Frances J. Gardner (nee Givens), 85, of Waterloo, died peacefully in her home on Nov. 30, 2025, in Waterloo. She was born ...

Thomas T. “Tom” Smith, 84, of Red Bud, died Nov. 22, 2025, in St. Louis. He was born April 10, 1941, in St. Louis. Tom ...

Janet L. Mooney (nee Goldsmith), 75, of Renault, died Nov. 26, 2025, at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis. She was born on Jan.

Phyllis A. Spurgeon, 86, of Jerseyville, formerly of Waterloo, died Nov. 26, 2025, at Villas of Holly Brook Assisted Living ...

Emergency personnel responded to multiple crashes after 2 p.m. Monday during a period of snowfall in Columbia. One crash ...

As local athletics have had a stellar fall season, a brand new team at Waterloo High School showed similar excellence as a ...

By JOSH RODENBERG Crews are finally filling the scour hole that has been creeping toward the Stringtown levee for years. It ...

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Columbia High School girls basketball squad coached by Scott Germain. The Eagles ...

The Columbia School Board gathered for a brief and varied meeting last week, approving a tentative tax levy for the year and ...

Despite last Tuesday’s vote to approve an operational transfer of Oak Hill to Accolade Healthcare, there was relatively ...

The high school girls basketball season is off and running as four local teams competed in tip-off tournaments.  The Columbia ...

Two local high school hockey clubs have been busy on the ice of late as the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association ...