Over $700M cut from state budget
Gov. JB Pritzker announced last Tuesday that he has ordered $711.2 million dollars be cut from this year’s budget as a “first step” in...
Mail causing paper delays
Your copy of the Republic-Times may be arriving a little later than normal as the United States Postal Service is seeing an abnormally large...
Columbia upping in-person learning
The Columbia School Board voted 5-2 on Thursday to approve a plan to have the most students back in school since the pandemic began...
Healthy housing, low closing costs in Monroe County
A recent study by financial technology company SmartAsset measured stability, risk, ease of sale and affordability to determine the top housing markets.
The places that...
Vehicle fire with injury in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday to a vehicle fire with injury on Palmer Road near the entrance ramp to southbound Route 3...
Field fire in Valmeyer
The Valmeyer Fire Department responded to a report of a field fire in the area of 5900 C Road at about 2:30 pm. Monday.
COVID crisis continues
Monroe County has now had 2,867 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began after reporting 238 since Dec. 15. It reported 261 the previous week.
There...
Burglary reports south of Columbia
Police are investigating multiple burglary reports in the area of Bluff Road south of Columbia.
The first report came about 10:30 a.m. Friday in...
Thursday crash in Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 2:45 p.m. Thursday to a vehicle crash on Route 3 just south of West Park Drive in Columbia.
A vehicle went...
Gas line struck in Red Bud
The Red Bud Fire Department responded about 11:45 a.m. Thursday to the report of a gas line struck at 1157 Jacob Drive in Red...
Gallagher’s to close temporarily
Gallagher’s Restaurant in Waterloo announced that it will be temporarily closing Jan. 1 to allow for renovations on its building.
“Our concept is to reinvest...
Vaccine on its way
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first vaccine to treat the novel coronavirus, putting the pandemic’s end nearer than ever.
“The known...