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The big leagues | Planet Ryan
In my last column, I wrote about my love for smoked meats. Usually, I wouldn’t go back-to-back on the same subject, but I’m so excited about a recent development, I…
Dolly Parton and Saturday nights | Mark’s Remarks
We just booked a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains for our summer vacation. Taking a vacation is a major deal for us and we are not only grateful to…
Marvin Otis Woods | Obituary
Marvin Otis Woods, 57, of Davis, Calif., died Sept. 7, 2015. He was born June 7, 1958, son of Earl Franklin Woods and Barbara Woods (nee Starnes) in Gary, Ind.;…
Glen Bud Ottoson | Obituary
Glen Bud Ottoson, 89, of Waterloo, died March 5, 2016, in Belleville. He was born Sept. 25, 1926, in Lancaster, Calif., son of the late Andrew and Harriet Ottoson (nee…
R-T editor’s band releases new CD
A band fronted by the editor of the Republic-Times is celebrating the release of its second CD. “Sunset Collapse,” the latest six-song effort by The Trophy Mules, made its debut…
Leap Day extra special to a few local residents
“Thirty days hath September, April, June and November; Thirty-one most others date, While February has twenty-eight. Except in leap year, that’s the time When February’s days count twenty-nine.” You may…
Community shows love for little Audrey and Elsa
Support for Audrey The news keeps getting better for a 7-year-old Zahnow Elementary student who underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor late last year and encountered various complications as…
Columbia’s Main Street merchants feel the magnetism
The scientific measure of the strength of a magnet is “gauss.” And by several measures, a group in Columbia is cranking up the “gauss” there. At least it feels like…
Bicentennial Birthday Bash celebrates county’s history
A sold out gathering filled the Hecker Community Center on Saturday to celebrate Monroe County’s 200th anniversary during a Bicentennial Birthday Bash. Attendees were treated to fried chicken and all…
Local fans upset with loss of their Rams
Owner Stan Kroenke, National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell and several team owners stuck a dagger through the heart of St. Louis Rams fans last week, as the team was…
Herbert C. “Herb” Schueler | Obituary
Herbert C. Schueler, 93, of Columbia, died Jan. 5, 2015. He was born Dec. 5, 1922, in Columbia, the youngest of three children born to William and Ida Schueler (nee…
Eichelberger-Bachmann | Engagement
Natalie Jo Eichelberger of Swansea and Christopher Andrew Bachmann of Belleville have announced their engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Tim and Kathy Eichelberger (nee Whelan)…