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FOOTBALL: Eagles win; ‘Dogs and Tigers fall
The high school football season got off to a thrilling start for one local team on Friday night. Not so for two others. Columbia used some late-game heroics to win…
Fatal crash near Dupo
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal crash near Dupo. The crash occurred at 2 p.m. Friday in the 3000 block of Stolle Road in the Cahokia-Dupo…
Search for J.B. Bridge jumper
The Columbia Fire Department assisted the Mehlville (Mo.) Fire Department and St. Louis County Police Department in attempting to locate a confirmed jumper off I-255 at the Jefferson Barracks Bridge…
Fire destroys home near Fults
A rural Monroe County couple escaped an early Thursday morning house fire with little more than the clothes on their backs. “It’s a total loss,” Maeystown Fire Chief Lynden Prange…
County board updated on various matters
The Monroe County Board conducted what would be a four-hour meeting Monday, Aug. 20, hearing updates on various matters. The final matter of the day involved a number of citizens…
Fall Sports Preview in this week’s issue
The annual Fall Sports Preview is in this week’s issue of the Republic-Times. In it you’ll find photos from all your favorite fall sports at Columbia, Dupo, Gibault, Valmeyer and…
Battery arrest at Columbia coffee shop
A young man was arrested following a late Wednesday morning incident at Proving Ground Cafe in Columbia. Luke A. Buettner, 22, of Collinsville, has been charged with battery and criminal…
Hawks slip past Bulldogs in the rain
Last season, rivals Gibault and Waterloo met on the soccer pitch for the regional title with the Hawks prevailing in a drizzly 1-0 overtime thriller. Gibault went on to play…
Columbia OKs school resource officer
The Columbia School Board completed the first actionable step Thursday night toward having a school resource officer. The board approved an intergovernmental agreement between the school district and city of…
Enterprise zone viewed as ‘win-win’ for region
Jackson, Williams, Perry, Washington, Clinton, St. Clair and Madison counties all have something in common: they have at least one enterprise zone. An enterprise zone is a statewide program designed…