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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup told the city’s Aeronautics Committee Wednesday that “multiple” airlines interested in taking over the Essential Air Service contract have reached out. In August, Troup wrote to the U.S. Department of Transportation and said Southern Airways Express, which has provided essential air service at the Quincy airport since Dec. 1,…
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Read Full Article I am fascinated by The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and love the Alan Moore comic and movie that followed, “V for Vendetta”. Remember, remember!The fifth of November,The Gunpowder treason and plot;I know of no reasonWhy the Gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot!Guy Fawkes and his companionsDid the scheme contrive,To blow the King and ParliamentAll up alive.Threescore…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Alderman Kelly Mays (R-3rd Ward) requested a breakdown of cost differences between a roundabout, stop lights and added turn lanes at 48th and State. Those are included in a packet that was provided to the Quincy City Council for discussion at Monday night’s meeting and is in the linked document.
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy City Council Monday night voted to grant St. Boniface Church, 641 Maine, landmark status. The 11-3 vote to support the effort included two aldermen who previously voted to deny the application: Mike Rein (R-5th Ward) and Jack Holtschlag (D-7th Ward). Holtschlag gave his reasons for the change of heart before he…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Quincy company redeveloping a downtown building into mixed-use is requesting more than $300,000 in tax increment financing from the City of Quincy as part of its nearly $6.9 million redevelopment of a century-old building. The Finance Committee unanimously voted during its Monday night meeting to send the proposal to the full City…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Two GOP mayoral candidates turned in petitions at the beginning of the filing period Monday morning at Quincy City Hall. Brink was first in line with 740 signatures on his petitions. Troup was third in line behind former City Clerk Janet Hutmacher, who was turning in the petitions for City Clerk Laura Oakman.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy Community Theatre Executive Director Burgundy Hill has announced that Brandon Thomsen is departing his role as the organization’s artistic director on Nov. 8. In a social media post Wednesday morning, Hill said it was a “bittersweet” moment, calling Thomsen “a remarkable colleague and dear friend.” Thomsen was with QCT for 18 years,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Adams County Board will vote in its 2025 fiscal year budget in November and it is expected to be 3 to 4 percent higher than the current year’s spending plan. Finance Committee Chairman Bret Austin told the board at Tuesday night’s meeting the committee and staff have compiled the expected revenues and…
Read Full Article Dave and Theresa Bockhold of rural Payson, will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary at a dinner with their children and grandchildren. They also celebrated this past May with a trip to Germany where they visited ancestral farms and met distant cousins. Mr. Bockhold and the former Theresa Genenbacher were married on October 27, 1979 in…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Clayton teen facing first-degree murder charges will not go to trail in November. Wyond L. Bynum, Jr., 19, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court on Wednesday morning before Associate Circuit Court Judge Holly Henze. Bynum’s first attorney, Victor Smith of St. Louis, withdrew last month and Bynum now is being represented by…
Read Full Article Kim and Monica (Buswell) Fleer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception hosted by their children: Nathan and Jess Fleer of Quincy, Gabe and Amber Fleer of Willard (MO), Hannah and Jim Abbott of Columbia (MO), Zach and Maren Fleer of Ashland (MO). Kim and Monica were married in Lewistown, MO, September 1974, in…
Read Full Article Today’s Morning Muddy, which is brought to you by Muddy River Engraving, is old school. The written word. Why? Because we’re in the process of working on fixing some technical difficulties in our office/studio this morning. You see, Friday night our Muddy Night Lights powered by Farm and Home Supply didn’t go live as usual.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy School Board member Richard McNay wants the school district to consider its options on how to proceed with a faulty HVAC system at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary. At Wednesday night’s School Board meeting, McNay showed slides of the leaking freon and clogged filters and coils from a system that is supposed to be self-cleaning.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Although Quincy Mayor Mike Troup confirmed he was running for re-election back in March at the weekly Monday morning meeting with members of the Quincy/Adams County GOP, he officially launched his bid Wednesday night at Dick Bros. Brewery. Before many of the same supporters who back his winning campaign run in 2021, Troup…
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