Posts Tagged ‘monroe county’
Klepac bowls 49th, 50th perfect games
The accomplishment of rolling a 300 game in bowling is rare enough for most, but not for Columbia’s Tom Klepac. The 62-year-old had already bowled 48 career perfect games entering…
Read MoreA century of kindness: Whip turns 100
Wilbert “Whip” Hesterberg remembers when wheat cost 25 cents a bushel, corn cost 17 cents a bushel, gas cost 25 cents a gallon and soda and beer cost 5 cents…
Read MoreAlbrecht makes all-state team
Quinten Albrecht, who enjoyed a standout senior season with the Waterloo High School baseball team this spring, was just named to the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 3A…
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 MoreMonday night crash in Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 9 p.m. Monday to an injury crash involving a white Nissan Aveo and a dump truck pulling a trailer on Route 3 at Gall Road…
Read MoreR-T wins top state honor
Illinois’ top newspapers were honored Friday at the Illinois Press Association’s annual convention in Bloomington-Normal. More than 100 daily and non-daily newspapers competed in 36 editorial categories. The Republic-Times newspaper,…
Read MoreRed Bud man charged with DUI, fleeing police
A Red Bud man was arrested for DUI and aggravated fleeing Thursday night after speeding away from Columbia police on Route 3 before crashing south of town. Shortly after 11…
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 MoreNeff selected in MLB draft
Gibault Catholic High School graduate Zach Neff was selected in the 31st round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday. Neff, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound left-handed…
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 MorePirates fall in state title game
Saturday’s loss in the state championship game will probably sting for a little while, but the memories of an amazing two-year run for the Valmeyer High School baseball team will…
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