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MACON, Mo. — Two troopers will be retiring June 1 from the Missouri State Highway Patrol: Lt. Gregory K. Leftwich and Commercial Vehicle Officer Supervisor Kyndal L. Gordon. Leftwich will retire with more than 33 years of dedicated service. He was appointed to the patrol on Jan. 1, 1990, as a member of the 62nd…
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QUINCY — Students of Heinze Dance Academy will present its 30th annual spring dance concerts at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 3, and 1 p.m. Sunday, June 4 at Quincy Junior High School’s Morrison Theater. Tickets are available at the door. The concert will feature more than 200 students ages 3 and up in the styles…
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QUINCY — A Quincy teenager is wanted by the Quincy Police Department in connection to a shooting incident Wednesday night on Jefferson Street between 11th and 12th Streets. The Adams County State’s Attorney’s Office obtained an arrest warrant on Thursday for Victor A. Weems III, 19, for aggravated discharge of a firearm. Weems is considered armed and…
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QUINCY — Quincy University will operate under the following summer schedule: Administrative Offices – effective through July 28 All university facilities and services will be closed on the following dates: Health and Fitness Center – effective through August 19 Pool Hours Check the QU Health & Fitness Center Facebook page for changes to these regular…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — The lively Latin sound of “Los Chicos del 512: the Selena Experience” can be heard at The Legacy Theater at 7 p.m. Friday, June 2. The show is sponsored by Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd. This event will be similar to a live concert by Selena, who died in March 1995. Lead singer…
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MACON, Mo. — Nora Hark of Hannibal is one of four Missouri students to be awarded a $500 Chariton Valley scholarship from the Chariton Valley Telephone Cooperative and Chariton Valley Communications Corporation. The Chariton Valley scholarship awards one-time scholarships to students from rural communities for their first year of college, university or vocational-technical school. During…
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FROM THE QUINCY POLICE DEPARTMENT: QUINCY — Just after 10 p.m. Wednesday, Quincy Police Department officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the 1100 Block of Jefferson. Upon arrival, officers located female victim, 47, who was taken to Blessing Hospital before being life-flighted to Springfield for treatment of injuries. This does not…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Fire Department responded to a call at 705 Madison just after 2 a.m. Wedensday. When two engine companies arrived, they found a garage in the alley and a car next to it on fire. QFD upgraded the response to a general alarm and two more crews responded. First arriving companies extinguished…
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Victoria Hobbs (22) 337 Westwood Drive Kahoka, MO for wrong way on a one way and operating uninsured vehicle at 4th and Chestnut. NTA. 101 Daniel Johnston (68) 30711 Burlington Road Maywood, MO for failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash at 29th and Broadway. PTC. 122 Donald W. Miller (30) for Criminal Trespass,…
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Ashley and Brittany talk about observing the Tim Bliefnick murder trial via social media and news reports and Ashley chats with Brandon Weber about scouting.
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Muddy River News transaction information is obtained from Illinois Real Estate Transfer Declaration forms accompanying recorded documents. Dates provided may differ from actual transaction or recording dates. Further details may be obtained from the PTAX form or recorded documents. Mike E. Weisenburger and Ronnett Buckner of Quincy sold a residence at 1102 Hutmacher Road in…
Read Full Article QUINCY — As part of the annual Academic Symposium, Quincy recognized the first graduates of the cybersecurity and business analytics programs created through funding by the U.S. Dept. of Education Title III program. Assistant professor Lavanya Mandava, founding coordinator of the cybersecurity program, announced the following graduates — Grant Wolfe, Ashley Bell, Kamou Harris, Wade…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — Chief Deputy Zack Orr, chief deputy with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, conducted a traffic stop at 8:54 p.m. May 17 in the 300 block of South Main in Pleasant Hill on a gray 2009 Toyota passenger car. After an investigation, Sarah J. Shawgo, 42, of Havana was arrested on the…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Astronomy Club will be presenting a lecture on “Exoplanets: Worlds Beyond Our Solar System” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, at John Wood Community College in Room D022/023. The lecturer, will be Randy Wolfmeyer, astronomy professor at John Wood. Exoplanets are planets that orbit other stars in other solar systems. First…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — To alleviate the financial burden of cancer treatment, the American Cancer Society recently awarded a $10,000 transportation grant to Hannibal Regional Healthcare System. The grant is one of 380 transportation grants totaling $6.2 million awarded to health systems nationwide. The funding will allow health systems to provide eligible patients an estimated 577,350 rides…
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Fifth-generation family farm from Rushville places first in High Times Hemp Cup national competition
RUSHVILLE, Ill. — Stoney Branch, a fifth-generation family farm in Rushville, recently won first place in the High Times Hemp Cup’s flower and pre-roll category for their CBD hemp strain, Blueberry Waffles. In a press release, co-founder and cultivation director Justin Ward, said, “Our small family operation has worked diligently over the last four years…
Read Full Article Contessa M. McNair (28) for Child Neglect, lodged 186 Taylor A. Bayles (27) Quincy, Illinois FTA Aggravated Battery, lodged 148 Ryan D. Johnson (38) Quincy, Illinois FTA Domestic Battery, DWLR, Unlawful Use of Account, lodged 101 Thomas R. Young (55) Quincy, Illinois for FTA Criminal Damage, lodged, 180 107 Troy L. Hodges (27) Quincy, Illinois…
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QUINCY — The Salvation Army Quincy Area Command will have change in leadership beginning June 28. Capts. Rich and Linnea Forney, serving as corps officers in Elgin, will replace Majs. Trevor and Shelly McClintock as The Salvation Army Quincy Area Command Leaders and Senior Kroc Officers. The McClintocks have received appointments as divisional commanders at…
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QUINCY — Miss Quincy 2023 Shelby Rose recently recognizing Foster Care Awareness Month by donating 168 24-hour notice bags to foster children served by Chaddock Foster and Adoption Services. Rose and a team of volunteers filled the bags on Saturday, May 20, at Chaddock. The duffel bags were filled with hygiene items and other essentials…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — An Arkansas woman is dead and a Palmyra teenager is in serious condition after a crash on U.S. 61 Monday night five miles north of Hannibal. A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows a 2023 Mazda, driven by Lori Cumpston, 51, of Fayetteville, Ark., was going to the wrong way…
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QUINCY — Physical therapist KJ Whittaker has joined the staff of XCEL Physical Therapy, 804 State. Whittaker has more than 26 years of experience and has worked in west central Illinois and northeast Missouri since 2003. Whittaker treats patients with all diagnoses related to physical therapy. He specializes in outpatient orthopedics with a focus on…
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QUINCY — Quincy University’s Oakley School of Business held an awards ceremony on May 2 in the Hall of Fame Room in the QU Health and Fitness Center. The program featured comments from Brian McGee, QU president, and Cynthia Haliemun, dean of the Oakley School of Business. Faculty in the Oakley School of Business presented…
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QUINCY — Quincy Art Center is offering 19 classes this summer for children and adults, including loom weaving, knitting, “The Art of Dominoes,” acrylic painting and more. The Art Center summer class schedule kicks off during the second week of June with “More Than Plain Weave: Methods in Loom Weaving” for high school students and…
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