Posts Tagged ‘chris coleman’
Coleman civil case lingers
Friday marked the 14th anniversary of the 2009 murders of Sheri Coleman and her young sons Gavin and Garett in Columbia and 12th anniversary of a jury’s 2011 conviction of…
Read More2020 Year in Review
The year 2020 was definitely memorable, but mostly for the wrong reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic affected everyone’s way of life and altered the course of history. For three-fourths of the…
Read MoreColeman granted self-representation
A court hearing was held remotely via Zoom videoconferencing Thursday to hear Christopher Coleman’s motion to represent himself in continued efforts to receive a new trial in the 2009 murders…
Read MoreColeman seeks self-representation
Christopher Coleman is seeking approval from a judge to represent himself in continued efforts to receive a new trial in the 2009 murders of his wife and two sons for…
Read MoreColeman granted evidentiary hearing
Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled Wednesday that Chris Coleman’s post conviction petition process will continue to the step of an evidentiary hearing in at least one matter. Coleman, who was convicted…
Read MoreMotion to dismiss Coleman petition
In what may finally bring the murder conviction of Chris Coleman to a close, Monroe County State’s Attorney Chris Hitzemann filed a motion last week to dismiss a post conviction…
Read MoreColeman murder convictions upheld by appellate court
The Fifth District Appellate Court on Dec. 31 delivered a judgment upholding the 2011 murder convictions of Christopher Coleman for the strangling deaths of his wife and two young sons.…
Read MoreCourt sides with Sheri Coleman family in lawsuit against ministry
An appeals court on Tuesday sided with attorneys for the family of slain Columbia mother Sheri Coleman in remanding to Monroe County Circuit Court two of three counts of a…
Read More‘Sheri Ann Her Boys’ funds donated to Chicago shelter
Funds raised in memory of a slain Columbia woman and her two sons have apparently been donated to a women’s shelter in Chicago, it was reported last week. More than…
Read MoreColeman brother loses claim
The Belleville News-Democrat reported late Friday afternoon that Brad Coleman, brother of convicted Columbia triple-murderer Chris Coleman, has resigned his job as a prison guard at Menard Correctional Center in…
Read MoreJudge again sides with ministry in Coleman wrongful death suit
A judge dismissed counts against Joyce Meyer Ministries in a recently refiled wrongful death lawsuit against the ministry and its former employee, Chris Coleman, during a hearing held Wednesday afternoon…
Read MoreR-T editor’s band releases debut album
When Republic-Times editor Corey Saathoff is not busy keeping the community aware of news affecting Monroe County, he’s writing songs and performing them with his original country rock band The…
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