A reporter’s notebook: Scenes from an inauguration
By Rick Wade Inauguration day, Jan. 9, 2013 10:33 a.m. Just after deadline, leaving Carlinville on Route […]
The City of Carlinville and Macoupin County ask
The issue: The City of Carlinville and Macoupin County are both asking taxpayers for sales tax increases. […]
Letter to the Editor, Toon
Dear Editor, My name is Beth (Link) Toon and I have chosen to run for Mayor of […]
Letter to the Editor, DeLong
Dear Editor, I hope that people who saw the front page headline last week about the Carlinville […]
Do movies move us in both directions?
By Rick Wade Lots of people like to bash the motion picture industry for the movies it […]
Smokers have only themselves to blame for smoking
The issue: On the fifth anniversary of Illinois’ indoor smoking ban, many cigarette smokers are still upset, […]
Maybe their mothers didn’t make them clean up
Short commentary Dec. 6, 2012 By Rick Wade Look, don’t get me wrong. I was young once. […]
Letter-Beasley, Loveless, Young
Dec. 2 was a great day in the neighborhood. If one happened to be at The Federated […]
Letter-Pat Strubberg
On Nov. 18 I was privileged to attend a gathering at the new Route 66 banquet room […]
Letter-Jason Spyres
With $85 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, the credit rating agencies could no longer ignore Illinois’ fiscal […]
