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SAFE-T Act on hold
Just a few hours before they were set to go into effect, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that parts of the SAFE-T Act would be put on hold through the…
Read MoreJudge rules portions of SAFE-T Act are unconstitutional
A Kankakee County judge ruled late Wednesday night that aspects of the SAFE-T Act that was set to go into effect Jan. 1 are unconstitutional. The ruling by Judge Thomas…
Read MoreLawsuit filed after man falls
A man is suing after a fall in Columbia last year. Jimmy Watkins, listed in court documents as the plaintiff, filed suit Dec. 7 in Monroe County Circuit Court against…
Read MoreAppellate judge candidates on ballot
There are two judicial candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot for one seat on the Fifth District Appellate Court due to a vacancy created when David K. Overstreet, a Republican,…
Read More‘Extensive damage’ at Rock City results in arrests
Four young men stand charged with felonies in connection with damage exceeding $100,000 in value caused at the Rock City cave business complex in Valmeyer. Valmeyer Police Chief Marty Seitz…
Read MoreLocals join SAFE-T Act fight
Last Wednesday, Monroe County joined a group of over 50 Illinois county state’s attorneys and sheriffs to sue the state in objection to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform bill…
Read MoreJury finds Van Eck not guilty
A jury in the trial of Jeremy Van Eck, 35, of rural Waterloo returned a verdict of not guilty last week in Monroe County Circuit Court on eight counts of…
Read MoreWoman sues ATI Physical Therapy
A lawsuit originally filed Oct. 15, 2021, in Cook County by Linda Barron of Waterloo against ATI Physical Therapy and its employees was recently granted a change of venue and…
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