Members of Sister Cities of PortaLoo bid farewell last week to a pair of German students who spent a month staying with a number of host families in the ...

Edward Jones financial advisor Jared Nuxoll of Columbia was named to the 2025 ranking of Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors Best-in ...

The Aug. 27 issue of the Republic-Times contains the Fall Sports Preview for local school sports teams. Pick up a copy to see ...

The Monroe County Health Department last week reported the first positive mosquito pools of the season for West Nile Virus.

A Columbia man was ordered to spend 10 days in jail for contempt of court last Wednesday at the Monroe County Courthouse in ...

The local high school boys soccer season got under way with three teams in action on Monday. Columbia opened its 2025 ...

The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office was notified last Wednesday of a potential threat made toward a Red Bud High School ...

The chiropractors of Turning Point Wellness Center will soon be moving their Waterloo location to a larger office space to ...

Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the spring legislative session.

The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Columbia High School soccer player Luke Dewilde. The junior scored two goals to ...

In recent high school boys golf action, Columbia won a nine-hole match Monday over Freeburg by two strokes, 160-162, at ...

For several former locals, football continues at the next level after excelling on local fields. Former standouts from ...