The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Valmeyer High School basketball player Evan Hill. The junior leads the Pirates in ...

Michelle and I make our biggest plans when we are absolutely certain we should be asleep. We’ll say good night, turn off the ...

Rita Mae Eshom, 90, died Jan. 4, 2026. She was born March 13, 1935, the daughter of the late Cleo and Avera (nee Kohnz) ...

The Hecker Fire Department responded shortly before 4:55 p.m. Tuesday to an out-of-control brush fire in the backyard of a ...

The Columbia Fire Department responded shortly before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to a brush fire reported in the 1900 block of ...

Brenda L. Kelley (nee Schmeiderer), 75, of Ave Maria, Fla., died Dec. 26, 2025, in Naples, Fla. She was born April 2, 1950, ...

The Columbia Fire Department responded shortly before 3 p.m. Monday to a small explosion heard at the Ameren substation in ...

Lisa K. Ruskaup (nee LaForge), 67, of Columbia, died Jan. 3, 2026, with her family by her side at SSM Health Saint Louis ...

Peggy Ann Ries (nee Schnellbecher), left this life to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Dec. 30, 2025. Peggy was ...

Multiple departments responded shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday to a large machine shed fire at a farm in the 8500 block of LL ...

I really ought to be ashamed of myself. This time of year, I usually write about nice things – warm things, cozy things, ...

I recently attended a weekend retreat and a man at my discussion table was bemoaning the decline of manhood in our country.