I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, read more

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, earning both a lifesaving award and the Secretary of State's Medal of Honor during that time. We like to think that Macoupin County is safe from the problems of the big city, but unfortunately, violent crimes and methamphetamine production are on the rise in rural areas. My experience working in St. Clair and Madison counties will better able me to confront methamphetamine production and violent crime head-on while still understanding the rural needs of Macoupin County.

Any state can make a difference, but when you look at the arithmetic, ... it's hard to imagine that the read more

Any state can make a difference, but when you look at the arithmetic, ... it's hard to imagine that the party that loses Ohio can win the presidency. This is the year in which Ohio is absolutely the key battleground of all the battleground states.

In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense basically won it for read more

In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense basically won it for us. All three games have been down to the wire and we handled adversity well in all three games. The kids have a lot of heart and they're really competitive.

This is a fickle place. You see the same thing over and over and over. Art here seems stagnant to read more

This is a fickle place. You see the same thing over and over and over. Art here seems stagnant to me. Especially some of these so-called 'Native artists' that are producing craft-type work. But that's the only way you can make any money at it.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

He is doing and accomplishing a lot of things that haven't been done in his family before. Everything he does read more

He is doing and accomplishing a lot of things that haven't been done in his family before. Everything he does is an obstacle.

We are going to sit down with our legal counsel and sort out the ramifications of this ruling.

We are going to sit down with our legal counsel and sort out the ramifications of this ruling.

If it doesn't happen, we'll simply have to interrupt the talks.

If it doesn't happen, we'll simply have to interrupt the talks.

While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country read more

While Elvis was a country boy who sang 'black' . . . Chuck Berry provided the mirror image where country music was filtered through an R&B sensibility.