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Columbia man in bank fraud case
Columbia native and contractor Gregg Crawford accepted a plea deal last Monday in federal court in connection with a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Crawford, 65, owner of…
Read MoreLocal couple sues State Farm
Monroe County residents Christopher and Melissa Kalbfleisch have sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Company for breach of contract, unreasonable delay in settling the couple’s claim and refusal to pay…
Read MoreColumbia Dollar General sued
Nancy and Rick Kern of Columbia are named as co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against Dollar General following a Feb. 24, 2024, incident at its Columbia location, 922 S. Main…
Read MoreLawsuit filed in CPD crash
A lawsuit against the City of Columbia and a Columbia Police Department officer was filed last Wednesday in Monroe County Circuit Court. Court documents filed on behalf of Carole Neff…
Read MoreNew lawsuit in fatal crash
Another lawsuit was filed June 4 in Monroe County Circuit Court as a result of a Sept. 1, 2024, crash on Hanover Road which led to the death of 15-year-old…
Read MoreCounterclaim in truck suit
Mark Springer, owner of Springer Auto Sales, located on Route 3 south of Waterloo, who was sued for allegedly selling a pickup truck under false pretenses, has filed a countersuit…
Read MoreWater dispute had been brewing
Information obtained by the Republic-Times via a Freedom of Information Act request has shed more light on a recent legal matter between the City of Waterloo and City of Columbia…
Read MoreWoman opts for ‘Moms and Babies’ sentence
Last Tuesday, a Dupo woman had her sentence of incarceration at the Monroe County Jail intentionally revoked in order to serve time at an Illinois Department of Corrections center in…
Read MoreUpdate on fatal crash cases
An amended complaint has been filed by the family of Crawford Bryant, 15, of Columbia, who died as the result of a Sept. 1, 2024, crash on Hanover Road. The…
Read MoreCharges filed in fatal crash
Following news last week that a wrongful death lawsuit was filed in a Sept. 1 crash south of Columbia that killed a local teenager, the Republic-Times learned criminal charges had…
Read MoreEEOC seeks to drop suit against farm
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has moved to dismiss a discrimination suit against the Sis-Bro pig weaning business of rural New Athens. Per an article in the Madison-St. Clair…
Read MoreCharges, lawsuit filed in fatal crash
The mother of a Columbia teenager who died in a Sept. 1 crash on Hanover Road has filed a wrongful death suit in Monroe County Circuit Court. This comes following criminal…
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