Posts Tagged ‘monroe county’
Retiring ag teacher set high standards at Valmeyer
Those attending Thursday night’s Valmeyer FFA annual awards banquet were greeted by the word “Sir” illuminated outside the chapter greenhouse next to the high school. That one simple word has…
Read MoreCPD stops vehicle wanted in Smithton armed bank robbery
At about noon on Thursday, Columbia police stopped a vehicle wanted in a Smithton armed bank robbery on Route 3 near Wedgewood Drive. Columbia police pulled over a silver Mitsubishi…
Read MorePolice investigating death of 2-year-old boy
Monroe County Coroner Vicki Koerber on Thursday identified the child found deceased inside his Renault home on Tuesday as 27-month-old Jase C. Tojo. The coroner added that an autopsy was…
Read MoreCrash with injury on Kaskaskia Road
The Waterloo Fire Department assisted the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and EMS personnel at the scene of a truck crash with entrapment in the area of 5700 Kaskaskia Road at about…
Read MoreMonroe-Randolph Transit District: a people-moving experience
Many citizens of Monroe and Randolph counties have seen short white buses and vans scurrying about, but some may not be well acquainted with what they are and what they…
Read MoreRBRH investing in surgical center
Red Bud Regional Hospital is making a play to own a majority stake in the Monroe County Surgical Center located on the Southern Illinois Center for Health campus in Waterloo.…
Read MoreSnowy Saturday road conditions lead to mishaps
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 4:30 p.m. Saturday to a single vehicle rollover in the snow on Route 156 east of Waterloo near Lake of the Woods. The Hecker Fire…
Read MoreFRIDAY NIGHT HOOPS: ‘Dogs enter postseason on a roll; Eagles win again
With such highly touted teams as Althoff and Cahokia in the Class 3A Mascoutah Regional, it may be easy to overlook the Columbia and Waterloo boys basketball squads. But both…
Read MoreAssessments up slightly overall
Property tax assessments for Monroe County have been announced, and a complete list appears exclusively in this week’s issue of the Republic-Times newspaper. Letters of assessment will also go in…
Read MoreVehicle accident on I-255 in Columbia
The Columbia Police Department, Columbia Fire Department and Columbia EMS responded to a vehicle crash on I-255 just east of the J.B. Bridge at about 2:50 p.m. Friday. An 18-year-old…
Read MoreLifetree Café opens topics for discussion
For a year now, The Beacon, an outreach of First Baptist Church of Waterloo, has hosted a program called the Lifetree Café. Lifetree Café is a “conversation café,” where on…
Read MoreHawks win Battle of Waterloo over ‘Dogs, 51-45
The Gibault Hawks held off cross-town rival Waterloo in a hard fought boys basketball contest Tuesday at Waterloo High School. Gibault notched the opening points, taking a 4-0 lead, and…
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