Police
Flashing speed limit signs provide safe reminder
New flashing speed limit signs on Fourth and Hamacher streets were recently installed in the name of safety near some key Waterloo school zones, it was learned during last week’s…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 7/6/2016
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 6/29/2016
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Read MoreSex offender charged following Valmeyer incident
A registered sex offender from Madison County was charged with a felony after he apparently stopped inside a Valmeyer daycare center last week to ask for directions. Valmeyer police said…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 6/22/2016
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Read MorePolice nab 3 for theft after chase
Area law enforcement agencies worked together to apprehend three suspects who stole more than $300 worth of items from the Waterloo Walmart early Wednesday morning and led police on a…
Read MoreColumbia police report vehicle break-ins
The Columbia Police Department is asking the community for assistance in solving a new rash of vehicle “smash-and-grabs” in town over recent days. As of Friday, there have been three…
Read MoreMultiple agencies battle Dupo fire
Multiple area fire departments responded about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday to a two-story apartment complex fire at 406 Lindemann Avenue in Dupo. While Dupo, Prairie du Pont, Columbia, Cahokia, Millstadt and…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 6/15/2016
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Read MoreSteinheimer pleads guilty to aggravated DUI
Crystal Steinheimer entered a guilty plea Friday afternoon in Monroe County Court to aggravated DUI, thus avoiding a jury trial set to begin Monday. A charge of reckless homicide was…
Read MoreWoman gets 7 years for serious injury crash
The Waterloo woman convicted of aggravated DUI following a crash last July in Columbia that seriously injured a New Athens girl was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison. Katherine…
Read MoreSteinheimer trial to start next week
After unsuccessful last-minute legal wranglings by public defender Arlie Traughber, jury selection in Crystal Steinheimer’s aggravated DUI and reckless homicide trial is set to begin June 20 at the Monroe…
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