

Kelly Smits

St. Clair County Regional Superintendent of Schools Mark Eichenlaub will retire at the end of the month after 36 years of work in public education.

On the right, a Union Pacific train that derailed on June 14, 2019, in Monroe County. On the left, the man, Jonah Matthews, who hit and killed by the train.

Law & Order

Railroad blames derailment on Waterloo man killed by train and farm that employed him

Teri Maddox

Union Pacific Railroad Co. filed a federal civil lawsuit against Glendell H Farms in August. It argues that the farm’s owners are responsible for damages to its locomotives, railcars, signals and tracks due to the actions of their hired hand, the late Jonah Matthews.

The headquarters for the U.S. Department of Labor is shown behind the building's sign.

Economy & Business

OSHA says Breese contractor put laborers at risk despite numerous warnings

Garen Vartanian

Groundworks Contracting Inc. of Breese, Illinois ignored a city's engineers instruction to use trench cave-in protections, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

In a crowded school auditorium, a casually dressed man speaks at a podium.

Education

Waterloo transgender bathroom policy leads to demonstrations, school harassment probe

Lexi Cortes

135 students at Waterloo High School lined up last Friday to protest a school policy that allows transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.