Kenneth R. Althoff, 87 years, of Red Bud, died peacefully on Oct. 23, 2025, at his home surrounded by his loved ones. He was ...

MaryLou Holcomb (nee VandeRiet) 84, of Freeburg, died on Oct. 22, 2025, in St. Louis. She was born Sept. 21, 1941, in East St ...

Kathleen M. “Kathy” Francescon, nee Meyer, 61, of Waterloo, IL, died October 22, 2025, in Columbia, IL. She was born July 21, ...

Mitchell Allen “Mitch” Rick, 66, of Waterloo, passed died unexpectedly in his home on Oct. 22, 2025. Mitch was born March 11, 1959, In Belleville to Lester and GeorgieAnn ...

Emergency personnel responded about 1:35 p.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at South Main Street in Columbia.

Emergency personnel responded about 11:50 a.m. Friday to a single-vehicle crash on Bluff Road just north of Valmeyer Road in Columbia. The crash occurred near a road construction area ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to a fatal two-vehicle head-on crash on Bluff Road between ...

A hunting enthusiast with local roots was recently recognized by the Illinois Conservation Foundation for his many years ...

Bids for the final phase of the high school renovation, athletic event community conduct and administrative development were ...

The future of Waterloo Junior High School was once again a large topic of discussion for the Waterloo School Board this month ...

A guilty plea was entered Thursday in Monroe County Circuit Court involving a 2022 elder abuse case at Waterloo’s Garden ...

Following budget hearings earlier this month, Monroe County Treasurer Kevin Koenigstein presented a rough draft of the Fiscal ...