KITTLE: This dad is more than qualified to talk about foreign policy

By   /  October 16, 2012  /  Commentary  /  No Comments

Andrew Johnson, whose soldier son was killed in Afghanistan in January, wants a strong U.S. defense and the troops to come home.

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – I told Andrew Johnson I wanted his opinion on Tuesday night’s presidential debate. What did he want to hear these two guys who want to be Commander-in-Chief for the next four years say about foreign policy?
Johnson is an anomaly. He’s a newspaperman, a publisher, and he’s humble.
He told me he [...]

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Worst feared for Cairo floods

By   /  April 27, 2011  /  Illinois, Illinois Statehouse News, Local News  /  No Comments

By Benjamin Yount   Illinois Statehouse News

SPRINGFIELD  —  The swollen Ohio River is expected to top out near Cairo on Saturday. But people from Illinois' southernmost town say the state can't wait that long to do something about the flood waters that could wash through their tiny town.

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