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Friday crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded about 11:55 a.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Market and Front streets near the Amoco gas station in Waterloo. A black Jeep struck…
Read MorePolice reform bill a topic at county board
The Monroe County Board met the morning of March 1 at the courthouse in Waterloo, with the state’s recent passage of a criminal justice and police reform bill among the…
Read MoreHeine finds balance
Columbia Police Department Deputy Chief Karla Heine knew she was going to be a police officer as early as sixth grade. “I was always interested in murder shows” and the…
Read MoreMan in custody after fleeing I-255 traffic stop
A man was apprehended in Dupo late Monday morning after the vehicle he was driving fled from a traffic stop attempt on I-255 northbound in Columbia shortly after 11:20 a.m.…
Read MoreUnlocked vehicles entered in Columbia
Police are investigating after three vehicles were unlawfully entered in the 1300 block of North Glenwood Drive in Columbia early Sunday morning. All of the vehicles were unlocked, police said.…
Read MoreMillstadt woman killed in St. Louis hit and run
A Millstadt woman was killed and a man was seriously injured when they were struck by a vehicle while walking in south St. Louis city late Friday night. The vehicle,…
Read MoreGuilty plea in Hopkins death
One of two men charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of Illinois State Police Trooper Nicholas Hopkins of Waterloo changed his plea from not guilty to guilty, the St. Clair…
Read MoreDUI arrest near Red Bud
Emergency personnel responded to what was called in as a single-vehicle crash on LL Road at Route 159 near Red Bud shortly after 10:45 p.m. Wednesday. Responding agencies included the…
Read MoreCriminal justice reform becomes law
A few weeks after it passed the Illinois Legislature, Gov. JB Pritzker signed House Bill 3653, now called the Safe-T Act, into law on Monday. Republicans and law enforcement officials…
Read MoreHudson gets prison for stabbing
A man was recently sentenced to prison for a November 2019 stabbing incident in Waterloo. Trevor Hudson, 27, of Waterloo, was sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of…
Read MoreWaterloo tavern burglarized
Police are investigating a burglary at Randy’s Double R Bar, located at 107 S. Main Street in downtown Waterloo. Surveillance video indicates the crime occurred between 4:30 and 4:45 a.m.…
Read MoreVehicle stolen at Columbia gas station
Columbia police are investigating the Tuesday morning theft of a vehicle from the parking lot of MotoMart, located at 286 Southwoods Drive off of Route 3. The incident occurred shortly…
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