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No cannabis biz for Valmeyer
Valmeyer has been busy in recent weeks attending to matters related to law enforcement. The village board recently voted to prohibit all cannabis businesses within the town, joining Waterloo, Hecker…
Read MoreMan attempts to spend fake $50 at Columbia McDonald’s
Columbia police are investigating after a man tried to spend a fake $50 bill at McDonald’s about 2:20 p.m. Sunday. An employee of the restaurant kept the fake bill and…
Read MoreRoad rage incident in Columbia
Police were searching for a white Saturn SUV with a white male driver after he reportedly flashed a firearm during a road rage incident in Columbia on Christmas Eve. At…
Read MoreKnow the window tinting rules
Although it does not happen often, drivers in Illinois can receive tickets for their vehicle windows being too tinted. State law dictates that windshields can have a non-reflective tint on…
Read MoreOut with the 2010s
As this decade comes to a close, many people are taking time to reflect on what happened in their lives. The Republic-Times asked a few people to do the same…
Read MoreHudson case moving forward
Judge Dennis Doyle ruled Thursday that there is sufficient probable cause for the case against Trevor Hudson to continue following a preliminary hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse. A preliminary…
Read MoreInmate dies at county jail
The Illinois State Police is investigating the death of an inmate in the Monroe County Jail early Friday morning. Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing stated in a press release that…
Read MoreMan throws wooden brick through window of moving car
A local man was charged with a felony following a violent incident Tuesday in Burksville Station. Alan L. Horn, 54, of Waterloo, is charged with aggravated battery in a public…
Read MoreTask force targets vehicle thefts
After a rash of vehicle thefts in Columbia this year, a recently reformed task force is targeting automobile theft in Monroe and St. Clair counties. Since the Columbia Police Department…
Read MoreColeman seeks reversal
Christopher Coleman filed a motion Nov. 25 requesting the court to reverse and remand a ruling by Judge Stephen McGlynn in April, thus giving him a new trial. “(Coleman) asserts…
Read MorePuppies named after officer who took action
A local woman brought her 7-week-old labradoodle puppies into the Waterloo Police Department on Friday afternoon, but it was more than a social call. The dogs are known as “Potter’s…
Read MoreNo marijuana in Maeystown
As expected, the Maeystown Village Board unanimously voted at its meeting last Monday night to pass an ordinance totally prohibiting recreational cannabis businesses. Treasurer Mike Fausz had previously said as…
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