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Barn fire on Griggs Road
Red Bud, Baldwin and Hecker firefighters responded to a barn fire at 5707 Griggs Road around 9 p.m. Thursday. The fire occurred on a dairy farm owned by Don Guebert.…
Future road a result of positive community action
When the Illinois Department of Transportation released initial plans for Route 3 improvements in Waterloo a few years ago, Sheila Kimlinger and residents of the Vandebrook and Stonefield subdivisions banded…
Metzger keeps city connected to its past
Though 82-year-old Charlie Metzger has been an alderman in Waterloo for 38 years, he plans to finish his current term and complete 40 years in the position. He has seen…
Large commercial shed fire reported
Columbia is assisting Cahokia, Millstadt and multiple other fire departments with a reported fire to a large commercial shed on Booker T. Washington Road near Route 163 in St. Clair…
Black lab mix missing
Via the Sabrina Cartwright House in Waterloo: There’s a black lab mix with longer hair and small white marking on him around his leg area running loose this morning, saw…
Schimpf running for Attorney General
Saddam Hussein prosecutor and retired U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Paul Schimpf of Waterloo formally announced last week he is running for Illinois Attorney General as a Republican. Barring opposition within…
Family has student in each Waterloo school
One Waterloo family is experiencing the rarest of rare situations this school year. Parents Mark and Lindsay Springer have children attending five different schools within the Waterloo School District. Their…
Ladies excelling on the links
Two of the area’s top girls high school golfers are right here in Monroe County — Columbia’s Allie Leingang and Waterloo’s Haley Faus. Leingang, a senior, is wrapping up her…
Eagles suffer first loss of the season
By JEREMY KOVARIK and JOHN SPYTEK For the Republic-Times Columbia lost an overtime heartbreaker in the championship game of the CYC/Bob Guelker Tournament Saturday to Seckman High School of Arnold,…
Police Blotter 9/25/13
Columbia Police Sept. 17 Shirley M. Wright, 45, of Columbia, was arrested for possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, no insurance and driving while license suspended on Admiral Parkway…