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QUINCY — On Tuesday, the Transportation, Building and Technology Committee recommended and the Adams County Board tabbed Architechnics of Quincy to design a new heating and air conditioning (HVAC) system for the courthouse. Architechnics $625,000 bid was higher than the $597,000 bid from RTM Engineering from St. Louis but, after input from local contractors and…
Read Full Article With all of the discussion about tax dollars assisting private development, here’s a bulletin: It’s been going on here for decades. Now, not all of it has been directly for a specific property, as is being proposed for the Tanninger Companies’ quest to turn the Illinois State Bank building into a boutique hotel, but millions…
Read Full Article Steve Eighinger, aka “Stevie Dirt”, aka “Stevie Love”, discusses writing his 1000th Daily Dirt, racing and a variety of other topics.
Read Full Article William Raymond (Bill) Eberhardt, passed away on June 15, 2024, at home in Hobe Sound, Florida, with his loving wife Beverly (Rohauer Weber) and son, Gregory (Ashley) Weber of Winter Springs, Florida, by his side. Bill was born to Archibald and Sally (Sarah Sersion) on April 30, 1942, in Dixon, Illinois. He is also survived…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy School Board met Wednesday night and did some budgetary house cleaning to wrap up the fiscal year that ends June 30. The board approved an amended 2023-24 budget to finish with $98.8 million in revenues and $93.5 million in expenses. The $5.3 million fiscal year end surplus means the district now…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Adams County Board’s Transportation, Building and Technology Committee sent a recommendation to the full board to approve a solar farm near Fowler in Ellington Township, northeast of Quincy. The item will be on the County Board’s July 9 agenda to propose Summit Ridge Energy to build a 3-megawatt solar farm consisting of…
Read Full Article If you didn’t have a chance to watch our MRN This Week panel discussion on tax incentives for businesses, you should: Debates make for better content, I’ll admit. Aren’t we all just waiting for our octogenarian presidents go at it Thursday night? Biden drooling … Trump’s makeup running as Jake Tapper turns off the air…
Read Full Article SPRINGFIELD – Don Tracy, who presided as the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, resigned from the position Wednesday after three-and-a-half years. Tracy, a Springfield attorney, was unable to rally a party that sits in super minorities in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly and hasn’t held a single statewide elected position since Democrat…
Read Full Article Linda Hasting, 66, of Quincy, passed away at 1:02 pm Saturday, June 15, 2024, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, MO. Linda was born November 4, 1957, in Quincy, IL to James and Bonnie (Rankin) Hasting. Survivors include her son, Ryan Hasting (Stephanie); three grandchildren, Draven Hasting, Delilah Hasting, and Deric Lambert; one brother,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — When Quincy Police Chief Adam Yates asked the City Council for permission to put cameras around the city one year ago, he did it hoping it would assist in catching those suspected to be involved in crimes. And the Flock license plate readers appear to have done that. Yates gave a report to…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy developer Tom Marx has told city officials it will take about $2.5 million in site improvements for him to entice a retail business to locate in the vacant Sears portion of the Quincy Town Center. Marx is requesting $250,000 from the Mid-Town Business District fund to go toward those renovations. This is the same…
Read Full Article Virgil D. Mittelberg, age 92, of Quincy, died Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 8:57 pm in Good Samaritan Home. Virgil was born June 24, 1931 in Quincy, Illinois, the son of Lester H. and Ethel Mae Shriver Mittelberg. He married Aleen Hagerbaumer on April 25, 1952 at Salem Church in Quincy. She survives. Virgil was…
Read Full Article Tammy Snider, age 62, of Quincy, died on Thursday, May 30 2024 in Blessing Hospital, after a seven year battle with cancer. Tammy was born on November 29, 1961, the daughter for Ronald “Ron” and Darlene Ellis Snider. She was a graduate of Quincy High School and attended Beauty School at Vatterott College. Tammy was…
Read Full Article Shannon M. Jackson, 45, of Quincy, passed away at 12:01 pm Thursday, May 30, 2024, at her residence in Quincy, IL. Shannon, daughter of Marty and Kelly (McGlothlin) Jackson, was born August 29, 1978, in Quincy, IL. Survivors include her parents; her daughter, Lola Jackson; two sisters, Bobbi Jackson of Quincy and Nikki Theodoropoulos (Bob)…
Read Full Article Services for Tommy Reynolds “Tom” Cunningham, 82, of Vandalia, will be at 11:00 AM Monday, June 3, 2024 at Bienhoff Funeral Home in Vandalia with Pastor Kenny Haddock officiating. Burial will follow in the Vandalia Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 9:00 AM to 11:00 Am at the funeral home. Mr. Cunningham passed away at…
Read Full Article We all love solicitors, right? Unexpected door-to-door salesmen who are schlepping their goods or trying to sell you their religion? I’m sure many of them are legitimately trying to do their work (or God’s work), but how do you know? Girl Scouts selling cookies? Athletes selling Shakespeare’s Pizzas? Boy Scouts (Er … Scouts, now I…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Libraries are supposed to be quiet places. But with the Quincy City Council meeting in the Quincy Public Library because of renovations at City Hall, aldermen and members of the administration raised their voices Tuesday night as they debated how to prioritize street projects in the city’s seven wards. The discussion kicked off…
Read Full Article Terry L. Steffen, 81, of Quincy, passed away at 12:09 pm Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. Terry was born July 23, 1942, in Quincy, IL to William F. and Betty (Schnelbacher) Steffen. He was married to Charlotte K. Reynolds on November 9, 1963 in Grace United Methodist Church in Quincy,…
Read Full Article Eldon F. Yungman, 95, of Camp Point, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Golden Good Shepherd Home. Born September 16, 1928, near Sutter, IL, Eldon was the son of Frank D. and Emma C. Lehr Yungman. On January 15, 1950, he married Velora C. Bruenger in the home of Rev. L.C. Mauck in Quincy,…
Read Full Article Adams County turns 200 next year. Former Quincy Mayor Chuck Scholz is chairing the county’s bicentennial commission and talks about how we will celebrate. He also drops several nuggets of knowledge as well.
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