On Tuesday, two metro east men pled guilty in Monroe County Circuit Court to aggravated kidnapping for their roles in a May ...

The Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs and Columbia Eagles went down to the wire in their playoff hockey rivalry clash last ...

The Columbia School Board recently approved a change to the district’s leadership structure, likewise welcoming a new face who will be focusing efforts on curriculum matters when she starts ...

Gibault Catholic High School recently announced a big schedule change coming next school year, providing students and staff ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported this year’s first confirmed case of measles in the state – an adult ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Waterloo High School wrestler Konnor Stephens. The senior recently secured his ...

The Maeystown Fire Department responded about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday to a brush fire near the railroad tracks in the area of Bluff and Maeystown roads. Union Pacific halted all ...

The little girl was born and was the most beautiful thing anyone had ever seen. The grandparents marveled. The parents doted ...

At the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, visitors can shop for sweatshirts, pillows, jewelry and chocolates using coins bearing the face of perhaps the most-famous ...

The Columbia High School girls bowling squad qualified for this weekend’s IHSA state tournament by virtue of a fourth place showing Saturday at the O’Fallon Sectional. Leading the way ...

A longtime local veterinarian was issued a lengthy suspension related to anti-doping rule violations in connection with horses that have raced at Fairmount Park in Collinsville. The vet contacted ...

Left with a vacancy on the board at the end of last month’s meeting, the Waterloo Park District welcomed a new commissioner last week on top of discussions about ...