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Waterloo girls soccer | Team of the Week

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Waterloo High School girls soccer team coached by Chad Holden. The Bulldogs are 5-0-2 over their past five games, including a 2-1…

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Local treasure passes away

The community was saddened by the passing of local treasure Rich “Fish” Fisher, 71, late Thursday night following a long battle with cancer and other illnesses. Fisher was a veteran…

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Man charged with sexual exploitation of child

On April 1, Steven D. Walker, 24, of Granite City, was transported from the Pontoon Beach Police Department to Monroe County on an arrest warrant for sexual exploitation of a…

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Wednesday morning rollover on Route 156

Waterloo and Monroe County emergency personnel responded about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday to a single-car rollover crash on Route 156 near Old Baum Church Road in Foster Pond. According to reports…

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R-T All-Local Girls Basketball Team

The 2015-16 girls high school basketball season had its share of exciting moments provided by talented student-athletes from around the area. Below is the Republic-Times All-Local Girls Basketball Team for…

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County forms ambulance committee

Monday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board focused on a committee being formed to review a proposal by Red Bud Regional Hospital and its parent company, Community Health Systems, to…

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Schneider’s celebrating 50 years in business

Schneider’s Quality Meats is celebrating 50 years of business in Monroe County. The business began in 1966 when Clayton and Jeannette Schneider opened the doors of a family store in…

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A face to the name of a fallen soldier

Native son Lewis Koch left his home in New Hanover to serve in the U.S. Army in World War II, one of 16 million Americans who made similar journeys. But…

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Police Blotter | 3/30/2016

(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…

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One-car crash on G Road

Waterloo Fire Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies responded along with Monroe County EMS to a one-car crash on G Road about a mile south of Kaskaskia Road about 5:45…

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