Police
Retail theft arrest turns into stolen vehicle recovery
The Waterloo Police Department arrested two people for retail theft from Walmart on Tuesday evening and recovered a stolen vehicle in the process. The incident occurred about 6 p.m., police…
Read MoreTraining crucial in bridge save
Columbia Police Department Sgt. Josh Bayer was instrumental in talking a suicidal man off a steel structure underneath the Jefferson Barracks Bridge to safety the evening of April 13. Despite…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 4/17/19
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Read MoreMotorcycle crash south of Waterloo
Route 3 was briefly closed south of KK Road in Monroe County following a two-motorcycle crash involving serious injury shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe…
Read MoreLightning cause of fatal house fire near Columbia
An early Thursday morning fire destroyed a large residence at 7151 Summit View Drive off Mule Road near Columbia and a woman who was trapped in the home died. The…
Read MoreWaterloo OKs budget
The Waterloo City Council adopted an annual budget for the city during its meeting on Monday night. The budgeted expenditures for the fiscal year of May 1, 2019 through April…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 4/10/2019
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Read MoreColeman case carries on
The Christopher Coleman case took another step toward concluding Tuesday afternoon, but it will go on for at least one more stage. Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled during an evidentiary hearing…
Read MorePossible would-be jumper rescued from JB Bridge
The Columbia Fire Department responded about 7:40 p.m. Saturday to assist Mehlville, Mo., fire and EMS and both Columbia and St. Louis County police with a report of a possible…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 4/3/2019
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 3/27/2019
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Read MoreSerious injury crash on I-255
An ARCH medical helicopter airlifted one patient to a St. Louis hospital for serious injuries sustained in a Thursday morning crash on southbound I-255 near mile marker 6.4 in Columbia.…
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