David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Christopher Pratt didn’t even get to use the new business cards he ordered. Pratt, an attorney in the Adams County Public Defender’s Office since 2016, halted his campaign to run for state’s attorney in Hancock County when he was promoted from deputy chief defender to chief public defender in February after Todd Nelson resigned.…
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QUINCY — The owner of the Jersey Mike’s franchise coming to Quincy hopes to have a staff in place to start making submarine sandwiches by the end of July. Scott Miller of SamCo Management, based in Champaign, owns seven Jersey Mike’s throughout Illinois. The first stores were in East Peoria and Springfield in April 2021. He since…
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QUINCY — Moments after he was elected as the president of the Quincy Park Board, Mark Philpot took time to reflect on the vote’s significance. Philpot was selected to replace Jarid Jones as president during Wednesday’s monthly meeting of the Park Board. He is the first Black person to serve as president. (Alan Hickman was…
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QUINCY — Both sides got something — but not everything they hoped for — on Tuesday night when an Adams County jury of six men and six women found a former deputy with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department guilty of two felonies but not guilty of the most serious charge leveled against him. A two-day…
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QUINCY — After hearing Brittany Abercrombie’s harrowing story about what she said happened in the early morning hours of Jan. 27, 2023, an Adams County jury heard a completely different version on Tuesday morning. Cody Shaffer, 31, of Loraine testified on his behalf during the second day of his trial in Adams County Circuit Court…
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QUINCY — An Adams County jury of six men and six women listened to a recording Monday afternoon during which a Loraine woman, nine months pregnant at the time, claims she was strangled, bitten and had a loaded gun shoved into her throat and pointed at her stomach by her boyfriend. The jury trial for…
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QUINCY — Less than two years after starting work on building a 6,000-square-foot retail building on the northeast corner of 30th and Broadway, Marx Commercial Properties and Development Company is going to develop a similar facility across the street. Demolition work began Thursday on the former VIP Lounge at 2929 Broadway. Tory Kaufmann, a Marx Commercial…
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Bret Austin is the owner of Austin Properties, a locally-owned property commercial and residential development company in Quincy. However, he may be best known for his work on the Adams County Board and as the chairman of the Finance Committee. In recent months, he’s also getting attention for his views on a possible third designated…
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QUINCY — Gov. JB Pritzker, together with the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), recently announced the inaugural class of the Next Generation Capacity Building Initiative (Next Gen). Next Gen will provide capital, training, and technical assistance focused on reducing barriers to entry for developers of color. The initial cohort…
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QUINCY — Much of Jeff Dorsey’s life in Quincy has been in the public eye (or the public’s ear), thanks to a 48-year career in radio that ended three years ago. One of the reasons he enjoys his time with the Quincy Service Club — formerly the Quincy Exchange Club — is because so much…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council is scheduled next week to make a long-awaited vote on an ordinance approving a tax increment financing plan on Quincy’s south side. However, a discussion between a member of the Adams County Board and two aldermen indicated the vote might be delayed yet again. Bret Austin represents District 1…
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QUINCY — One of two men charged in a September 2023 stabbing in the Broadway parking lot at Blessing Hospital pled guilty Monday morning. Dylan Test waived his right to a jury trial on Feb. 27 in Adams County Circuit Court. He appeared Monday with attorney Jen Kusmer before Eighth Circuit Judge Tad Brenner. Assistant State’s…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man already in the Adams County Jail facing a charge of attempted first-degree murder picked up another felony the day after he was arrested. Thomas Delcour, 34, appeared with public defender John Citro in Adams County Circuit Court on Monday morning before Circuit Judge Zach Boren. Delcour has been charged with…
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QUINCY — One of two men charged in connection to a September 2023 stabbing in the parking lot at Blessing Hospital was sentenced Monday morning to nine years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Heaton Brothers, 20, of 1842 Maple, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court with attorney Dennis Woodworth for a status hearing before…
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QUINCY — The appellate defenders for convicted murderer Tim Bliefnick have filed a brief in the Office of State Appellate Defender, Fourth District, arguing many mistakes were made in Bliefnick’s May 2023 trial while asking for a new trial. The 50-page brief was prepared by Catherine Hart, deputy defender with the Office of the State…
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QUINCY — As Dorothy “Dottie” Hankins laid in the driveway next to her truck after being stabbed 12 times on the morning of Sunday, April 21, she convinced herself to get up. “She told me, ‘I said to myself, you can either lay here and die, or you can get up and go,’” said Bobette…
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QUINCY — The attorney for a Quincy man facing six felony charges, including attempted murder, said Tuesday afternoon he would strike his client’s motion to have the case dismissed. Jeremy J. Coleman, 29, appeared with Chief Public Defender Christopher Pratt before Judge Tad Brenner for a status hearing in Adams County Circuit Court. Coleman has…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Quincy man facing a charge of attempted first-degree murder made his first appearance in Adams County Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon. Thomas Delcour, 34, appeared with Sarah Lucey, an assistant appellate defender for Adams County, before Judge Scott Larson. Larson read the charges to Delcour during his hearing. Charging documents filed in…
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QUINCY — A long-awaited vote on an ordinance approving a tax increment financing plan on Quincy’s south side was delayed for two more weeks on Monday night. The heads of the Great River Economic Development Foundation, Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce and The District made their cases for the city’s third designated TIF zone during…
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QUINCY — After defeating an amendment that would have trimmed the city’s subsidy to the Quincy Public Library, the Quincy City Council voted Monday night to adopt a $61.3 million budget that goes into effect May 1. Before aldermen voted on the budget ordinance, they discussed a proposed amendment from Jeff Bergman (R-2) calling to…
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QUINCY — The attorney for a Quincy man, believed to have set fire to the apartment complex in which he was living, filed a motion for an affirmative defense on Wednesday. Public Defender John Citro filed the motion Wednesday morning in the Adams County Circuit Clerk’s office on behalf of Joseph Lindsay, 25. Lindsay and…
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QUINCY — Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, told the Human Rights Commission and a crowd of about 40 people at City Hall on Tuesday night that he learned earlier this week from state officials that they had no information about any hate groups operating locally. Yates said his department contacted the Statewide…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man was sentenced Monday afternoon to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a charge of child pornography. Cooper Davis, 24, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court with Public Defender Mark Taylor before Judge Charles H.W. Burch. According to court documents, Davis agreed to plead guilty…
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QUINCY — Lynn Niewohner always knew the History Museum on the Square, 332 Maine, had accessibility problems since the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County accepted ownership of the building in 2015. She won’t forget the moment when she decided something finally needed to be done. “The last time we had a program there,…
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QUINCY — A motion to dismiss a grand jury indictment in a case against the former owners of a Quincy business facing two theft charges was dismissed by an Adams County judge on Monday morning. St. Louis attorney Justin Summary appeared for the motion hearing before Judge Tad Brenner. His clients, Andy P. Reardon, 58,…
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QUINCY — Marc Arntzen and Danyelle Harrison had similar experiences as kids. Harrison remembers growing up in Warsaw and visiting her grandfather’s business, Harrison Monuments, when she was 3 years old. After moving to Quincy from Hannibal, Arntzen remembers as a first grader going to work with his father, Glendon, at Gem City Memorials. “He…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Human Rights Commission has called for a special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to address the issue of the American Nazi Party’s potential presence in Quincy. Mark Philpot, chairman of the 15-member commission, said a local business owner in the 62305 ZIP code shared with the group that…
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QUINCY — Blessing Hospital in Quincy and McDonough District Hospital in Macomb were named in an April story by APM Reports as being among 23 hospitals that had violated Illinois’ Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. The Illinois Department of Public Health inspects hospitals throughout the state for compliance with the act. The agency found…
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QUINCY — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers. However, these limits…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Adams Electric Cooperative is one of 20 companies that will be receiving grants to help install electric vehicle charging infrastructure under the Driving a Cleaner Illinois program. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Director John J. Kim announced Wednesday that $25.1 million will fund 643 new direct current fast charging (DCFC) ports at 141…
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