A Columbia Police Department dispatcher stepped from behind the 911 console while on duty recently to rescue an owl that was ...

An man was shot be a Monroe County Sheriff’s Department deputy Friday morning after an approximately three-hour standoff in the 1900 block of Bluff Road in Prairie du Rocher.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that intermittent shoulder closures on Interstate 255 from Route 3 in ...

Times A benefit concert held last month highlighted the talents of Waterloo High School students and staff both on stage and ...

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Immaculate Conception School eighth grade volleyball squad which won the school’s ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Waterloo High School softball standout Aidan Dintelman. The junior leads the ...

Emergency personnel responded about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday to a hit-and-run crash on Route 3 at FF Road near Hope Christian Church south of Columbia. A pickup truck was involved ...

The high school baseball season is underway, with local teams trying to find the right mix of pitching, offense and defense ...

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He ...

Michael Dwayne Robinson, 68, of Sparta; born on July 5, 1956, in Red Bud, the son of Leslie and Ethel (nee, Alms) Robinson ...

Multiple local high school track athletes competed Saturday in the Illinois Top Times Indoor Classic at Illinois Wesleyan ...

The Monroe County high school girls basketball scene featured plenty of highlights this winter, with several players ...