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 ...

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 ...

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

Affordability, housing and conflict with the federal government were among key topics discussed by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker ...

With less than three weeks to go until the March 17 election, the only contested local race in Monroe County is the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Columbia Eagles goaltender Ryder Kelly. The sophomore recorded a 31-save shutout Monday night in game three of the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey ...

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