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SPPCS Seventh Grade Volleyball | Team of the Week

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic School seventh grade volleyball team. The Falcons won the Millstadt seventh grade girls volleyball tournament, which took…

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Lafore charged with murder

A Waterloo man already facing involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the Jan. 6 stabbing death of a man near Red Bud is now also being charged with murder. On…

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WHS speech team advances 3 to state

The Waterloo High School speech team continued one of its best seasons in school history by placing fifth at the IHSA Belleville West Sectional on Feb. 10. WHS advanced three…

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Large field fire south of St. Joe

The Maeystown, Waterloo, Red Bud and Prairie du Rocher fire departments responded shortly after 3:15 p.m. Thursday to a large field fire at the Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve in…

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Ice Eagles one win away from league title

The Columbia Ice Eagles are just one win away from a Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association title following Thursday’s 4-3 win in game one of the best-of-three Varsity 2A finals…

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Columbia American Legion bar has new look

From recognizing veterans on national holidays to simply promoting patriotism in every sense of the word, the Columbia American Legion has been a strong presence in the community. Many frequent…

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WHS senior served as inspiration to many

A family in mourning shuffled through the south entrance of Quernheim Funeral Home Friday afternoon, exhibiting the anguish wrought by unthinkable loss. A grief-stricken patriarch led the group around the…

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Columbia talks future projects

The Columbia City Council Committee of the Whole discussed an array of topics from downtown beautification to both cash flow and traffic flow during its Monday night meeting. City engineer…

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Longtime MASC member keeps wheels turning

In 2000, Doylene Daniels saw an ad in the newspaper calling for auditions for a Monroe Actors Stage Company production of “Arsenic and Old Lace.”  Daniels had a penchant for…

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Scout project helps locate cemetery burials

Thanks to a local boy scout, families will have a much easier time finding their loved ones’ graves at Palmier Cemetery in Columbia. Millstadt Troop 622 Boy Scout Andrew Romano…

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