Police
Police Blotter | 5/20/2015
(Editor’s note: All 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…
Read MoreCharges filed in fatal January crash
A 20-year-old Red Bud woman is now facing felony charges in connection with a Jan. 10 crash south of Hecker that resulted in the deaths of 19-year-old Abigail Liefer of…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5/13/2015
(Editor’s note: All 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…
Read MoreControversy over ambulance services comes to forefront
The Monroe County Board meeting Monday morning was a scene of irony. On one hand, the commissioners endorsed a proclamation observing May 17-23 as Emergency Medical Services Week. The same…
Read MoreStolen truck recovered near Fults
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department is assisting in the investigation into a truck that was discovered in the ditch along Kidd Lake Road just south of Stringtown Road near Fults…
Read MoreSuspect flees from Waterloo police during traffic stop
Local law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for a man who ran from Waterloo police following an early Monday morning traffic stop. The man is believed to be wanted…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5/6/2015
(Editor’s note: All 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…
Read MoreNew scanner helps MCSD fight crime
Behind bars at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, the police officers there have a new device that has already helped speed up the red tape of law enforcement paperwork. The…
Read MoreFormer Columbia resident guilty of child porn
A former Columbia man entered a guilty plea this week to federal child pornography charges, it was announced Friday. Stephen R. Wigginton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois,…
Read MoreTwo drug labs busted in Waterloo; man arrested for meth-making
A Waterloo man faces felony drug charges following an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies that led to two separate drug labs being uncovered, with more charges against other individuals…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 4/22/2015
(Editor’s note: All 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…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 4/15/2015
(Editor’s note: All 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…
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