Police
Two die in motorcycle vs. truck crash near Red Bud
Two people died in a head-on collision involving a motorcycle and pickup truck on Route 154 in Randolph County on Saturday night. Randolph County Coroner Carlos J. Barbour said Jeffrey…
Read MoreRetail theft from Sears in Waterloo
The Waterloo Police Department is investigating a retail theft that occurred at Sears Hometown Store the afternoon of May 9. Police said that at about 2:30 p.m., a white male…
Read MoreInjury crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 4:15 p.m. Thursday to a rollover crash on southbound Route 3 near Hill Top Lane with serious injuries. Police said a 2014 Cadillac SRX driven by…
Read MoreStolen car crashes in Columbia; truck also stolen
The driver of a car that was reported stolen from the parking lot of Red Roof Liquor & Lottery in Columbia on Thursday led police on a brief pursuit into…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5/8/19
(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 | 5/1/19
(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 | 4/24/19
(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 MoreMan who bragged about high-speed chase going to federal prison
A man who bragged about outrunning the cops won’t be going anywhere for a while. Lee E. Nichols, 35, of Cahokia, was sentenced this week to 71 months in federal…
Read MoreRetail theft arrest turns into stolen vehicle recovery
The Waterloo Police Department arrested two people for retail theft from Walmart on Tuesday evening and recovered a stolen vehicle in the process. The incident occurred about 6 p.m., police…
Read MoreTraining crucial in bridge save
Columbia Police Department Sgt. Josh Bayer was instrumental in talking a suicidal man off a steel structure underneath the Jefferson Barracks Bridge to safety the evening of April 13. Despite…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 4/17/19
(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 MoreMotorcycle crash south of Waterloo
Route 3 was briefly closed south of KK Road in Monroe County following a two-motorcycle crash involving serious injury shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe…
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