Edward Windsor Gibbs, 81, born Jan. 13, 1945, in East St. Louis to James Kenyon Gibbs and Gladys Irene Gibbs (nee Windsor), died peacefully on Feb. 13, 2026, surrounded ...

Donald L. Eccher, 94 years of Millstadt, passed died Feb. 12, 2026, at Accolade Health Care in Waterloo. He was born April 30, 1931, in Fairmont City. Donald was ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly after 6:30 a.m. Monday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at EE Road near the YMCA just south of Columbia. Fortunately, none of those ...

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Columbia High School cheerleading squad. The Eagles ended their season with a ...

The Monroe County Board said this week a lengthy investigation uncovered that the county-owned Oak Hill senior care facility ...

Several programs offer free income tax preparation for low-to-moderate income families and older adults who may need ...

The regional pairings won’t be announced until Friday, but local high school boys basketball squads have most certainly begun ...

The Freeburg-Waterloo Raging Bulldogs and Columbia Eagles are adding another chapter to their rivalry by facing each other ...

State Rep. David Friess (R-Red Bud) introduced legislation last week to address issues with what he said is a “flawed” SAFE-T ...

Jenny Hampton Spees, 76, of Columbia, died Feb. 6, 2026. Jenny was born in Killeen, Texas in 1950. She was a 1968 Cahokia ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Gibault Catholic High School basketball player Jack Holston. The junior guard is ...

With more profitable hog prices, lower feed costs and higher production efficiency compared to recent years, the U.S. has an ...