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QUINCY — Five playwrights, four local directors, and 17 community performers are bringing new stories to life as rehearsals kick off for this year’s Quincy Community Theatre Playwriting Festival at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, on the QCT main stage. Presented in partnership with the Midsummer Arts Faire, this one-night-only event promises an evening of…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Friends of the Trails will host its annual fundraising bicycle ride on Saturday, July 12. The Terry Anastas Tour de Quincy will take place throughout the city of Quincy, starting at The Dock, 1021 Bonansinga Drive. The Tour de Quincy is a family friendly fundraising recreational bike ride, named in honor of the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Friends of the Drum and Bugle Corps, led by Dennis Koch and in partnership with Arts Quincy, will dedicate a new public art installation at the Illinois Veterans Home that honors the men and women who participated in the musical tradition of drum and bugle corps at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21 in…
Read Full Article QUINCY — John Wood Community College has named 295 students to the President’s List for the 2025 spring term. The list recognizes the highest achieving students for each major term. To be named to the President’s List, a full-time student must be enrolled for 12 or more credit hours and must earn a perfect grade…
Read Full Article Nolan D. Carter, 25, of Quincy for Disobey Stop Sign at N. 18th St. and Oak St. 184Gabriel D. Perry, 18, of Quincy for Failure to Yield at S. 30th St. and State St. 104Nicholas L. Trenter, 40, of Quincy for Obstructing Justice, Possession of Methamphetamine and Resisting. 112/255Micaha J. Hess, 38, of Quincy for…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The John Wood Community College Board of Trustees approved a tentative $19.5 million balanced budget for the next fiscal year during its regular meeting Wednesday. The tentative 2025–2026 year budget includes a zero-dollar increase in tuition and universal fees and projects a 6 percent bump in the number of credit hours delivered to…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A total of 218 students at John Wood Community College have been named to the Dean’s List for the 2025 spring term. To be named to the Dean’s List, a full-time student must be enrolled for 12 or more credit hours and must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for…
Read Full Article Tecarl L. Steele, 35, of Quincy for Operate Motor Vehicle with suspended registration and Operate Uninsured Motor Vehicle. NTA 227James P. Mann, 47, of Quincy for FTA Theft, FTA Speeding and a new charge of Driving While License Suspended. 147Thilma P. Rosenberger, 55, of Quincy for Driving Without Headlights. 147Adam C. Snider, 36, of Quincy…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Gem City Breakfast Kiwanis held its annual Grant Day ceremony at the Kiwanis Shelter in Lincoln Park on Friday, May 16. James Kase, Grant Day committee chair, presented awards to 34 recipients from Quincy and the nearby area. The grants totaled $27,900. All grants were to assist programs or events that support…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Mayor Linda Moore has made her selections for the people who she wants to lead and be members of committees to work on a pair of projects she pushed for during her mayoral campaign. Moore has created a “Strategic Task Force on Housing” and a “Sports Commission.” Each committee includes members and some…
Read Full Article Kristine L. Perrine, 54, of Quincy for Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle at 12th and Chestnut. NTA 184James E. Gay, 80, of Quincy for Operate Uninsured Motor Vehicle, Operate Motor Vehicle with Suspended Registration and Driving on Suspended License. NTA 173Lashanda R. Louis, 45, of Quincy for Aggravated Battery with Great Bodily Harm, Aggravated Battery- Elderly…
Read Full Article Ashley talks to Mayor Linda Moore about the improvements being made to the nuisance abatement program, the new committees that will work on housing and sports tourism and recognized QPD’s new accreditation. Mercantile Bank brings you Minutes with the Mayor.
Read Full Article QUINCY — In observance of Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19, the City of Quincy and other Quincy services will operate on the following schedule: Quincy City Hall and Central Services will both be closed Thursday, June 19, and will reopen with regular hours on Friday, June 20. Quincy Transit Lines garbage collection will operate on…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County’s annual meeting will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 22, in the Stained Glass Gallery of the History Museum on the Square, 332 Maine. The business portion of the meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. followed by a tour of the museum’s construction…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, 128 N. Fifth, will hold its History Happy Hour on Thursday, June 19. Steven Belko from John Wood Community College will present “The Inauguration of the Imperial Presidency: Lincoln’s Abuse of the War Powers, a constitutional and legal assessment of the Civil War from the Union perspective.” The Civil…
Read Full Article Brayden Gabel, 19, of Quincy for Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Aggravated Fleeing, Driving While License Revoked, Criminal Damage to Property and Resisting a Peace Officer. Lodged 120/176Alexa Luteru, 27, of Quincy for Speeding at 11th and Broadway. 181Kale Eckhoff, 18, of Quincy for Speeding at Bonansinga and Kesler Park.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department received its recognition for completing its successful certification of the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program, or ILEAP. Macomb Police Chief Jeff Hamer presented the certificate to Quincy Police chief Adam Yates and members of his leadership team at Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. ILEAP is the process where law…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Amanda Wetzel, an information technology support associate at the SIU Center for Family Medicine – Quincy, recently was named the June Employee of the Month. Wetzel has been with SIU Medicine for a little more than a year and has made an impression through her dedication, positive attitude and technical expertise. She assists…
Read Full Article Brittany Boll and Randy Phillips take you inside the home of Larry and Susie Royalty at 1416 Locust. This house … has a past. It is known around Quincy as “The Monckton Mansion” where Leo Monckton reportedly hosted a friend from Chicago, Al Capone, on numerous occasions. This home was built for Charles Savage, manager…
Read Full Article Blessing Hospital A girl was born to Matthew and Lacey Bunch of Quincy at 1:46 p.m. May 29, 2025.A boy was born to Thomas and Brittany Weise of Quincy at 8:27 a.m. June 2, 2025.A boy was born to Lester Collier and Hailey Soebbing of Quincy at 5:58 p.m. June 3, 2025.A boy was born…
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