Liefer joins county legal team
Monroe County State’s Attorney Chris Hitzemann recently announced that he hired Lucas Liefer to take over the...
Columbia discusses budget
The Columbia City Council held its second meeting without an in-person audience Monday night.
The first meeting featuring online-only...
Four coronavirus cases in Monroe County; 2 deaths in St. Clair County; 6 Randolph...
Monroe County health officials reported a fourth positive coronavirus case on Saturday. Monroe County Health Department Administrator...
Schultheis went ‘above and beyond’
The community is mourning the death of Monroe County Commissioner Ronald Schultheis, the man who “never met...
Gov. Pritzker’s stay at home order
Below are the specifics of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's stay at home order issued Friday, March 20.
All first...
County talks coronavirus effect
The final hour of Monday’s Monroe County Board meeting was devoted to the coronavirus, with the board...
Assessments up overall
The Monroe County 2019 property assessments have been out for three weeks now, and the Republic-Times has heard from several readers that...
Proposed Columbia subdivision plan voted down
Even with COVID-19 concerns, the Columbia City Council meeting Monday had a large crowd on hand to hear the fate of a...
County receives project, financial updates
The rapidly changing nature of the current coronavirus environment obviously dominated Monday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board, which can read about...
Schools, churches, bars and restaurants closed as coronavirus closes in on area
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Low voter turnout for primary
Amid concerns about COVID-19, voter turnout was lower than expected across Monroe County for the primary.
Not including the...
Monroe County addresses voting concerns due to coronavirus
Monroe County Clerk and Recorder Jonathan McLean has advice for voters ahead of Tuesday's primary election amid...