Year: 2014

While I watched the festivities from the comfort of my home office, TheFirstWard contributor Todd Martin actually was at that Wednesday Elgin City Council meeting.

… right here:  Considering all the consternation surrounding her appointment, Larry and I truly want to thank new Elgin City Councilwoman Rose Martinez and current

So there I was, all set to take aldermen John Prigge and Terry Gavin on regarding their blatantly disrespectful May 28 Elgin city council behavior,

Is it just me, or is big box brick and mortar retail completely lost? Like newspapers, they seem to be convinced that if you simply

Apparently having far too much time on their hands, last January, the Madison County Health Department shut down 11 year-old Troy resident Chloe Stirling’s $200

That’s right dear listeners! Larry and I are looking forward to sitting down with Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain and newest city councilman Rosamaria Martinez. We’ll

I can’t tell you what a relief it is to see that, on occasion, we actually do seem to learn from our mistakes. Because when

Last week, First Ward contributor and citizen activist Todd Martin took to that Elgin City Council podium to explain exactly why they should lease the

Getting back to our previously proposed theory that, in the end, city councilmen can only represent their own experience, a local politician just said something

I gotta tell ya, after almost a decade of covering ‘em, the fact that some politicians can still make me wanna kiss them squarely on