Emergency personnel responded about 5:20 p.m. Sunday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at Carl Street in Columbia. There was ...

The Prairie du Rocher and Maeystown fire departments responded about 7:45 a.m. Sunday to a fire at the Renault Post Office, ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 11:25 a.m. Saturday to a crash involving a motorcycle and a car on Route 3 at ...

By PHYLLIS COULTER FarmWeek Tomatoes are growing in popularity as a crop in Illinois. “It’s becoming a tomato state,” said ...

The Red Bud Fire Department, Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded about 7:30 p.m. to a ...

A group of 11 students from Gibault Catholic High School returned last month from a mission trip to the Dominican Republic as ...

The City of Columbia budget for Fiscal Year 2026 is full of red numbers but it’s not as bad as it seems, city officials say.

This opinion column started with a Letter to the Editor I wrote in November 2020 immediately after the election. My ...

The district’s library policy once again received attention at this month’s Columbia School Board meeting, with the board ...

Last Tuesday, a Dupo woman had her sentence of incarceration at the Monroe County Jail intentionally revoked in order to ...

We recently saw a performance of “The Screwtape Letters,” a story by C.S. Lewis which was made into a 90-minute play. It was ...