Waterloo News

Mary Beth Hartenstein and Debra Joseph bring dissimilar stories to General Synod 27.

Robby G. Kane, 81, of Princeton died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.

Monroe County Coroner Julie Gummersheimer has reconsidered her decision not to have an inquest into the cause and manner of death of Sheri, Garett and Gavin Coleman.

A coroner's inquest will be held after all in the southwestern Illinois slayings of a Columbia mother and her two sons.

The Sangamon County Sheriff says 15 deputies could lose their jobs. That's because negotiations between the sheriff's department and the union representing deputies and corrections officers have come to a halt.

A trail of grease thwarted two men who allegedly attempted to steal an industrial-sized barbecue grill in Southern Illinois.

On prom night, a steady stream of cars lined up alongside the drive-up window. But the passengers weren't picking up fast food.

Well, it must have sounded like a good idea at the time. But a grease trail quickly led police to two Monroe County men they said stole an industrial-sized barbecue grill during the community's annual German festival.

It sounds like a spin-off of Hansel and Gretel who left a trail of bread crumbs.

Eric Wolbert of Waterloo, Ill., has been a nonsmoker for 30 days. He quit his pack-a-day habit because he has watched cigarettes hurt too many people, including his grandparents, who died of lung cancer, he said.

Shortstop Denver Stuckey fails to fully block third base while trying to tag out Waterloo's Chas Wigger Saturday, June 13, 2009, at Capaha Field.

WATERLOO, Ill. - Many residents of this largely rural yet fast-growing St. Louis suburb have made up their minds about a former Marine accused of strangling his wife and their two boys in their beds less than a month ago.

WATERLOO, Ill. a ' Investigators say an Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and two sons was having an affair with a Florida woman and planned to get a divorce this summer.

The Shriners' Parade again drew an estimated 20,000 folks to line Main Street in Belleville Friday night to watch marching bands, baton twirlers and big men in little cars.

Local health officials are doing their part to help control the spread of the West Nile virus.

Things are not looking good for the Capital Citys budget. Just a few months in to the new fiscal year, Mayor Tim Davlin says were already millions of dollars in the red.

A 9-year-old boy and a Waterloo woman died Saturday afternoon when the two pickup trucks they were passengers in collided on Illinois 3 just north of Red Bud.

UPDATED, 11:25 a.m. to add information from Coleman's attorney and statement from Joyce Meyer Ministries.

WATERLOO, Ill. - An Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and two young sons has pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bond.During a brief court appearance Wednesday, 32-year-old Chris Coleman answered 'Yes, sir' when asked whether he understood the charges.Coleman's wife, Sheri, and sons, 11-year-old Garett and 9-year-old Gavin, ...

The lead investigator hunting the murderer of a woman and her two sons said Wednesday he knows who did it - but that the prosecutor may take a month or more to review the evidence.