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Eagles, Bulldogs post holiday tourney wins
It just wouldn’t be the Christmas season without the annual Columbia-Freeburg Holiday Tournament, and the opening round of this year’s event took place Saturday with local boys basketball teams in…
Read MoreCounty set to ring in milestone year
Bells ranging from church bells to small ceramic and metal cow bells will clang, clack and chime in unison across Monroe County to announce the start of Bicentennial observances taking…
Read MoreHoops team fights for Elsa
Sports can bring seemingly random groups of people together within a community. For one young cancer patient, a new bond was formed recently with the Waterloo Junior High School sixth…
Read MoreCounty economic development leader dies
The community was shocked and saddened by the sudden passing this week of a friend to the Monroe County business scene. Nora Feuquay, 47, was found unresponsive in her Waterloo…
Read More‘Dogs win Candy Cane Classic, 44-42 over Marquette
The Waterloo girls basketball team tasted sweet victory on Saturday, edging Alton Marquette 44-42 for the Candy Cane Classic championship at Gibault. “I’m exhausted, and I didn’t even play,” Waterloo…
Read MoreWaterloo woman charged with aggravated DUI for role in July crash
The Waterloo woman involved in a July 15 crash in Columbia that seriously injured a New Athens girl was charged this week in Monroe County Circuit Court with felony aggravated…
Read MoreSanta Float set to spread holiday cheer in Waterloo
It has become a holiday tradition in Waterloo, and the legend just seems to grow each year. Children look out the windows of their homes in eager anticipation of the…
Read MoreMonroe County Jail inmate dies of apparent suicide
A St. Louis man is believed to have taken his own life while being held at the Monroe County Jail in Waterloo. Monroe County EMS responded Monday morning to the…
Read MoreWEEKEND HOOPS RECAP: Hawks go 1-1; Eagles, ‘Dogs victorious
Gibault erased a 12-point deficit late only to fall again to Metro-East Lutheran at home on Friday night. But the Hawks bounced back strong on Saturday, toppling Nashville. Columbia won…
Read MoreChristmas Tree Walk set to impress at The Beacon
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, even if snow isn’t in the immediate forecast. Although winter weather hasn’t arrived, the holiday season can be seen and felt at…
Read MoreCounty approves new fiscal year budget
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners launched its new fiscal year in a lengthy session on Monday, approving a budget by a 2-1 vote. The county’s fiscal year runs from…
Read MoreWaterloo woman reads for the blind
Republic-Times readers are reading this sentence right now. For most of the newspaper’s readership, it comes easy. But for those with disabilities such as a visual impairment, or a disease…
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