Police
Multiple injuries in LL Road crash
Just before 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County EMS units made an early departure from the Porta Westfalica Festival parade in downtown Waterloo for a two-vehicle crash…
Read MoreNew elements enhance safety on Columbia’s Route 3
Drivers along Route 3 in Columbia have noticed a host of new changes recently, all with one thing in common — getting drivers to obey traffic laws. As the aftermath…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 6/6/2018
(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 MoreMen charged in ATM theft from tavern
Two Missouri men were charged last week with the theft of an ATM machine from Route 3 Bar & Grill south of Waterloo in December. Larry E. Jones, 48, of…
Read MoreLightning strike cause of Columbia house fire
A late morning severe thunderstorm Saturday caused a flurry of activity for Columbia firefighters, who called in Millstadt, Dupo and Waterloo fire departments for reinforcements. The activity began following a…
Read MoreDNA used to ID April crash victim
DNA was required to positively identify a young Red Bud man as the victim of a fatal vehicle crash that occurred more than a month ago in rural southern Monroe…
Read MoreWaterloo meth dealer going to prison
A Waterloo man was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for dealing methamphetamine. In April, Gerard B. Bieber, 60, was found guilty during a jury…
Read MoreBoy injured in ATV crash
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded along with Maeystown and Waterloo fire department personnel to a four-wheeler crash involving a young boy at Maeystown Civic Association…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5/30/2018
(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 MoreWaterloo man charged with sex abuse
A 70-year-old Waterloo man was charged this week with felonies stemming from alleged sex acts committed in Monroe County several years ago. Tommy M. Seals was charged Tuesday with three…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5/23/2018
(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 MoreAnother meth dealer gets prison time
A Lenzburg man who was arrested following a motorcycle chase in Monroe County in 2016 will serve 15.5 years in federal prison on methamphetamine charges. Garrick E.R. Recker, a/k/a “Curtis…
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