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Area departments battle blaze that destroys Cahokia business
Columbia, Waterloo and Prairie du Pont were among several fire departments assisting Cahokia with a fire to a recently shuttered cleaning business at 313 Jerome Lane on Wednesday afternoon. Flames…
McDonald helps usher Dupo track into a new era
The Waterloo High School boys track team isn’t the only one loaded with local stars. Dupo High School’s Matt McDonald is making his mark on the Illinois track scene as…
CHS Hall of Famer Kremmel to be honored at baseball game
CHS will honor former Columbia High School baseball player Jim Kremmel Monday, April 22, in a memorial service during the Columbia/Dupo varsity baseball game at the Eagleview fields at 4:30…
Columbia slips past Waterloo
It was a stormy match-up between cross-county rivals Columbia and Waterloo at CHS field Wednesday. The two teams were able to get in one half of play in the “Coaches…
HSS plans for group homes in Hecker met with opposition
By COREY SAATHOFF and ALAN DOOLEY For the Republic-Times The proposed construction of two new Human Support Services group homes in Hecker serving four adults each with developmental disabilities has…
Fire station project hits speed bump
The planned construction of a new fire station for the Waterloo Fire Department has hit a snag. Waterloo Fire Chief Mark Yeager told the Republic-Times last week that the planned…
Waterloo City Council hears road project updates
The Waterloo City Council received status updates on an ongoing road project and took steps for the start of another during its meeting on Monday night. Waterloo Director of Public…
Longtime clerk’s office worker calls it quits
Family is important to Bette Hoffmann. And that’s why she thoroughly enjoyed her job in the Monroe County Circuit Clerk’s Office at the courthouse for so many years. “It’s like…
Police Blotter 4/10/13
Columbia Police March 18 A 14-year-old Columbia boy was transported by ambulance to St. John’s Mercy Hospital in St. Louis after he was struck by a vehicle while walking west…
Waterloo man charged in St. Clair County burglaries
A Waterloo man has been charged in St. Clair County in connection with two recent burglaries. The St. Clair County Sheriff’sDepartment stated in a news release that it received information…