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Fort Kaskaskia building destroyed by fire
Fire destroyed the main shelter building at Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site in rural Ellis Grove shortly before midnight on Halloween night, the North County News reported. The Ellis Grove…
Two area former Major Leaguers remembered
Two former Major League Baseball pitchers with area ties have recently passed away. Former Detroit Tiger and Mon-Clair League Hall of Famer Leslie Clyde “Les” Mueller died Oct. 25, at…
Strange lights in the Tuesday night sky
Sheriff’s department deputies in Monroe and St. Clair counties turned their eyes to the sky Tuesday night near Paderborn just east of Waterloo, after multiple callers reported seeing unusual lighted…
Martyred Ruma nuns still remembered 20 years later
The top headline in the Nov. 4, 1992, issue of the Republic-Times read “Waterloo Nuns Killed in Liberia.” Despite an election, three of the four front page stories focused on…
Coleman bodies to remain in Chester, for now
A judge in Randolph County ruled Tuesday that the bodies of a Columbia mother and her two sons cannot be exhumed from their current resting place in a Chester cemetery.…
SPPCS wins state
The Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic School baseball team won state on Monday. SPPCS defeated St. Bruno-Tamaro, 4-0, in the Class S SIJHSA state championships in Coulterville. The game was…
The many (cowboy) hats of Colonel Edd Kueker
When Colonel Edd Kueker of Waterloo was once asked how long he could talk about the history of Monroe County and his western antique collection, he responded, “Well, how long…
Ministry dismissed from Coleman wrongful death lawsuit
In an order handed down Tuesday by Judge Richard Aguirre at the Monroe County Courthouse, a motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Sheri Coleman…
Ministry seeks removal from wrongful death suit
Attorneys representing Joyce Meyer Ministries and the family of Sheri Coleman appeared before a judge in Monroe County court last Wednesday afternoon, as the ministry made arguments in support of…
Baum praised as key to Valmeyer’s survival
Harold Baum was larger than life, bridging the gap between old and new Valmeyer — figuratively and literally. “You just felt like he’d be around forever,” said Jim Richards, who…