Anna Sijka, 75, of Waterloo, died peacefully on Oct. 22, 2026. She was born in 1951 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland, to ...

Barbara Haeffele, 71, of Columbia, died Oct. 26, 2026. Lovingly known as “Barb” and “Barbie,” she was a tiny but mighty woman ...

Delline R. “Dee” Busby, 71, years of Columbia, died Oct. 25, 2026, at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis. She was born June 26, 1955, in Belleville. Dee was truly ...

We don’t get to go to Washington, D.C., and voice our opinion when important decisions are being made by our government. We ...

Three local high school girls volleyball squads were fighting to keep their postseason hopes alive Tuesday night, with two ...

Three local high school boys soccer squads captured regional championships over the weekend, but the next stage in the journey becomes tougher by the match. Gibault (9-9-3) opened the ...

Waterloo High School cross country runner Lydia Huffman won the IHSA Class 2A Civic Memorial Regional with a first place time of 18:06.70 this past Saturday, helping the WHS ...

Organized by local conservation group Clifftop, a fundraising campaign to follow through with a major expansion of the White ...

If all goes as expected, the budget for next year’s Monroe County government operations will be approved before Thanksgiving.

State Rep. David Friess (R-Red Bud) recently joined fellow members of the Illinois General Assembly in sending a letter to ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss a project to rehabilitate and resurface ...

I have spent a good deal of my life being offended. How about you? Not long ago, I re-read a column I had written years ago ...