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Police Blotter | 6/14/2017
(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 MoreInjury crash on I-255 near Dupo
Columbia and Dupo emergency personnel assisted Illinois State Police in responding about 3:15 p.m. Thursday to a vehicle crash with serious injury and extrication on I-255 northbound near Dupo. An…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 6/7/2017
(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 MoreLocal man dies in Millstadt crash
A rural New Athens man died following an early Saturday morning crash in Millstadt. Frank Gregson, 62, was driving his pickup truck south on Route 163 into Millstadt shortly after…
Read MoreSheriff: thousands of child porn images found in raid
Federal child pornography charges are pending following an investigation that resulted in a raid last week at a home in rural Waterloo. Per a press release issued Wednesday by Monroe…
Read MoreColumbia hosting regional K-9 trials
This weekend, Columbia will host something most law-abiding people will never have the opportunity to see — many of the top police dogs in the bi-state area putting on a…
Read MoreNew Dupo police chief appointed
Following an executive session, the Dupo Village Board on Monday appointed Kevin Smith as police chief. The board voted unanimously in favor of Smith’s appointment after trustee Joe Basinski said…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5/31/2017
(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 | 5/24/2017
(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 MoreValmeyer man arrested in Carbondale stabbing
A Valmeyer man was arrested early Saturday following a stabbing in Carbondale, according to the Southern Illinoisan newspaper. Christofer J. Russell, 23, of Valmeyer, was taken into custody by the…
Read MorePolice Blotter | 5/17/2017
(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 MoreWomen sentenced for recent thefts
Two recent theft cases were resolved with sentences handed down last week in Monroe County Circuit Court. Amy M. Gerteisen, 39, of Millstadt, was sentenced to two years of second…
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