Police
Fire destroys home near Fults
A rural Monroe County couple escaped an early Thursday morning house fire with little more than the clothes on their backs. “It’s a total loss,” Maeystown Fire Chief Lynden Prange…
Read MoreBattery arrest at Columbia coffee shop
A young man was arrested following a late Wednesday morning incident at Proving Ground Cafe in Columbia. Luke A. Buettner, 22, of Collinsville, has been charged with battery and criminal…
Read MoreColumbia OKs school resource officer
The Columbia School Board completed the first actionable step Thursday night toward having a school resource officer. The board approved an intergovernmental agreement between the school district and city of…
Read MoreColumbia DOPW contract turmoil
Monday’s meeting of the Columbia City Council packed the house. Whether they were there to see the city’s newest law enforcement officers take their oaths to protect and serve, to…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 8/15/2018
(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 MoreHandgun incident in Columbia late Saturday night
Columbia police are investigating an alleged incident of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon that occurred late Saturday night. Shortly after 11:45 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of North…
Read MoreMissouri man apprehended following pursuit
A man wanted for attempted burglary in Missouri led officers on a pursuit Wednesday night across the Jefferson Barracks Bridge on I-255 into Monroe County and south on Route 3…
Read MoreFelony meth arrest in Waterloo
A Smithton man was arrested for possessing more than 900 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine following a routine traffic stop in Waterloo on Friday. Scott M. Reinhold, 36, is…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 8/15/2018
(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 MoreLafore attorney withdraws from case
A brief case management hearing took place Aug. 1 at the Randolph County Courthouse in Chester for a Waterloo man accused of second degree murder. Kodi Lafore, 23, of Waterloo,…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 8/1/2018
(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 MoreKids nabbed after rash of Waterloo car window shootings
Two juveniles are in custody following a Waterloo Police Department investigation of at least eight vehicles with windows shot out by BB guns sometime between late Monday night and early…
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