With less than three weeks to go until the March 17 election, the only contested local race in Monroe County is the ...

Affordability, housing and conflict with the federal government were among key topics discussed by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker ...

Two months after the Monroe County Veterans Assistance Commission was officially chartered, it received its first round of ...

An especially brief meeting of the Waterloo School Board saw only a few action items addressed, the most impactful part of ...

The Waterloo police and fire departments and Monroe County EMS were paged just after 11 a.m. Wednesday to respond to a ...

With only a handful of action items on the agenda, the Columbia School Board met briefly Thursday evening, with discussion ...

Although he had trouble seeing it for himself, Columbia Eagles head hockey coach Allen Lalk said the championship feeling was ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Columbia Eagles goaltender Ryder Kelly. The sophomore recorded a 31-save shutout Monday night in game three of the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey ...

When I was on the student council in high school, Valentine’s Day was less about love and more about fundraising. Romance was ...

On Dec. 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress: “Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to a single vehicle rollover crash at 5953 State Route 159 just north of Hecker in rural St. Clair County. Per ...

Janice Marie Joseph (nee Whalen) died peacefully at home on Feb. 20, 2026, at the age of 78. She was born in St. Louis on April 3, 1947. She ...