Raging ‘Dogs edge Ice Eagles

The rivalry hockey clash between the Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs and Columbia Ice Eagles featured plenty of hard hits and penalties Thursday night.  In the end, the Raging Bulldogs emerged victorious,…

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R-T All-Local Football Team

The Republic-Times newspaper coverage area was whipped into a football frenzy this fall courtesy of all three local high school teams making it to the playoffs.  Making this year’s Republic-Times…

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R-T All-Local Boys Soccer Team

Monroe County kept up its reputation as being a high school soccer haven, with teams once again competing for postseason hardware and players earning individual accolades this past fall.  Here’s…

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Tuesday crash in Columbia

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday to a two-vehicle crash with injuries and entrapment on Route 3 at North Main Street in Columbia. Responding agencies included the Columbia…

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A present for the library

A couple of weeks before the Christmas holiday, Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo received an early gift to bolster its genealogy section. Tim Ogle of the O’Fallon Historical Society delivered a…

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New year, new laws

By now, almost everyone in Illinois has heard that Jan. 1 will mark the beginning of a significant change in the state’s criminal justice system – the elimination of cash…

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