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Man gets prison for sex abuse
A Waterloo man was sentenced to prison last week on a felony sex crime conviction. Zachariah P. Vansant, 21, of Waterloo, was ordered to serve three years in the Illinois…
Read MoreColeman civil case lingers
Friday marked the 14th anniversary of the 2009 murders of Sheri Coleman and her young sons Gavin and Garett in Columbia and 12th anniversary of a jury’s 2011 conviction of…
Read MoreWrongful death suit follows Columbia crash
A Dupo man filed a lawsuit in Monroe County Court last week in connection with a May 2021 afternoon traffic crash at the intersection of Route 3 and North Main…
Read MoreMonroe County opposes Illinois gun ban
Monroe County State’s Attorney Ryan Webb has joined 32 other Illinois counties in supporting an effort to overturn a statewide weapons ban. Public Act 102-1116, also known as the Protect…
Read MoreWebb chosen as next state’s attorney
Just days after the announcement of the election to judgeship of Monroe County State’s Attorney Lucas Liefer and Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Becker-Roscow in the newly formed 24th Judicial Circuit,…
Read MoreJudge selections leave 2 county vacancies
Monroe County State’s Attorney Lucas Liefer and Monroe County Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Becker-Roscow have been selected to fill two associate judge vacancies in the newly formed 24th Judicial Circuit.…
Read MoreJudge candidates named
Within the next few weeks, two candidates are anticipated be elected to serve as judges in the 24th Judicial Circuit, which could potentially find Monroe County with its third different…
Read More$1.6M judgment against Peppers
A registration of foreign judgment was filed in Monroe County Circuit Clerk’s Office earlier his month. The consent judgment was issued in St. Louis County Court in July after a…
Read MoreMarch timeline on cash bail appeal
An appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of a state law that would end cash bail appears to be months away from resolution under a new timeline…
Read MoreSAFE-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…
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