The Monroe County Board said this week a lengthy investigation uncovered that the county-owned Oak Hill senior care facility ...

Jenny Hampton Spees, 76, of Columbia, died Feb. 6, 2026. Jenny was born in Killeen, Texas in 1950. She was a 1968 Cahokia ...

William ‘Bill’ Allen Heizer, 76, of Waterloo, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Feb. 11, 2026, at his home surrounded by his family. He was ...

Susanne Elizabeth Stenger (nee Muench), 71, of Waterloo, died Feb. 9, 2026, in Waterloo. She was born Sept. 29, 1954, in Red Bud. Susanne was a member of Hope ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly after 2:30 p.m. Thursday to a two-vehicle crash on North Market Street at Bradford Lane next to Schnucks in Waterloo. The vehicles involved were gray ...

A pair of Gibault alumni found themselves in Rome at the start of the year, and though they traveled for different reasons, ...

Several programs offer free income tax preparation for low-to-moderate income families and older adults who may need ...

With more profitable hog prices, lower feed costs and higher production efficiency compared to recent years, the U.S. has an ...

Multiple police and EMS agencies descended on Dupo High School shortly before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday after a fight broke out ...

French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s assertion that “we are our choices” was the underpinning of a guilty verdict handed ...

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Columbia High School cheerleading squad. The Eagles ended their season with a ...

The Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs and Columbia Eagles are adding another chapter to their rivalry by facing each other ...