Mitchell Allen “Mitch” Rick, 66, of Waterloo, passed died unexpectedly in his home on Oct. 22, 2025. Mitch was born March 11, 1959, In Belleville to Lester and GeorgieAnn ...

MaryLou Holcomb (nee VandeRiet) 84, of Freeburg, died on Oct. 22, 2025, in St. Louis. She was born Sept. 21, 1941, in East St ...

Kathleen M. “Kathy” Francescon, nee Meyer, 61, of Waterloo, IL, died October 22, 2025, in Columbia, IL. She was born July 21, ...

Emergency personnel responded about 1:35 p.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 at South Main Street in Columbia.

Emergency personnel responded about 11:50 a.m. Friday to a single-vehicle crash on Bluff Road just north of Valmeyer Road in Columbia. The crash occurred near a road construction area ...

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to a fatal two-vehicle head-on crash on Bluff Road between ...

A guilty plea was entered Thursday in Monroe County Circuit Court involving a 2022 elder abuse case at Waterloo’s Garden ...

Recent news regarding the possibility of a large-scale data center in the Rock City Admiral Parkway Development cave business ...

A group of around 300 locals gathered along Route 3 in Waterloo late Saturday morning to participate in one of thousands of ...

A hunting enthusiast with local roots was recently recognized by the Illinois Conservation Foundation for his many years ...

The future of Waterloo Junior High School was once again a large topic of discussion for the Waterloo School Board this month ...