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QUINCY — The Quincy Public School District has banned a parent of an athlete from its home athletic events for the remainder of the 2023-24 school year following a Jan. 30 incident at Quincy Notre Dame High School. According to documentation obtained by Muddy River News through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Mike Dade…
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Faye Dant joins MRN’s J. Robert Gough to talk about her upcoming Black History Month presentation at the History Museum on the Square, 4th and Maine, her art and her passion project — Jim’s Journey.
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QUINCY — As the microphone was passed around the crowd of about 350 in the Oakley-Lindsay Center’s Kent Hall Thursday evening, a man wanted to ask Glenn Sanders a question. Sanders, a retired Illinois Conservation Police district supervisor, is also a member of the Quincy Bay Area Restoration and Enhancement Association (QBAREA), the group spearheading…
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QUINCY — The judges of the Eighth Judicial Circuit have named Christopher Pratt as Adams County’s chief public defender on an interim basis upon Todd Nelson’s departure from the office this week. Pratt has been with the public defender’s office since 2016. He said his first task in the new role is “trying to salvage…
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QUINCY — After more than a year of discussions, The Adams County Board Tuesday night approved the establishment of a $1 million program to incentivize housing development in Quincy and Adams County. Finance Committee Chairman Bret Austin (R-District 1) outlined the plan, which will utilize most of the remaining American Rescue Plan Act $13.3 million…
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QUINCY — Citing that it is not a “requirement” but a “preference” for property owners to rebuild on land they purchase under the city’s Fix of Flatten program, the Quincy City Council pulled back four properties they had intended to turn over to the Two Rivers Regional Land Bank Authority. At Monday’s City Council meeting,…
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The new United Way of Adams County executive director talks about her vision for the organization and how it works to help those who need assistance.
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday for Blessing Hospital in its suit against the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, The Illinois Department of Public Health and Quincy Medical Group. Blessing filed the suit in 2022 after the Review Board gave approval for QMG to build a 27-bed hospital…
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QUINCY — The two men running to replace Randy Frese in the Illinois House of Representatives spoke at a political forum sponsored by the Quincy Tea Party Tuesday night at Tower Pizza and Mexican. Kyle Moore of Quincy and Eric Snellgrove of Beardstown each gave their pitches to the crowd of about 100 and answered…
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QUINCY — John Frankenhoff was one of Quincy’s first Lyft drivers and he thinks he can do just fine on his own. On Monday night, the Quincy City Council gave approval for Frankenhoff and his company, Quincy Premium Transportation, to operate a limousine service in the city. At the Council’s Jan. 23 meeting, Alderman Eric…
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Erin Bozarth and Adilson Fernando de Souza, both of LaGrange, MO, were married January 10, 2024 in the First Christian Church of Quincy, IL. The Rev. Stacey Nicholas officiated. The bride is a daughter of Ben and Diane Bozarth of LaGrange. The bridegroom is a son of Jonas and Ivanette de Souza of Cascavel, Brazil.…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup told the City Council Monday night that it was officially “Pothole Season” in the city, although some residents might contend that season lasts year-round. Troup said the sudden temperature shifts have led to new potholes and said crews were working on Saturdays to try to catch up. He said…
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QUINCY — Quincy School Board member Richard McNay said the school district needs to resolve the HVAC issues that have affected nearly all of its school buildings. McNay, who heads the Building and Grounds Committee, gave a report to the School Board at Wednesday’s meeting which discussed problems with the elementary buildings over the last…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council has set a hearing date to determine if a new Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district will be established in the city’s Calftown section. At Monday’s meeting, aldermen voted 10-2 to set the hearing for Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Aldermen Tony Sassen (R-4th…
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MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to the executive director of The District as she steps into her new role just before the downtown organization’s annual meeting.
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Nicole Taylor took an untraditional path to becoming Miss Quincy as this was the first pageant she had ever entered. MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to her about her passion for the outdoors and representing Quincy at Miss Illinois.
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QUINCY – The Illinois State Police reports a 49-year-old Baylis man who shot a Quincy Police officer Thursday morning died from return gunfire. Quincy Police Department officers responded to the 700 block of North Third at 11:51 a.m. During an investigation of a disturbance at a residence, a QPD officer was shot and another QPD…
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QUINCY — Beginning in February, Adams County Board meetings will be livestreamed. Ryan Hinkamper (R-District 2) made the motion at Tuesday night’s Board meeting. He said that in the Transportation, Building and Technology committee meeting earlier Tuesday evening, the committee had voted to take the request to the full Board. Hinkamper said when the new…
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QUINCY — Victor A. Weems III heard a litany of charges read against him in Adams County Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon after more than seven months on the run from authorities. Weems, 19, of Quincy, who was arrested Monday during a raid at an apartment complex at 3100 State. He was formally charged with first-degree…
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QUINCY – Quincy city officials have been in discussions with social service agencies to consider how to handle a possible influx of immigrants should buses from the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas arrive in the Gem City. At Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, Mark Philpot, who chairs the city’s Human Rights Commission asked what the plan…
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QUINCY – Adams County Sheriff’s officers and Quincy Police have made an arrest in connection with a May shooting that killed a Quincy woman. A raid at a South side Quincy apartment Monday afternoon led to the arrest of Victor A. Weems III in the shooting death of Dana Lawton. Quincy Police Chief Adam Yates…
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QUINCY — Rusty Williams said he and his wife, Paula, are going out on their terms. Williams announced Thursday that Revelry at 119-121 N. Fourth, an upscale bar on the north side and a sports bar on the other half of the establishment, is closed. He said they had a good New Year’s Eve event…
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QUINCY — “And there is a time to dance. And there was a time for this law, but not any more.” — Ren McCormack from the movie “Footloose.” Nancy Callaway claims she is being discriminated against as a minority because she wants to open a Latin-themed nightclub at 428 Maine. Callaway and her husband, Keith,…
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QUINCY — After Quincy Police Chief Adam Yates finished swearing in three new QPD officers, Mayor Mike Troup asked the chief about the department’s manpower status. “This swearing in and these three officers puts us at 73 sworn officers in the Quincy Police Department, which for us is full-staff, which we haven’t been at in…
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Visitation for Dennis Oliver will be January 5 from 3-7 p.m. at Duker & Haugh Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will take place at the Ambiance on January 6 from 2-5 p.m. Some of D.O.’s friends gave Muddy River News some kind words about their friend. “D.O. was the best. We were like brothers. Heck,…
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Ashley, Bobby and Brittany reflect on 2023, the good, the bad and the ugly in a very special edition of Club Muddy.
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QUINCY — A Quincy man has entered a guilty plea to an Aggravated Battery charge for hitting a man in the head outside a Quincy bar, sending him to the hospital. Bryan Paden, 40, appeared with attorney Nick Rober in Adams County Circuit Court Friday morning before Judge Tad Brenner. One count of aggravated battery…
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QUINCY — Dennis Oliver, the morning radio host who entertained the Tri-States for 40 years and just made people feel good when he was around them, died Thursday in Quincy. Oliver, 69, retired from the airwaves in 2016 and revealed he was battling Alzheimer’s Disease a year later. A Pittsfield, Ill. native, Oliver, known as…
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MRN Top 50 stories: Behavior of adults in prep sports, Bliefnick case lead list of most read in 2023
Listed below are the most-read stories on Muddy River News for 2023. The rankings are provided by our analytics, not anyone’s opinion. Not surprisingly, the tragic murder of Becky Bliefnick by her estranged husband, Tim Bliefnick, and his subsequent trial were the dominant overall news stories of the year. But as far as one singular…
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Local government was rather contentious in 2023. A reflection of the frustration many feel with the polarized politics in today’s world. A lack of consensus or willingness to achieve goals for the common good unfortunately seem to prevail. Anyway, here are the most read governmental stories of 2023, according to MRN Analytics. 1. A couple…
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