Firefighters responded shortly after 3 p.m. Friday to a fire inside Miller’s Meat Market, 1524 S. Main Street in Red Bud.

Merle L. Wischmeier, 88, of Waterloo, died April 10, 2025, in Columbia. She was born April 29, 1936, in Waterloo. Merle was a member of St. Paul United Church ...

Tony Gene Esker, 47, of Prairie du Rocher, died April 6, 2025, in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 4, 1978, in Lawton, Okla. He is ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Waterloo High School baseball player Patrick O’Donnell. The senior is hitting .429 ...

The Republic-Times Teams of the Week are the Immaculate Conception School sixth and eighth grade boys volleyball teams. Both ...

Local high school softball action has been limited of late due to rainy weather over the past week, but clearer skies means a return to the diamond. Waterloo (6-1) ...

One person died on scene and another died at a hospital following a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning near Red Bud.

A man was shot by a Monroe County Sheriff’s Department deputy early Friday morning following an approximately three-hour ...

The City of Columbia is in a unique position. It is simultaneously focused on achieving a stated goal of southern growth ...

Tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration last week have dominated the national news cycle with substantial ramifications ...

The Illinois Heartland Library System provides 520 libraries in the southern half of Illinois the ability to share physical ...

Students at Waterloo High School put their woodworking skills to good use early last month as they built and installed 22 ...