QUINCY — The U.S. Attorney General has brought a civil action against Quincy attorney Don Schuering, asking for $961,000 in unpaid taxes from 2009-18. The complaint also calls for federal tax liens to be enforced against property — a residence and an office — Schuering owns. Schuering would be forced to file income tax returns […]
Pritzker signs bill requiring serialization of unfinished ‘ghost guns’; use of home-assembled firearms for crime rapidly increasing
SPRINGFILED — Owners of firearms that do not have serial numbers – referred to as ghost guns – will have 180 days to take them to a federal firearm dealer to have them serialized or they will risk being charged with a misdemeanor. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the measure containing that provision, House Bill 4383, into […]
Irvin makes stop in Quincy as he tries to take over wide-open race for Republican candidate for governor
QUINCY — The primary elections in Illinois are more than a month away, and a recent poll shows more than a third of likely Republican voters who responded haven’t made a choice for who their candidate as governor. That is why Aurora mayor Richard Irvin was in Quincy Friday. Irvin met with about 30 people […]
‘We wanted somebody who really had touched all of Quincy’: Scholz to receive Exchange Club’s Golden Deeds award Friday
QUINCY — It’s probably easier to list all of the community activities Chuck Scholz hasn’t participated in and all of the awards he hasn’t been given. Scholz, 68, is best known for his three-term stint as the mayor of Quincy from 1993-2005, but he’s been a board member, trustee, chairman or volunteer for dozens of […]
Quincy woman charged with drug-induced homicide backs out of plea deal, wants case to go to trial
QUINCY — Caitlin Dietiker, a Quincy woman accused of supplying fentanyl to a 21-year-old woman who died of an overdose, was set to enter a plea two months ago. That status hadn’t changed until moments before she was scheduled to enter his plea on May 11 in Adams County Circuit Court. Dietiker then made it […]
Yohn says he will ‘most definitely’ be ready to defend himself when his trial begins June 21
QUINCY — When Judge Roger Thomson asked Bradley Yohn if he would be ready for the first day of his trial on June 21, Yohn replied, “Oh, yes sir, most definitely.” Yohn is defending himself Pro Se against charges of carjacking and home invasion in Adams County filed in November 2021. He appeared in Adams […]
Adams County grand jury indicts Lawrence, who now faces two charges of theft from 2x4s for Hope
Mark Lawrence made his first appearance in Adams County Circuit Court on Wednesday morning after he was arrested on two theft charges following an indictment by an Adams County grand jury on May 12.
Ask MRN: What’s going on near the corner of 18th and Koch’s Lane?
Dear MRN, What’s going on near the corner of 18th and Koch’s Lane? The home on that corner finally got knocked down. Documents filed in the Adams County Recorder’s office show Niemann General Contracting, Inc., of Quincy bought the 2.2-acre property at 1700 Koch’s Lane from Raven Securities, Inc., of Belleville on March 24 for […]
City employees start second week without email after cyber attack, but Troup ‘feeling better’ problem will be solved this week
QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup says city officials are still investigating how and why the emails for city employees have been unavailable after they discovered a cyber attack on May 7, but he believes light is at the end of the tunnel. “I finally do, yeah,” Troup said after Monday’s City Council meeting. “I’m […]
Ask MRN: Why is it taking so long for hole in alley to get fixed?
Dear MRN, There is a hole in the alley behind the building where I work on Maine Street. It seems as if the hole has been there for a long time, but no work ever gets done. What’s going on? The alley in question connects Fifth Street and Sixth Street, and it is between Maine […]
