We recently saw a performance of “The Screwtape Letters,” a story by C.S. Lewis which was made into a 90-minute play. It was ...

Multiple departments responded about 6:40 p.m. Tuesday to a structure fire reported at the rock quarry located at 100 ...

This opinion column started with a Letter to the Editor I wrote in November 2020 immediately after the election. My Republican friends and neighbors were aghast at the pending ...

Marie S. Wilfong, 94, of Chester, died April 20, 2025, at Oak Hill, Waterloo. She was born to the late Edward and Ola Mae ...

An injury crash occurred shortly after 5:20 p.m. April 15 on Kaskaskia Road at Lemen Road. Per the Monroe County Sheriff’s ...

The Columbia Fire Department responded about 11:15 a.m. Monday to the 700 block of North Briegel Street after a gas line was ...

Julia A. “Julie” Schilling, nee Wagner, 63, of Waterloo, died April 20, 2025, in Belleville. She was born Jan. 6, 1962. Julie ...

Donald Richard Sutter, 88, of Columbia, died April 20, 2025, in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 27, 1936, in Centerville ...

A strong line of thunderstorms with heavy rain and confirmed tornadoes swept through Monroe County and neighboring areas ...

An injury crash involving a motorcycle occurred shortly after 1:15 a.m. Thursday on Route 156 just west of H Road between Waterloo and Hecker. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 12:50 a.m. Sunday after a car crashed into the side of a residence in the 500 ...

The Waterloo Fire Department responded along with Monroe County EMS and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department about 1:45 p.m ...