Hancock County, Illinois
URBANA, Ill. – The University of Illinois Extension recently welcomed Amy Lefringhouse to serve as a natural resources, environment and energy educator in Adams, Brown, Hancock, Pike, and Schuyler counties in Western Illinois. County Director Shelby Crow says this position involves a partnership with John Wood Community College. “We are proud to serve local residents with expertise and education in specialized areas…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating the death of a Carthage man whose body was found just outside of the Hancock County town on Sunday. The body of Darren K. McGrew, 27, was found just hours after a missing persons report was filed with teh Carthage Police Department Sunday morning. Hancock County…
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QUINCY — The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri recently elected Lance Grady as its new board chair and welcomed Douglas Palmer and Julie Shepard to its Board of Directors at its annual meeting. Palmer is the president of Culver-Stockton College. “I am excited to join with a group of community-minded and…
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Quincy Public School District Quincy’s Catholic Schools St. James Lutheran School Quincy University — Remote Learning Day Hannibal Schools Camp Point Central Dallas City Elementary Remote Learning Day Griggsville-Perry CUSD No. 4 Hamilton Illini West Liberty Payson Pike Co. Christian Academy Pikeland CUSD No. 10 Pleasant Hill Southeastern Warsaw Western CUSD 12 Canton R-5 Douglass Community…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Medical Clinic, 630 Locust in Carthage, now offers dry needling by Katie Ruebush. Dry Needling is used to decrease pain, increase range of motion and improve muscle function. Ruebush was trained in dry needling through “Evidence In Motion” for Level I and Level II Functional Dry Needling, which consisted of 54…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Farm and ranch women are generating a cultural tide in American agriculture that is moving management, assets and opportunities to a new wave of farmers across the country. Through Annie’s Project courses, women in agriculture become empowered to be successful through education, networks, and resources. The next course in west-central Illinois begins…
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate fell 0.4 of a percentage point to 5.3 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased by 22,800 in December, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and released by IDES. The preliminary report for November monthly payrolls was revised from 19,500…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Teegan Rex Hickey was born on Jan. 4, becoming the first baby delivered at Memorial Hospital in 2022. Teegan, who weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and measuring 19 inches tall, is a son of Victoria Moore and Dylan Hickey of Macomb. When deciding where to deliver their first baby, Moore…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital recently expanded the rehabilitative services offered to inpatients by staffing a full-time physical and occupational therapy team. Physical therapist Tonya Dooley, occupational therapist Chevie Lay, physical therapist assistant Rachael Woodside and certified occupational therapy assistant Mary Lou Sadler have joined the team to provide therapy services at Memorial Hospital. This…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists recently awarded accreditation to Memorial Hospital Laboratory in Carthage, based on a recent on-site inspection part of the CAP’s Accreditation Programs. The facility’s medical director, Dr. Jason W. Barnes, was advised of this national recognition and congratulated for the excellence of the provided…
Read Full Article Memorial Hospital in Carthage and Quincy Medical Group submitted an application on Nov. 17 to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services as part of the Healthcare Transformation Collaboratives Public Act, which allocates $150 million annually for healthcare transformation collaboratives through 2027. The application proposes to establish a collaborative named the Ideal State Collaborative.…
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LaJOLLA, Calif. — Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Ill., recently received the 2021 Summit Award: Provider of Choice at the Custom Learning Systems Healthcare Service Excellence Conference. The Summit Award is the highest award of excellence presented at the HCSEC. It is awarded to qualified, innovative and progressive people, teams and healthcare facilities who have made…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Medical Clinic Carthage’s hospital campus location plans to have a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 4-6 p.m. on Dec. 10. Children ages 5 through 11 can receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at this time, by appointment only. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has received emergency use authorization from the…
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Ada Bair, chief executive officer at Memorial Hospital in Carthage, received the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network’s highest award for exemplary and visionary leadership in rural healthcare, the Presidential Award, during the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network’s annual conference on Nov. 18 at the I-Hotel and Conference Center. As a registered nurse…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital’s fitness center, Focus Fitness, will have a health fair event in celebration of its first birthday from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at 103 Randolph. This open house will have prize drawings, giveaways and the opportunity for membership sign-up and renewal. The event will include a mini-health fair with a variety of…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Medical Clinic Carthage-Hospital Campus will be the site of a COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic from 4-6 p.m. Friday. People must sign up online at mhtlc.org or call (217) 357-2173 to schedule an appointment. To qualify for this booster, people must: have received the Moderna vaccine in the past have had their…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Medical Clinics recently launched a mental health service line. Shellie Wear and Tammy Teel now are providing mental health services with offices located at Memorial Medical Clinic Carthage – Hospital Campus, 1450 N. County Road 2050. Wear, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, received her certification from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville in…
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Matthew Kirby submitted these photos of the annual Hannibal Band Day field show. The parade and field show celebrate local high school marching bands and is usually held on the second Tuesday in October.
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. – Memorial Medical Clinic Carthage-Hospital Campus will be the site of a COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 15. To receive the booster, people must sign up online at mhtlc.org or call (217) 357-2173. Booster vaccines will be administered by appointment only. To qualify for this booster, people must have: received the Pfizer…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital recently acquired a tent from MABAS, the state emergency management group. It is located outside of the Emergency Department entrance. MABAS is an acronym for Mutual Aid Box Alarm System. MABAS of Illinois offers a statewide mutual aid response system for fire, EMS and specialized incident operational teams. MABAS has…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. – Memorial Hospital Foundation, along with Memorial Hospital, Carthage System-Professional Swine Management and Carthage Veterinary Service, will be the host of the Lights of Joy holiday parade at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 2. This parade, featuring local tractors, trucks and side by sides, decorated with holiday décor and lights, will move west on…
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BAYLIS, Ill. — John Wood Community College held its 18th annual Ag Alumni Association Livestock Judging Invitational on Sept. 17 at the JWCC Agricultural Education Center. The event was sponsored by ADM Animal Nutrition and Moorman’s ShowTec and hosted by JWCC Agriculture Alumni Association and Livestock Evaluation Club. Two-hundred and sixty students from 20 Illinois and Missouri high schools, FFA and…
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HAMILTON, Ill. — Peters Heating and Air Conditioning recently donated $1,250 to Hancock County Fights Cancer. Customers are encouraged to request Peters’ pink van for any service call. When they do, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the fight against breast cancer. Since the creation of the Pink Van Campaign in 2015,…
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Three Blessing Health System rural health clinics have been granted reaccreditation with exemplary provider status by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ partner organization, The Compliance Team, the authorized national healthcare accreditation organization for rural clinics. The clinics earning the honor are the Palmyra (Mo.) Clinic, the East Adams County Clinic in Golden, Ill.,…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital has added certified registered nurse anesthetists Steven Knight and Bryon Sobczak to the surgical and obstetrics team. Knight received his master of science degree in nursing and nurse anesthesia from Bradley University in Peoria in 1992. “I am thrilled to join a team that is so thoroughly committed to providing…
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