Community
What’s happening to area trees?
Bob Jones enjoys taking the occasional scenic route through the bluffs on the way back to his home in Waterloo from St. Louis. There, the 86-year-old can admire the beauty…
Read MoreWalk with ghosts this Friday the Thirteenth
It was a hot July night in Prairie du Rocher. The year was 1889. Mrs. Aubuchon and Mrs. Connor were sitting outside around midnight visiting because it was too hot…
Read MorePeace Walk sheds light on domestic violence
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is no different than any other month for domestic abuse survivor Elana. She’s still reminded of the horrors she faced at the hands of her dad…
Read MoreValmeyer native reflects on Vietnam
Jim Stumpf is known for annual return trips to his hometown of Valmeyer, where he coordinates a reunion with the Valmeyer High School Class of 1953. If Stumpf catches someone…
Read MoreIt’s fall harvest time in Monroe County
Farming has been described as gambling without going to a casino, and this year has certainly raised the stakes for many area farmers. The results for any given year…
Read MoreContinuing the fight against drugs
As much as the Monroe County Coalition for Drug-Free Communities works to bring substance abuse awareness to the forefront, there will continue to be individuals who have already chosen the…
Read MoreDogsitting for deployed soldiers
Having been raised in the home of a Purple Heart recipient who served in the Korean War, Darlene Spihlmann said respect for those who serve or have served is not…
Read MoreDutch woman calls Monroe County home
By Debbie Ruggeri For the Republic-Times Monroe County has been home to Gea Pierce for 34 years. Pierce said, and in the middle of a sunset, in the middle of…
Read MoreCommunity rallies to support local family
Around this time last year, Mike Dailey of Columbia was unconscious in the intensive care unit at St. Anthony’s Medical Center with a fractured skull, bleeding in the brain and…
Read MoreValmeyer student thankful for Lions donation
Valmeyer Elementary student Jordan Schilling faces an obstacle preventing him from doing many of the activities his classmates take for granted. For a while, the visually impaired 11-year-old didn’t even…
Read MoreColumbia talks walking trail, senior center
What was scheduled to be a 10-minute discussion — prior to Monday’s Columbia City Council Committee of the Whole meeting — on a proposed walking trail turned into more than…
Read MoreCPD still hoping to ID ‘Jane Doe’
Columbia police are hoping that through modern advances in technology for news and social media they can gather information that leads to the identification of a woman found deceased in…
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