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Columbia man arrested in sword incident
A 33-year-old Columbia man has been charged with multiple felonies following an incident involving a samurai sword in his apartment on Thursday night. Police were called to an apartment at…
Read MorePolice Blotter 1/9/13
Columbia Police Dec. 30 Mark C. Nichols, 18, of St. Louis, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful consumption of alcohol at 602 N. Main Street. A 17-year-old…
Read MoreDogs bite young girl in New Athens
Around 6 p.m. Thursday, New Athens police asked the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department to assist them with a call because the suspect was an employee of the police department.…
Read MoreWoman injured in two-car crash near Red Bud
Illinois State Police said a blue 1999 Ford driven by Brenda K. Alberson, 58, of Prairie du Rocher, was westbound on Route 3 and had stopped to attempt a left…
Read MoreCar veers off road, strikes house near Dupo
Miraculously, no injuries were reported after a car veered off the roadway and struck the corner of a house east of Dupo before overturning shortly before midnight late Wednesday night.…
Read MorePolice Blotter 1/2/13
Columbia Police Dec. 23 Adam S. Goessling, 19, was cited for unlawful consumption of alcohol in the 1000 block of North Main Street. Jonathan M. Truesdale, 32, of Millstadt, was…
Read MorePolice Blotter 12/26/12
Columbia Police Dec. 19 Christopher M. Sanders, 37, of Columbia, was arrested for failure to register as a sex offender at 428 Fairfax Drive. Joseph S. Grimaldi, 48, of High…
Read MorePolice Blotter 12/19/12
Columbia Police Dec. 14 Stefanie D. Gould (McClelland), 27, of Dupo, was arrested on a Monroe County warrant and for defective windshield and no insurance on S. Main at Jefferson.…
Read MoreMan charged with aggravated domestic battery near Paderborn
A 24-year-old man has been charged in St. Clair County with felony aggravated domestic battery and reckless discharge of a firearm following a Dec. 23 incident that started at a…
Read MoreRed Bud woman dies in crash near Waterloo
A Red Bud woman was pronounced dead at the scene after her car crashed into the back of a tractor on Floraville Road just northeast of Waterloo in St. Clair…
Read MoreThursday night house fire in Columbia
Faulty wiring where Christmas lights were plugged into a circuit appears to be the cause of a house fire on North Briegel Street in Columbia early Thursday night. The family…
Read MoreLongtime St. Clair County Sheriff Justus dies
Justus, 81, served as St. Clair County Sheriff since 1982. Prior to that, he was Cahokia Chief of Police since 1962. Altogether, he served as a law enforcement officer for…
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