I used to wonder why principals and retired teachers seemed to lose sight of being in the classroom. Principals would make some decision, usually about discipline, that I thought ...

Todd A. Wallace, 57, of Waterloo, died Jan. 19, 2025, in Waterloo. He was born Feb. 24, 1967, in Dupo. Todd was a U.S. Army ...

James Michael “Mike” Heller, 74, of Columbia, died peacefully on Jan. 16, 2025. Mike was the oldest of five children, born in ...

William “Bill” C. Hawn, of Columbia, died peacefully on Jan. 17, 2025, in St. Louis at Evelyn’s House, surrounded by his ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday to a single-vehicle rollover crash on Route 159 near Sunset Lane ...

David Phillip Smith, 74, of Columbia, Jan. 13, 2025, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis. He was born on Dec. 28, 1950, in ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that a project to rehabilitate and resurface 3.5 miles of I-255 from Route 157 to Route 15 in St. Clair County will require ...

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Millstadt Consolidated School junior high boys basketball squad. The Panthers won ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Gibault Catholic High School basketball player Karmon Grohmann. The junior leads ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Ghent Road ...

Waterloo has changed a great deal over the past few decades, with a growing population and ample construction as well as ...

A local farmer recently partnered with HeartLands Conservancy to ensure his historic family farm is preserved well into the ...