Strange lights in the Tuesday night sky
Sheriff's department deputies in Monroe and St. Clair counties turned their eyes to the sky Tuesday night near Paderborn just east of Waterloo, after...
Coleman bodies to remain in Chester, for now
A judge in Randolph County ruled Tuesday that the bodies of a Columbia mother and her two sons cannot be exhumed from their current...
Ministry dismissed from Coleman wrongful death lawsuit
In an order handed down Tuesday by Judge Richard Aguirre at the Monroe County Courthouse, a motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed...
Ministry seeks removal from wrongful death suit
Attorneys representing Joyce Meyer Ministries and the family of Sheri Coleman appeared before a judge in Monroe County court last Wednesday afternoon, as the...
Televangelist to give deposition in Coleman wrongful death case
A judge last Wednesday granted a motion by the plaintiffs to conduct discovery depositions of televangelist Joyce Meyer, her son, and another ministry official...
Coleman moved to Wisconsin prison
The Illinois Department of Corrections announced last week it has moved convicted triple-murderer Chris Coleman from the Pontiac Correctional Center to a maximum security...
Judge denies Coleman retrial
Judge Milton Wharton on Monday denied a defense motion to retry Chris Coleman in what may have been the convicted murderer's final court appearance...
Coleman defense seeks re-trial
In an expected move by the defense, attorneys for convicted triple-murderer Christopher Coleman filed a motion Friday morning at the Monroe County Courthouse requesting...
Coleman begins serving life sentence
Following his May 5 conviction for the 2009 strangulation murders of wife Sheri and sons Garett and Gavin inside their Columbia home, Chris Coleman...
Mixed bag of emotions after the verdict
By COREY SAATHOFF with ANDREA DEGENHART and MARK HODAPP
For the Republic-Times
Columbia Police Chief Joe Edwards called it "the longest wait of my life."
But his...
Jury finds Coleman guilty of murder
Judge chooses life imprisonment over death penalty
Into the evening hours on the second anniversary of Sheri, Garett and Gavin's deaths, a Perry County jury...
Decision in Coleman trial could come this week
Following a seventh day of witness testimony, the prosecution concluded its case against accused murderer Christopher Coleman Tuesday afternoon in Waterloo.
"Your honor, the state...