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QUINCY — Adams County Board Chairman Bret Austin has made committee assignments and named chairmen of each of the board’s four main committees. Taking Austin’s place as Finance Committee chair will be Travis Cooley (R-District 4). Cooley, who is a senior Vice President of Liberty Bank, previously served as the committee’s second chair behind Austin.…
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QUINCY – The Republican leaders of the counties that make up the Illinois 99th House District selected State Representative-elect Kyle Moore to take his seat early upon the retirement of Randy Frese. Moore said he’s ready to hit the ground running next week as the Illinois General Assembly meets in its “lame duck” session next…
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QUINCY — There was one big ticket item on the Quincy City Council agenda for Monday night. Mayor Mike Troup appointed and the City Council approved the appointment of Jason Parrott as the city’s new director of planning and development, effective Jan. 1. As Muddy River News reported reported on Dec. 23, Chuck Bevelheimer retires…
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Jim Rapp discusses his 50 year legal career, being a part of the growth of John Wood Community College over that time and why he wanted to start Muddy River News.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – Following a report of shots being fired into a Hannibal home on Christmas night, police have arrested a Hannibal teen. A warrant was issued Thursday by the 10th Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County for Amareion M. Williams, 19, of Hannibal. He is charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon. The charges…
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QUINCY – The investigation of a missing woman whose husband died during a standoff with Northeast Missouri law enforcement officers is now being classified as a homicide. Quincy Police Department continues to investigate the missing person report of Britney D. Hoffman-Kelly last heard from on Dec. 14 in St. Charles, Mo., working with detectives from…
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Everyone at Muddy River News would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.
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The new chaplain at the Illinois Veterans Home is a familiar face as Fr. Chuck Edwards returns to Quincy. The long-time priest was pastor at Quincy Notre Dame and has made several stops throughout the Springfield Diocese, but he says this assignment should be his last. Fr. Chuck talks about his role at the Vet’s…
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I’ve mentioned a time or two I spent time on the Quincy Park Board of Commissioners, including two years as president. I was asked for a comment Thursday night regarding the latest episode of “As John Frankenhoff Turns” since my name was mentioned, so I obliged. I can’t really give a “no comment,” right? First,…
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When Bill Veeck owned baseball teams and sat in the bleachers or Harry Caray broadcast baseball games from the cheap seats, it was funny. But when Alderman Mike Farha (R-4th Ward) sat in the audience during Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, it was not funny. When roll was called, he said he was just going…
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QUINCY — Once a month, the Quincy City Council gets an update on revenue collected by the city’s sales tax and home rule sales tax. The addition of Target to Quincy’s retail landscape in August 2023 was expected to give a boost to those numbers, but in comparing receipts from 2023 to 2024, the jury…
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QUINCY — An investigation by Quincy Police has led to the arrest of a man in Florida who is suspected of fraud in connection with a phony insurance scam. Detectives with the Quincy Police Department began an investigation in June 2024 in referenceto a subject that had defrauded at least 10 different individuals in Quincy…
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MRN This week goes on the road to the Missouri state capitol to interview the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, Mary Russell. Russell, a Ralls County native and graduate of Hannibal High School, Truman State and the University of Missouri School of Law, has been on the state’s highest court for 20 years.
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QUINCY – Bret Austin was elected as the new chairman of the Adams County Board Tuesday night. Austin, who has been on the board since 2016 and has served as vice-chairman and chairman of the board’s finance committee, was elected by a 15-0 vote, with four members voting present and two members absent. Board members…
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MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to the president of Hannibal LaGrange University, Robert Matz. He talks about how the university is attempting to comeback from its financial struggles.
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We don’t appreciate people sometimes until they decide it’s time to leave. Jim Rapp’s 50-year service as the legal counsel for John Wood Community College coincides with the institution’s birth 50 years ago. He ran for a seat on the first JWCC Board of Trustees and lost, but that might have been the best thing…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council’s Finance Committee is leaning toward a property tax increase for the upcoming Dec. 23 levy vote that would keep the city from further draining its cash revenues. The Committee considered five options presented by the administration that included a variety of scenarios ranging from a property tax reduction up…
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The retiring Adams County state’s attorney is doing just that: retiring. Gary Farha talks about his career, his staff (of which he is very proud) and what his post-law career will look like.
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QUINCY — Four candidates are looking to fill two open seats on the John Wood Community College Board of Trustees. Andrew Sprague is the lone incumbent among the four seeking seeks in the April 1 consolidated general election. Former Adams County Board Chairman Kent Snider, who will officially leave his position on the board Nov.…
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As the country is still processing the results of the Nov. 5 presidential election (Donald Trump won for those of you who have been living under a rock or refuse to recognize facts), I stand by my statement from two weeks ago: America prevails. But, some think the election was a result of institutional misogyny…
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The newly-elected Adams County State’s Attorney talks about his transition into being the county’s lead prosecutor and balancing the administrative and courtroom duties of the office.
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Dennis and Marcia Steinkamp of Quincy are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on November 29, 1974 at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church (now Blessed Sacrament), Quincy. Marcia, is the daughter of the late Anthony and Ruth Lohman of Quincy. Dennis is the son of the late Elmer and Rosetta Steinkamp of Quincy. They…
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The American Farm Bureau Federation has voted to terminate the membership of Illinois Farm Bureau Federation, effective Dec. 20. The vote came Tuesday from the AFBF board of directors, which met following a meeting with IFB and Country Financial executives in Bloomington, Ill. Country and IFB share the same board of directors and executives. In an email to…
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QUINCY — After nearly 22 years on the Adams County Board, Kent Snider presided over his final meeting as the governing body’s chair. Snider, who has been chairman for six years, was praised by his colleagues as well as Veterans Assistance Commission Superintendent Paul Havermale and former Adams County Board Chairman Mike McLaughlin who all…
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QUINCY — KHQA-TV has announced that the newshub which they had been contributing to will now pull a Horace Greeley and “Go West.” Sinclair Broadcast Group announced last week that Beginning Dec. 9, KTVO-TV out of Kirksville, Mo. will produce a daily regional newscast that will air on KHQA’s digital signals, with KHQA personnel contributing…
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Stan and Kathy Schwartz of Quincy will celebrate their 50th Anniversary with a Mass and gathering of friends and family in late December. Stan, the son of the late J. Eugene and Evelyn Schwartz and Kathy, the daughter of the late Dan and Marie Gramke were married on November 29, 1974 at St. Joseph Catholic…
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QUINCY — Tom Marx, a self-made entrepreneur who ran multiple businesses and developed dozens of properties across Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, died Sunday. He was 74. Marx sold everything from furniture to Christmas trees to fireworks as he expanded his business portfolio. He owned a furniture store, Furniture Connection, at the location now occupied by…
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MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to State Representative-elect Kyle Moore, who will represent the 99th District in Illinois come Jan. 8.
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QUINCY – The Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District has denied the appeal of Tim Bliefnick, the Quincy man convicted of murdering his estranged wife in Feb. 2023. The court affirmed the conviction and three life sentences he received in August 2023. He remains in the Menard Correctional Center. Bliefnick’s attorneys based their argument that…
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QUINCY — Adams County Circuit Judge Tad Brenner has accepted a plea deal between the Adams County State’s Attorney’s office and a Quincy man charged with first-degree murder. Victor A. Weems III, 20, and his attorney, Matt Wayman with the Hammer Law Firm in St. Louis, and First Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Eyler appeared before…
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