Boys hoops season set to tip off

The high school basketball season begins next week with local teams participating in Thanksgiving holiday tournaments. Gibault, Valmeyer and Dupo are all playing at the annual Turkey Tip-off at Metro-East…

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R-T All-Local Football Team

The high school football season featured another playoff run for Columbia and a resurgence in Dupo under a new head coach while Waterloo went winless.  All three teams featured plenty…

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Girls hoops season set to begin

The high school girls basketball season gets underway next week with the annual Columbia Tip-Off Classic at Columbia High School and Cat Classic at Dupo High School. The Columbia tournament…

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Possible road rage incident on I-255

Columbia police and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department assisted Illinois State Police in responding about 10:55 a.m. Wednesday to a road rage incident reported on I-255 northbound between Columbia and…

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Water main break in Dupo

A water main break on Industrial Drive in Dupo left most of the town’s residents without water service on Monday. The St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency posted on Facebook…

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I-255 crash near Dupo

Traffic was tied up following a crash involving a semi tractor-trailer and a water truck on I-255 northbound in a construction zone between Columbia and Dupo about 9:30 a.m. Monday.…

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Fatal crash near Dupo

St. Clair County Crime News | Republic Times

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal crash near Dupo. The crash occurred at 2 p.m. Friday in the 3000 block of Stolle Road in the Cahokia-Dupo…

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I-255 road work begins Monday

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that I-255 from Route 3 in Dupo to the Jefferson Barracks Bridge will be restricted to two lanes each direction beginning Monday, Aug. 13,…

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