Did you ever stop and think about how frightening Christmas can be? I think I’d sort of forgotten myself. Then I happened ...

The Columbia Fire Department responded about 8:50 a.m. Tuesday to a dog that fell through the ice on a lake behind a ...

Mantz (nee Sindel), 95, of Waterloo, formerly of Cahokia, born May 29, 1929, in St. Louis, died Jan. 4, 2025, surrounded by ...

A Monroe County man was taken into custody Thursday night following a police pursuit that began in Waterloo earlier in the ...

Dennis E. Rodenberg, 71, of Fults, died Jan. 4, 2025, in O’Fallon. He was born July 16, 1953, in Red Bud. He was a former ...

Following a man in being shot in the leg around 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of McBride Avenue in Dupo, members of the ...

Bandit and his sister, Gracie, were surrendered to Helping Strays at 10 years of age. They are looking for a nice home to ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Columbia High School bowler Maddie Brandenburger. She won the individual ...

Lois J. Rabbermann (nee Armbrecht), 81, of Waterloo, died Jan. 2, 2025, in St. Louis. She was born June 9, 1943, in Wartburg.

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Valmeyer High School boys basketball squad coached by John Wuelling. The Pirates ...

Larry L. Wenger, 83, of Smithton, died Dec. 30, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 24, 1941, in ...

Charles Lieb, 70, of Key West, Fla., died Dec. 30, 2024, in Destin, Fla. He was born Jan. 26, 1954, in Red Bud. He was ...