Several area fire departments responded late Thursday morning to a house fire in New Athens. The incident occurred shortly before 10:45 a.m. in the 300 block of South Benton ...

Multiple police agencies were involved in a pursuit that occurred early Thursday morning throughout Waterloo and ended with two arrests as well as the seizure of illegal drugs. Shortly ...

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 ...

The boys basketball season ended this week for all five local high school squads.  In Class 2A, Columbia (22-10) entered ...

The March 17 primary will see voters deciding on some key federal and state races in addition to one local contested primary ...

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

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

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

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

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

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