Below is the farewell address of New Athens Mayor Joe Behnken, as Steven Newbold will assume that position on May 1. As I ...

The City of Columbia budget for Fiscal Year 2026 is full of red numbers but it’s not as bad as it seems, city officials say.

The Millstadt Ambulance Service offered an update earlier this month regarding its bid for establishing an independent ...

A group of 11 students from Gibault Catholic High School returned last month from a mission trip to the Dominican Republic as ...

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois congratulated Norah Kettler of Waterloo for becoming a Gold Award Girl Scout – a designation ...

An amended complaint has been filed by the family of Crawford Bryant, 15, of Columbia, who died as the result of a Sept. 1, ...

Last Tuesday, a Dupo woman had her sentence of incarceration at the Monroe County Jail intentionally revoked in order to ...

While many races were uncontested in the April 1 election, one of the most notable items on the ballot was a referendum ...

A federal grand jury last week charged nine illegal aliens with immigration-related offenses in multiple Illinois counties ...

Waterloo’s parks are set to get some additional support from the community with the recent creation of a nonprofit set up to ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is the Columbia High School varsity softball squad. The Eagles have won 10 straight ...

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Columbia High School soccer standout Riley Mathews. The senior midfielder leads the ...