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Smith taken in junior hockey league draft
Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs goalie Trevor Smith, a junior at Waterloo High School, was drafted last Wednesday evening in the eighth round of the North American 3 Hockey League by the…
Expelled CHS student makes alarming post
Columbia High School principal Brian Reeves emailed parents Thursday after he discovered a student recently expelled for two years for earlier threats made another concerning social media post last week.…
Farmer uses CPR to revive worker
A longtime local farmer came to the aid of his farmhand during a scary incident involving machinery in a field west of Red Bud during the morning of April 12.…
Democrats have candidate for county clerk
Jason Jones of Waterloo, a Democrat, will run against Republican candidate Jonathan McLean in November for the Monroe County clerk seat being vacated by Dennis Knobloch. Jones told the Republic-Times…
Columbia special ed concerns discussed
“I think we need to be very transparent on what we’re doing.” This call to discuss a sensitive issue regarding the Columbia School District’s special education department came from Columbia…
You can see this Waterloo man on TV
Corey Thouviner, the Waterloo man who appeared in a recent episode of the hit AMC TV series “The Walking Dead,” initially had no plans to turn his passion for film…
Police Blotter | 4/18/2018
(Editor’s note: Information in this report is gathered directly from area police agencies, county courts and emergency radio dispatch. The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven…
Katie Albert Travelogue
My name is Katie Albert. I am a Waterloo High School graduate, resident of Waterloo, and full-time student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville majoring in psychology with a minor in…
Dumpster fire in Waterloo
Waterloo Fire Department responded at 12:30 p.m. Thursday to a report of a dumpster on fire behind the AT&T store at 947 Route 3.
Local schools rank among best in state
Two Monroe County school districts are ranked among the top 100 in the state of Illinois in a report recently released by backgroundchecks.org, a website that helps users find public…