Springborn takes Smithton post
The Smithton School District recently named Tom Springborn as its next superintendent starting this upcoming school year. Springborn is currently the director of services for the Monroe-Randolph Regional Office of…
Read MoreLegendary CHS football coach retires
During a special school board meeting on Thursday, the retirement of legendary longtime Columbia High School head football coach Scott Horner was accepted. “We applaud Coach Horner and his staffs…
Read MoreHoops season ends for locals
March Madness will not include the three remaining local high school boys basketball squads that were still playing in the postseason as of last week. The Columbia, Gibault and Waterloo…
Read MoreWHS girls wrestle at state
Waterloo High School was represented by its first two state qualifiers in girls wrestling this past weekend in Bloomington. Maddy Edler (135 pounds) and Izzy McBride (190 pounds), both juniors,…
Read MoreStell in conference tourney
A former Waterloo High School hoops standout will play in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis this weekend as a key member of the University of Illinois-Springfield…
Read MoreLenhardt named all-conference
lllinois College men’s basketball player Ty Lenhardt was recently named first team All-Midwest Conference. Lenhardt, a former Waterloo High School standout, led the team and ranked fourth in the conference…
Read MoreGum leads Miners hoops
One of the top athletes of all-time at Waterloo High School recently wrapped up her junior season with the Missouri S&T women’s hoops squad, leading the team in multiple categories.…
Read MoreVenhaus soars for EIU
The Eastern Illinois University track and field program competed recently at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Columbia High School graduate Abby Venhaus, now a junior at…
Read MoreColumbia Eagles hockey | Team of the Week
The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Columbia Eagles varsity hockey club. The Eagles recently outlasted Triad in three games to win a second straight Mississippi Valley Club Hockey…
Read MoreReese Seidel | Athlete of the Week
The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Reese Seidel of the Blue Steel Volleyball Club. Seidel, a freshman at Waterloo High School who competes in the 15 Club Division, was…
Read MoreRoy L. ‘Sid’ Trexler | Obituary
Roy Lee “Sid” Trexler, 100, of Columbia, died March 3, 2026, at Cedarhurst Senior Living in Waterloo. He was born Sept. 1, 1925, in Ullin, to the late George Dewey…
Read MoreAging and catching the worm | Mark’s Remarks
Lately I’ve been studying a fascinating sociological phenomenon known as “Me, Aging.” Since retiring and entering what brochures like to call a “new season of life” (which sounds much prettier…
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