Posts Tagged ‘Monroe County State's Attorney Ryan Webb’
Prison time in rape case
Several months after being found guilty of three counts of sexual assault by force, Travis Turner of Waterloo was sentenced Thursday in Monroe County Circuit Court following the denial of…
Read MoreTurner seeks new trial
Following a jury trial last month which found a Waterloo man guilty of three counts of sexual assault by force, the attorney for defendant Travis W. Turner has requested a…
Read MoreGuilty verdict in rape trial
Travis W. Turner, 49, of Waterloo, was found guilty Friday afternoon on three counts of sexual assault by force in connection with an incident that occurred in late January 2022.…
Read MoreSex assault trial underway
A jury trial for a Waterloo man accused of sex crimes began this week at the Monroe County Courthouse. Travis W. Turner, 49, is facing three counts of sexual assault…
Read MoreCounty tackles many topics
The Monroe County Board has covered a wide variety of topics at its two most recent regular meetings. During the longest regular meeting thus far this year, commissioners on June…
Read MoreA gun conundrum for some
The second major component of the Protect Illinois Communities Act is set to go into effect at the start of the new year, requiring that every resident who owns any…
Read MoreCounty OKs budget; talks SAFE-T Act
Friday, Dec. 1 marked the first day of a new fiscal year for Monroe County. After several budget hearings throughout the month, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners approved the…
Read MoreMan charged in fatal crash
The driver involved in a head-on crash earlier this year in Columbia which claimed the life of a Monroe County man has been charged with reckless homicide. Per court documents…
Read MoreArrest made in string of trailer, vehicle thefts
A Monroe County man was arrested on multiple counts of theft following a joint investigation over the past few months by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Metro East Auto…
Read MoreTrucking trouble for zoning board
The Monroe County Zoning Board of Appeals met briefly last Wednesday to discuss two small items. The more substantial of the requests presented to the board concerned Andrew Large, who…
Read MoreLocal SAFE-T Act reactions
Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing and Monroe County State’s Attorney Ryan Webb issued a joint press release last week regarding the July 18 Illinois Supreme Court decision ruling the SAFE-T…
Read MoreMonroe County talks state disaster snub
Two weeks after the Columbia area suffered significant widespread storm damage, the Monroe County Board passed a disaster declaration for the impacted region. Monroe County Public Safety Director Kevin Scheibe presented…
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