Below is the farewell address of New Athens Mayor Joe Behnken, as Steven Newbold will assume that position on May 1. As I ...

The Millstadt Ambulance Service offered an update earlier this month regarding its bid for establishing an independent ...

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois congratulated Norah Kettler of Waterloo for becoming a Gold Award Girl Scout – a designation ...

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

An amended complaint has been filed by the family of Crawford Bryant, 15, of Columbia, who died as the result of a Sept. 1, ...

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

While many races were uncontested in the April 1 election, one of the most notable items on the ballot was a referendum ...

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.

A federal grand jury last week charged nine illegal aliens with immigration-related offenses in multiple Illinois counties ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, ...

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

The host Waterloo Bulldogs cooled down a high-flying Gibault Hawks squad Monday night in a rivalry girls soccer contest.