Posts Tagged ‘nick hopkins’
WHS Legacy Wall adding 5
The Waterloo High School Legacy Wall honorees for 2024 include three former students, one longtime district staff member and one who is both. This year’s honorees are Jane Maag Hagedorn…
Read MoreWHS legacies shine on
Numerous graduates of Waterloo High School have gone on to excel in their careers, contributing to the world and their communities as doctors, veterans, charity workers and many things in…
Read MoreAnother guilty plea in Hopkins murder
An East St. Louis man who was sentenced previously to 34 years in federal prison for the August 2019 shooting death of Illinois State Police Trooper Nick Hopkins of Waterloo…
Read More‘Holes Fore Heroes’ honors fallen officers
Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo hosted a fundraising event Friday for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a national organization that helps pay mortgages for families of deceased military and first…
Read MoreGone But Never Forgotten: Waterloo honors first responders
On Saturday morning, the First Responders Memorial at Zimmer Park in Waterloo was officially completed, with families of those fallen and supportive community members gathering for its unveiling. The three…
Read MoreHighway memorializes fallen trooper
The legacy of late Illinois State Police Trooper Nicholas J. Hopkins has been permanently etched into his hometown of Waterloo since his death in 2019, as now is evidenced by…
Read MoreFirst responders memorialized
The City of Waterloo installed three first responder statues at William Zimmer Park last week, just in time for the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “It…
Read MoreR-T wins top SIEA honors
Following news earlier this year of multiple Illinois Press Association awards, the Republic-Times learned this week that it won the top award in its division for this year’s Southern Illinois…
Read MoreLaw enforcement surprises Hopkins twins
More than 70 police squad vehicles with lights and sirens drove through Waterloo on Friday. These cars, from numerous law enforcement agencies including those in Monroe County, were participating in…
Read MoreFundraisers net $100,000 for Hopkins family
Local resident Ashley Hewitt presented a check on Saturday for $100,000 to Whitney Hopkins – wife of fallen Illinois State Police Trooper Nick Hopkins – and her children Evelyn, Owen…
Read MoreHopkins funeral, procession details announced
The Illinois State Police on Friday released specific information for Trooper Nick Hopkins funeral services this weekend. Hopkins was shot and killed last Friday while serving a warrant in East…
Read MoreTrooper’s death hits home
“Hero. Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Friend. Teammate.” That is how the Illinois State Police described Trooper Nick Hopkins of Waterloo, who died Friday after being shot while serving a high-risk…
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