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QUINCY — Local moviegoers can pack up their cars and head to the drive-in this weekend for the first time in decades. Frosty Flics Drive-In is set to open Friday night in the parking lot of Flinn Memorial Stadium, 4400 Maine. Robert Ellery was in his late 30s when he opened the Gem City Drive-In…
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QUINCY — It was a packed house in the Quincy City Council chambers Tuesday night for the Quincy Plan Commission meeting — and a roundabout wasn’t even on the agenda. The commission denied Mill Creek Water District’s request for a special permit to build a 120-foot tall, 250,000 gallon water tank in a residentially-zoned area.…
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HANNIBAL — Lisa Latta, owner of Tipsy Bricks Bar in Hannibal, brought two rows of supporters with her as she addressed the Hannibal City Council during Tuesday night’s meeting. Latta said recent construction on the city’s stormwater sewers has negatively impacted her business. She said the road to her bar was blocked for three hours…
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QUINCY — In the third grade, Laura Sievert-Hesseltine attended the Quincy Symphony Orchestra’s Young People’s Concert, a free concert that 3,000 students from 10 counties continue to attend to this day. It inspired her to pick up the violin. Sievert-Hesseltine is now the executive director of Arts Quincy, also known as the Quincy Society of…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park Board approved the self-funding of a $1.17 million general obligation (GO) bond, which will be used to purchase equipment and to fund park improvement projects, at its monthly meeting on Wednesday night. GO bonds are a type of municipal bond that are often used to fund non-revenue generating projects pertaining…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved an ordinance to create and establish boundaries for a River Edge Redevelopment Zone (RERZ) at their meeting Tuesday night, moving riverfront properties one step closer to restoration. The program incentivizes local developers with various tax credits, tax exemptions and tax abatements, such as new construction jobs credits and…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The oldest son of Austin Rodhouse celebrated his fifth birthday less than a week before the trial against his father began at the Pike County Courthouse in Pittsfield. It was the first birthday he spent out of his father’s reach. Next week will be his father’s turn to celebrate a birthday. He…
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Read what each attorney said in the closing arguments of the Austin Rodhouse case. PITTSFIELD — The eight-woman, four-man jury found Austin Rodhouse guilty of all 19 charges late Friday afternoon after more than four hours of deliberations. As each of the 19 domestic violence and sex-related felonies were read aloud by Pike County Circuit…
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PITTSFIELD — “Never try to play a game I created as a kid and expect me to lose as an adult.” Pike County Assistant State’s Attorney Leecia Carnes repeatedly returned to a single text message sent by Austin Rodhouse throughout her closing argument given Friday morning on the ninth and presumably final day of his…
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QUINCY — The energy of the Meadows conference room at the Quincy Kroc Center was boisterously joyful on Thursday afternoon, as dozens of guests gathered to celebrate the sobriety, resilience and tenacity of the Adams County Problem-Solving Court’s latest graduates: Several prominent community leaders were in attendance: Mayor Mike Troup, police Chief Adam Yates, circuit…
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QUINCY — With a voter turnout rate above 70 percent, Adams County residents showed up en masse this Election Day to exercise their right to vote in the general election. Some were more hopeful than others, but the overall mood of the day was that people were tired of today’s political climate. Unity was what…
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DISCLAIMER: Throughout this story, references are made to a survey Muddy River News conducted in October on abortion. It represents the opinions of MRN’s readers who completed the survey. It was not intended to be a scientific-based endeavor to provide a summary of the views on the topic as fully representative of Northeast Missouri and West-Central…
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'It isn’t as simple as a pro-life vote’: Sanctuary city ordinance struck down by aldermen a year ago
QUINCY — Jake Reed, president of Right to Life Adams County and a Republican alderman representing Quincy’s 6th Ward, doesn’t believe the overturning of Roe v. Wade did enough. He does believe, however, that it set up the necessary framework for further restriction on abortion access to happen gradually across the country at various levels. With…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — It’s a girl’s world this election season — even in Northeast Missouri. “I have a 16-year-old daughter, and she’s my world. Her friends are my world — I love those girls,” said Melissa Jo Viloria, a Democratic candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives. “My main reason for running was because of them.”…
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HANNIBAL — As the saying goes, first impressions are everything. U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) knows how to make a good one. The Hawley campaign hosted a rally Tuesday afternoon at Becky’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor and Emporium in Hannibal — the same spot Ronald Pashia, a pastor and Army veteran, met Hawley in…
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE: What are your thoughts on the topic of abortion? Please click the link to take part in MRN’s survey on the issue. Voting closes Friday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m. HANNIBAL, Mo. — Women on both sides of the abortion debate found common ground on one thing Tuesday night. Facts are important. Trish…
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QUINCY — When granted a day off from school, most teenagers choose to spend the day playing video games, watching Netflix or running around with their friends. Xavier Richardson and his friends Chris Tu and Austin Mondon are unlike most teenagers. Richardson, a freshman at Quincy High School, Tu and Mondon, both sophomores, teamed up…
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The Adams County Health Department urged residents to be aware of pertussis, a contagious respiratory illness also known as whooping cough, in a news release issued Thursday. Pertussis usually begins with cold-like symptoms, like a runny nose, low-grade fever and a mild cough. The cough worsens over the course of one to two weeks, though,…
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QUINCY — Ella Wiemelt’s new furnace was installed Tuesday morning by Elam Heating & Air Conditioning, and aside from being safer and more energy efficient than the previous one she had — which posed significant risks of carbon monoxide leaks due to cracks that occurred over its nearly 30 year lifespan — the new furnace…
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QUINCY — A hearing was set to argue new motions filed by the state’s attorney’s office in the case of Carl Douglas II, the Quincy man charged with attempted first-degree murder for allegedly ramming his Tesla several times into a vehicle driven by his estranged wife. The motions to compel production of Douglas’s cell phone…
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QUINCY — Two semi-trucks are on the road following a successful campaign to collect donations for flood victims in North Carolina on Sunday afternoon. The drive was held in the Sam’s Club parking lot at 700 N. 54th Street. Bottled water, diapers and food items were some of the most commonly donated items. Several bags…
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