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Police Blotter 7/24/13
Columbia Police July 17 Justin M. Jennings, 24, of Columbia, was arrested on a warrant and for driving while suspended, speeding and no insurance on South Main Street at Route…
Schmitz, Toenjes big winners of fair demo derby
With a car seemingly built like a tank, Chad Schmitz of Valmeyer was the big winner of Friday’s Auto Demolition Derby at the Monroe County Fairgrounds. He took the final…
Figure 8 Fun!
A large crowd filled the stands at the Monroe County Fairgrounds for the Figure 8 Race on Wednesday night. A beautiful mild summer night brought out the likes of local…
Kuykendall waives preliminary hearing
Jordan Kuykendall appeared briefly in court Wednesday morning in Monroe County for a preliminary hearing held on the first-degree murder charge he faces for allegedly stabbing to death his ex-girlfriend,…
WHS grad in midst of tough cancer fight
When a trip to the emergency room changed Joel Roschnafsky’s life in an instant, friends and family in Monroe County mobilized to help this native son and friend tackle his…
Baptist missionaries offer comfort through bears
While teams from Builders for Christ have been converging on Waterloo to help First Baptist Church complete a construction surge on their new Beacon facility on Market Street, other groups…
Hockey returns to Waterloo
Ice hockey has returned to Waterloo. The Waterloo Bulldogs and Freeburg Blue Rage club teams have merged to form the “Raging Bulldogs” in the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association for…
Piranhas, Hilltoppers take second in respective conference meets
Piranhas fall just short of conference title BY JEREMY KOVARIK For the Republic-Times The Waterloo Piranhas entered the season with aspirations of winning their 11th Kaskaskia Conference championship in the…
Police Blotter 7/17/13
Columbia Police July 9 Rickey R. Middleton, 26, of St. Louis, was arrested on an in-state warrant on Admiral Parkway at Veterans Parkway. July 12 Donna M. McClenahan, 47, of…
Valmeyer man sentenced to prison for child porn
A Valmeyer man was sentenced last week to more than 12 years in prison on federal child pornography charges. Alan L. Mitchell, 52, of Valmeyer, entered a guilty plea March…