This area of Southwestern Illinois has a long history for which its residents are very proud, with locals possessing a strong ...

Baseball fans at Village Park in Millstadt have likely already seen a nearby box set up like a free little library over the ...

Pickleball has exploded in popularity in recent years both at the national level and locally, with a number of communities in ...

While the audit of Monroe County finances resulted in a “clean” opinion, serious concerns were raised about the accounting ...

A lawsuit was filed last Tuesday in Monroe County Circuit Court against the Waterloo Sportsman’s Club following an Oct. 7, 2023, incident on club grounds during one of its Haunted Trail events. Tammy ...

While record rains in April have long evaporated from the area, Columbia officials are still dealing with the aftermath in ...

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department announced that a local investigation into a vehicle burglary at the Monroe County YMCA ...

James H. “Jim” Vogt, 78, of Columbia, died July 8, 2025, in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 17, 1946, in East St. Louis. Jim was a farmer and former owner of Vogt Excavating and Trucking LLC. He was also ...

The Waterloo City Council approved the purchases of vehicles for its utilities and police departments during a brief meeting Monday night at City Hall. First was a new tandem dump… ...

Like an Army tank, the Millstadt Green Machine stormed through the Valmeyer Midsummer Classic in dominating fashion on its ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced an expansion of its list of ZIP codes where lead exposure testing is ...

A Gibault Catholic High School alumna was among eight Western Kentucky University student-athletes named Conference USA Scholar-Athletes of the Year last month – the most in WKU history and most in ...