Village of Glen Carbon
Recent News About Village of Glen Carbon
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Gori Edwardsville properties sold in December for total of $18.4 million
EDWARDSVILLE – Beth Gori sold late husband Randy Gori’s home for $3 million in December and his real estate companies sold about 60 parcels for $15.4 million. -
Glen Carbon man claiming harassment and malicious prosecution seeks $5.1 million in suit against village officials
EDWARDSVILLE - Patrick Ferrari of Glen Carbon sued the village and police chief Todd Link on Jan. 28, claiming $5,109,640 in damages for harassment, intimidation, false arrests, and malicious prosecutions. -
Former prosecutor: Personal attacks happen when facts not on attacker's side
What is incredible to me in Ms. Uhe’s response to my editorial is that she didn’t respond to it! -
Madison County GOP board members push back on statements that labeled re-opening plan 'reckless'
Madison County Republicans, who hold a 15-14 majority in county government, say they went to great lengths to achieve bi-partisan support for a re-opening plan that was approved overwhelmingly 26-2 on Tuesday. -
Repeat DUI defendant before Hightower faces felony perjury for swearing his license was valid
EDWARDSVILLE – Associate Judge Jennifer Hightower’s recusal from cases of criminal defense lawyer Bryce Joiner followed the filing of a sworn statement from a client who now faces a charge of felony perjury. -
Former biology professor pleads guilty to illegally exporting elephant ivory
Former biology teacher Elizabeth Alton of Troy illegally exported elephant ivory, according to a guilty plea she entered in federal court on Aug. 30. -
Rep. Kay: 'Just a little skeptical of half year budgets'
The state's stop gap budget deal that will cover the next six months helped avert disaster for schools, universities and other vital operations, but it also laid groundwork for another epic budget battle. -
Mike Madigan's proposed state budget is 'simply embarrassing'
It's so basic. Get an estimate. Look it over. Approve or reject it, in whole or in part, based on your finances and the need for the services offered. -
'Farmer's' advice to lawmakers: if you can't stop spending, become a private citizen
Loren Klaus, 88, of Glen Carbon has sage advice for elected officials grappling with the state's fiscal crisis: When you don't have enough money to pay for things, you have to cut. -
Some constructive criticism from a 'simple Illinois farmer'
Loren Klaus has offered a list of 12 things we did to ourselves that contributed to the degradation of our once edenic state, including adoption of our 1970 state constitution, the establishment of our state income tax, the election of venal governors, and lax enforcement of our Open Meeting laws. -
Illinois: From Garden of Eden to living hell hole
Selfish overspending is why all Illinois pension funds will soon be broke. When a state runs out of other peoples' money, you have Illinois. -
Illinois population is shrinking due to bad government, GOP reps say; They blame decades of Madigan rule
Illinois is the only state in the region with a shrinking population, having lost 105,000 people to other states from July 2014 to July 2015. -
Farmer's perspective: Negative consequences of wind energy
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Farmer's perspective: Negative consequences of wind energy
To the Editor: The proposed Grain Belt Express Cleanline electric transmission line to West Virginia from Kansas goes directly through my farm in Montgomery County and Macoupin County. -
Bobby's v. Bobbys trademark dispute settled by Crowder
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has ordered enforcement of a settlement agreement between Bobby's Frozen Custard and Bobby's at Buffalo Park - Maryville businesses entangled in a trademark infringement case. -
What's in a name? Bobby's v. Bobbys in court June 6 on motion to enforce settlement
A decent English teacher will exhort the importance of proper apostrophe placement. And a bad grammar defense may be of little help for a defendant in a Madison County trademark suit. -
Madison County foreclosures April 8-14
April 8, 2014 -
What kind of parents want bad prospects for their children?
“Yeah, we did better than our parents, got more schooling