The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Waterloo High School boys soccer team coached by Chad Holden. The Bulldogs (11-8-2) downed Freeburg at home Friday night to capture a third straight Class 2A ...

Columbia residents may have noticed over the past few days that parts of their city are serving as the set of a film crew looking to put together a small production by the end of the year. With a ...

The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly before 1 a.m. Friday to a stove fire that spread to kitchen cabinets inside a home on Willow Lane off Park Street in Waterloo. The fire was extinguished ...

Pictured is the line of residents waiting to vote Saturday morning at the Columbia American Legion Hall. The trend of strong early voting in Monroe County ahead of the Nov. 5 general election ...

The Republic-Times newspaper, proudly serving Monroe County and surrounding areas since 1890, won three first place awards in addition to several other placings in the recent Southern Illinois ...

Janet Walsh, individually and as special administrator of the estate of the late Cletus Whelan, has sued Monroe County – doing business as the Oak Hill and Evergreen Pointe senior living communities ...

The Monroe-Randolph Transit District announced it is implementing changes to its Go St. Clair route. From Nov. 1 through Nov. 30, the Go St. Clair route will operate on an appointment-only basis, MRTD ...

The Waterloo Fire Department responded shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday to a combine on fire with flames spreading to a bean field in the 4200 block of KK Road near Burksville. Firefighters cleared the ...

Ratcheting up tariffs on U.S. imports of Chinese products would place a target on both U.S. soybeans and corn and create a ripple effect throughout rural economies, according to a new study.

Verna O. Levery, 93, of Red Bud, died Oct. 30, 2024, at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis. She was born to the late Arthur and Selma (nee Kloepper) Obst on May 15, 1931, in Horse Prairie. Verna married ...

The Oct. 21 meeting of the Waterloo School Board was heavy on discussion at the start, with a public hearing concerning the district’s administrative budget and a call to action over a much maligned ...

With five wins, a high school football team becomes eligible but not a lock to make the postseason. Columbia picked up an important sixth victory of the season at home Friday night to solidify a ...