Victim mentality | Mark’s Remarks
eing the victim is a lot of fun sometimes. You often get a lot of attention, at least for a while, from people who rally around you, feel sorry for…
Read MoreReal Estate Transactions | March 24-28
The location of real estate transactions with only the parcel number listed may be viewed be entering the number on the Monroe County GIS website ‘Parcel Viewer.’ All transactions may…
Read MoreNumon S. ‘Pete’ Posey | Obituary
Numon S. “Pete” Posey, 94, of Waterloo, graduated to his heavenly home on April 7, 2025. He was born Feb. 11, 1931, in Tuscumbia, Ala. Pete was the second oldest…
Read MoreDennis Beiermann | Obituary
Dennis “Denny” Beiermann, 72 of Stillwater, Minn., died March 25,2025. Dennis was born in Jerseyville and grew up in Columbia, where he graduated from Quincy College. He started his teaching…
Read MoreTuesday crash on Bluff Road
Emergency personnel responded about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday to a two-vehicle crash with rollover and injury on Bluff Road at Steppig Road near Columbia. Both vehicles involved were pickup trucks, both…
Read MoreCPD dispatcher rescues owl
A Columbia Police Department dispatcher stepped from behind the 911 console while on duty recently to rescue an owl that was tangled in netting on a pond in the city. …
Read MoreI-255 shoulder closures next week
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that intermittent shoulder closures on Interstate 255 from Route 3 in Dupo to half a mile north of Route 157 in St. Clair County…
Read MoreWHS benefit concert ‘truly magical’
By LACEY THOMAS and CHLOE STELLHORN for the Republic-Times A benefit concert held last month highlighted the talents of Waterloo High School students and staff both on stage and behind…
Read MoreICS 8th grade girls volleyball | Team of the Week
The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Immaculate Conception School eighth grade girls volleyball squad which won the school’s first regional championship in the sport earlier this month. The…
Read MoreAidan Dintelman | Athlete of the Week
The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Waterloo High School softball standout Aidan Dintelman. The junior leads the Bulldogs (5-1) in hitting and pitching in the early going this spring.…
Read MoreWednesday crash south of Columbia
Emergency personnel responded about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday to a hit-and-run crash on Route 3 at FF Road near Hope Christian Church south of Columbia. A pickup truck was involved in…
Read MoreMichael D. Robinson | Obituary
Michael Dwayne Robinson, 68, of Sparta; born on July 5, 1956, in Red Bud, the son of Leslie and Ethel (nee, Alms) Robinson died, April 1, 2025, at home surrounded…
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