In his annual state of the county address, Madison County Board Chairman Alan Dunstan credits low taxes and windfall interest payments from one of the county's most famous lawsuits for achieving a balanced 2006 budget.
Question: I read your very first paper back in 2004 when I stopped by for a latte at Sacred Grounds in downtown Edwardsville. I enjoyed it but I was only in town to visit a friend at SIU for a couple of days. I doubted that you would still be in print the next time I would come to visit, but to my surprise you are still here.
Belleville attorney Stephen McGlynn has been named appellate judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit to fill the vacancy that will be left by Judge Clyde Kuehn, whose temporary assignment ends July 7.