Wednesday morning crash south of Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at Kern Road south of Waterloo.
No injuries were reported, but...
Injury crash in Hecker
A motorcyclist was injured in a Wednesday morning crash in Hecker.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Department said that shortly before 9:10 a.m., a 2010...
Men charged in fatal shooting near New Athens
Two men have been charged in connection with a June 2 triple shooting near New Athens that resulted in one dead.
Charged with first degree murder...
Man charged in trailer theft
A Missouri man was charged in connection with the late March theft of a trailer in Monroe County.
Charged with possession of a converted/stolen vehicle...
Tractor rescue near Dupo
The Columbia Fire Department assisted the Prairie du Pont and Dupo fire departments and EMS personnel after a tractor overturned at about 10:15 a.m....
Young entrepreneur keeps going
A recent Waterloo High School graduate has started filling a new niche in Monroe County: mobile car detailing.
Jack Schnepel’s company DeeDash offers its customers...
Pickleball in Columbia a work in progress
The conversion of one tennis court into four pickleball courts at Metter Park in Columbia has received a “somewhat mixed” reaction from local enthusiasts,...
Supper Club hosting refugee cooks
Local group Waterloo Listens is partnering with Welcome Neighbor STL to put together a dinner featuring food from Afghan refugees.
The dinner will take place...
Dupo EMS milestone muted by struggles
Dupo EMS is celebrating 50 years of service to the community in 2022, but it has never been in a worse position.
That’s according to...
Unverferth joins R-T staff
Red Bud native Andrew Unverferth has joined the Republic-Times staff as the newspaper’s lead reporter.
Unverferth, a 2018 Gibault Catholic High School graduate, recently earned ...
FNB buys The Village Bank
First National Bank of Waterloo and its parent company, First Waterloo Bancshares, Inc., and The Village Bank and its parent company, Village Bancshares, Inc.,...
New law good for industrial biotech
On May 27, the Illinois Industrial Biotechnology Partnership Act was signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker and establishes the Industrial Biotechnology Public-Private Partnership...