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Former Quincy Mayor John Spring, former Fire Chief Joe Henning and a current firefighter and police officer all spoke out against a proposed ordinance to consolidate the power of hiring a new police or fire chief to Quincy’s mayor. Spring said the proposal “will have damaging consequences for the city” that would “destroy the confidence…
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Just in case anyone was wondering where my byline was last week… I have spent the last few days confined to quarters, having guards who snapped when I tried to escape and wouldn’t let me have a sip of whiskey. But seriously…I tested positive with COVID-19 last Sunday. So here’s how the timeline proceeded… I…
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James Gallaher (25) 419 Hampshire Quincy, IL on a TOF for domestic battery. Lodged. 104 / 185 Torrie Zeiger (30) 714 W Main Clayton, IL for failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash at 4th and Spruce. NTA. 125 Samuel Gruener (20) 4609 State # 6 Quincy, IL for operating uninsured vehicle at 20th…
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A large crowd of Adams County Republicans made the trip to the Dale Wiewel farm near Fowler on Saturday to hear GOP gubernatorial candidate Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia). Bailey gained notoriety while, as a state representative, suing Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for extending executive orders that closed Illinois businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bailey and…
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There are times when a State’s Attorney has discretion in enforcing laws. School districts also have discretion as to who they allow into their buildings for certain reasons. Quincy and Adams County are suffering because of both of these facts. Adams County Public Health Administrator Jerrod Welch has done what he has thought is right…
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Below is the temporary restraining order filed by Judge Debra Wellborn Thursday night. Quincy Public Schools will abide by the order, according to Superintendent Roy Webb.
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THIS JUST IN: Adams County Circuit Court Judge Debra Wellborn has granted a temporary restraining order to three families whose children attend Quincy Public Schools to allow them to return to class and not be quarantined. The students were three of 289 QPS students or staff who have been quarantined by the school district for…
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QUINCY – After Labor Day weekend, Quincy’s downtown district will have two fewer eating options. Management of both Drake’s Steak & Ale and Que-Town BBQ are both closing their doors, each for their own reasons. “We are extremely saddened to inform you, our loyal customers and the entire community of Quincy, that due to decisions…
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QUINCY — People are sick and tired of being sick and tired. But does the COVID-19 virus care about that? As the State of Illinois re-tightens its COVID protocols, a packed house at Quincy’s Holiday Inn heard people wanting local control back in government and a lawyer who has traveled statewide attempting to block governments…
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Muddy River News Publisher/General Manager Bob Gough sits down with Barb Baker Chapin and Dawn Whitcomb with the Adams County Suicide Prevention Coalition regarding their efforts with the organization. We also preview the September 11 fundraiser Behind The Mask: An English Garden Party.
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So about that 45 X 30 plan… I was given the impression that all of my friends who moved to Free Missouri during the past decade were being counterbalanced by doctors and other people moving into our wonderful town (It really is a wonderful town. I’m just riffing.). But those of us who saw the…
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The Illinois State Board of Education is updating its list of schools that have chosen to defy Governor JB Pritzker’s mask mandate. The Warsaw School Board voted 5-2 on Monday night to follow the mask mandate when the district returns from the Labor Day break on September 7. School officials met with ISBE representatives earlier…
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QUINCY – The Quincy City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to clear the way for the former Elder’s Restaurant property to come back to life. Lucky Dogs will be operated by Scott Frese and the plan received the green light for the permits to serve alcohol and operate video gaming terminals. Frese said the restaurant…
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Warsaw native Steve Lucie of We Stand for Our Students, a community group concerned about parent choice regarding mask options, spoke during the Illinois State Board of Education’s meeting in Springfield on Aug. 18. He returned to Quincy for a taping of Muddy River News This Week, then attended the Warsaw School Board meeting. That’s…
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QUINCY – There may be a few more tweaks to go, but it look like an ordinance establishing a process to register rental properties in the City of Quincy may move out of committee on September 1. At a meeting of the Residential Rental Property Registration Committee held Wednesday afternoon, a revised version of the…
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QUINCY – A smaller crowd turned out at Wednesday night’s Quincy School Board meeting a week after the Board voted to follow Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive order mandating masks at Illinois Pre-K through 12 schools. And while most members of the 25 or so person crowd remained defiant and didn’t wear masks at the meeting,…
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So the company that just shelled out nearly a billion dollars for a bunch of local TV stations happily cashed our check yesterday. If you need the money, you need the money, right? I would’ve rather paid one of our homegrown stringers to deliver local stories. I would’ve rather purchased some new equipment to better…
Read Full Article The Quincy City Council heard the monthly tax sales report and local cash registers were ringing in May. Sales tax revenues for May were $1,094,253 and Home Rule Sales Tax revenues were $969,379 for a total that just tops the $2 million mark. That’s a higher total than the pre-pandemic numbers from May 2019, when…
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State Senator Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) said she believes Governor JB Pritzker’s executive order and administrative rules give them “the upper hand” in being able to mandate masks in Illinois schools. Tracy gave an update on Facebook over the weekend and said she was appealing to the governor to “help them recognize the importance of allowing…
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QUINCY – Don’t expect to see the Marblehead bypass any time soon. The Illinois Department of Transportation is preparing a study to see if there is a need to expand Illinois 57 heading south of Quincy to Interstate 172. “The study defines the project purpose and need along with goals and objectives based on input…
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Quincy School Board meetings may eventually take place in Blue Devil Gym or Flinn Stadium if things keep going in the direction they have for the last few months. If they’re at Blue Devil Gym, at least a portable clock won’t be needed. QPS officials brought a clock to Wednesday’s meeting similar to one used…
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The 2020 Census numbers are in and, as expected, the news wasn’t great for most of the Muddy River News region running from the Illinois River, over the Mississippi River and to Mark Twain Lake. According to the data, Quincy’s population fell to 39,463 in 2020, down from 40,633 in 2010 for a loss of…
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board voted 5-2 on Wednesday morning to follow Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mask mandate for pre K-12 students, which was also the recommendation of Quincy Superintendent Roy Webb. Sayeed Ali, Shelley Arns, Rachel Petty, Carol Nichols and LaTonya Brock voted for the mandate. Richard McNay and Jim Whitfield opposed it. About…
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QUINCY – Quincy City Treasurer Linda Moore gave a detailed report to the Quincy City Council Monday night that showed the City is on track to bring in more revenue than expected from the Food and Beverage tax. So far, the one-cent increase has brought in more than $716,000 to city coffers this year. City…
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Upon my re-entry into local journalism, there have been two things I have been consistently hearing from readers, friends or just people I run into around town: “The new site is so much better than the last one and so much better than…well, you know…” (Evolution) “Man, you’re not as big of an asshole as…
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QUINCY – The Quincy School District appears to be on its way to following Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Pre K-12 mask mandate for Illinois schools due to an increase in COVID Delta Variant cases. In an e-mail to his leadership team, Quincy Superintendent Roy Webb said “QPS will follow the executive order of the Governor.” David…
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Comments from a committee member and two landlords, one of whom is also a member of Quincy’s Safe and Livable Housing Committee.
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The consensus from Wednesday’s Residential Rental Property Registration Committee meeting was the majority of Quincy’s landlords are good, the majority of renters are good, and bad actors on both sides are creating a problem. Landlords who attended the meeting said the discussion didn’t get to the problem. Advocates for renters seemed to believe the city…
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CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that masks will be required for students, teachers and staff at pre-K through 12th grade schools and day cares across Illinois, regardless of vaccination status. The new requirement formalizes the CDC guidance released in July on universal masking for both unvaccinated and vaccinated people in schools. The mask…
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