Illinois
QUINCY – The Quincy Public Schools Foundation was the host of the 12th annual Night to Dream Big Gala at the Oakley-Lindsay Center in Quincy as part of the Dream Big Annual Campaign fundraiser Friday. It also honored a teacher who died last month after a long battle with cancer. Jenni Moran was a special education…
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QUINCY — The dates for filing nominating petitions for a seat on the John Wood Community College Board of Trustees are Nov. 12 through Nov. 18. Petitions must be filed in the office of the president on the second floor of the JWCC Student/Administrative Center on the campus at 48th and Harrison in Quincy. Hours…
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ADAMS COUNTY, Ill. – On Oct. 30 and 31, The Adams County Sheriff’s Office conducted compliance checks on more than 50 registered sex offenders in the county and that led to one arrest. John H. Wilson, 18, who lives in the 500 block of North Sixth, Quincy, was arrested Friday as he was allegedly out…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Dot Foods, Inc., is launching its second year of its Focus on STEM program, aimed at providing West Central Illinois school districts with the tools and education necessary to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. Throughout the 2024-25 school year, Dot employees, in collaboration with representatives from the Learning…
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MENDON, Ill. — The Unity High School Class of 1956 held its annual meeting at Sprout’s Inn on Oct. 12. Of the 30 classmates still living, 13 attended the meeting. This core group of 13 has been meeting yearly since their 50-year reunion in 2006. The 50-year reunion, held at a barn south of Bowen…
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QUINCY – Just before 6 p.m. Friday, the Quincy Fire Department responded to a call at 425 N. 14th Street with a reported fire in the basement. As crews arrived on the scene, it was reported that all occupants were out of the house and there was heavy electrical arcing on the exterior of the…
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Messages found on Rodhouses' phones show discussions about sex with son, submissions and punishments
WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — An eight-woman, four-man jury listened Friday afternoon to 3½ hours of text and Snapchat messages discovered on the cellphones of Austin Rodhouse and his wife…
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WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Another woman testified Friday morning during the Austin Rodhouse trial about how he gave her “Austin massages” when she was a child. However, this woman…
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WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — She cried when she walked past her son when she entered a courtroom in the Pike County Courthouse on Friday morning. She cried again as…
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Jeffrey L. Walton, 34, Palmyra, M0., for FTA-Driving 11-14 Above Limit at 2900 State. Lodged 122Kari Chandler of 1432 State reports her 2018 Honda Pilot’s rear windshield was damaged overnight on 10/22. 113Rashad L. Snoddy, 32, 520 N. 5th for Domestic Battery and Possession of Weapon by Felon. Lodged 134Nicole M. Luthin, 34, 1011 S.…
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Chicago – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has charged a Loraine, Ill. man with the dissemination of child sexual abuse material. The case is part of the attorney general’s collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. The Attorney General’s office charged…
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QUINCY — Jersey Mike’s recently made a donation of $7,500 to the Chaddock Children’s Foundation after its grand opening celebration on Sept. 25-29. Through a campaign where customers used a special promo code or coupon, a percentage of sales went directly to Chaddock. In a press release, Scott Miller, owner and operator of SamCo Management,…
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QUINCY — First Bankers Trust Company, N.A. (First Bankers Trust), a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Bankers Trustshares, Inc., recently announced the appointment of Kelly Kern as senior vice president of finance and accounting, effective immediately. In her role, Kern will spearhead the finance and accounting and technology services departments, focusing on the development and execution…
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Model railroad by Quincy Society of Model Engineers to be on display Dec. 7-8 at Good Samaritan Home
QUINCY — The Quincy Society of Model Engineers will hold a model railroad open house Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7 and 8, at Good Samaritan Home. Viewing hours on Saturday are noon to 5 p.m. with Sunday hours of noon to 4 p.m. The open house will offer operating layouts, displays and information. For more…
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WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Much of the first two days of testimony in the Austin Rodhouse trial in Pike County Circuit Court has centered around his wife and their…
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WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Jurors in the Austin Rodhouse trial, which entered its fourth day in Pike County Circuit Court, watched a video that took them through Rodhouse’s Pleasant…
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QUINCY- Justin Snow plead guilty to two, class two felonies of criminal sexual abuse of a person under 13 in Adams County Circuit Court Thursday morning. The plea agreement is the maximum sentencing of seven years, to be served concurrently. Snow will be registered on the National Sex Offender registry. An order of protection was…
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QUINCY — Blessing Health orthopedic surgeon and joint revision specialist Dr. Sean Moroze, will discuss the causes of arthritis and available surgical treatments during free educational presentations in Hannibal on Tuesday Nov. 5, and on Thursday, Nov. 7, in Quincy. The arthritis and joint replacement presentations will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.…
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QUINCY — The Salvation Army is taking applications in Quincy for Christmas food baskets and the Angel Tree program through Monday, Dec. 2. People living in Adams, Pike, and Brown counties in Illinois with children ages 18 and under or seniors over age 60 are invited to register for assistance online at www.SAAngelTree.org or in…
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WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Five more people testified on behalf of the state on Wednesday during the third day of the Austin Rodhouse trial in Pike County Circuit Court,…
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WARNING: This story includes descriptions of explicit violence and graphic sexual content that may be considered profane, vulgar or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Some simply couldn’t watch, while others looked at the ground. Some took deep breaths, and others held their breath. Several members of the eight-woman, four-man…
Read Full Article Donald Gash, 86, 1721 Nieders Lane for failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash at 24th and Ohio. 122 Randy Hussong, 70, 2130 Harrison St. for failure to yield – private drive. 122Shana Williams, 51, 620 Madison St. for failure to yield – alley way and no valid DL in the 800 block of…
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QUINCY — The Miss Quincy Scholarship Program is recruiting delegates for the Miss Quincy and Miss Quincy Teen competition, set to take place on Jan. 11 at Quincy Community Theatre. This event is as an official local preliminary to the Miss America Competition, the largest source of scholarships for women in the United States. The…
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QUINCY — Register now for one or both no-cost diabetic health screenings and a virtual 5K run/walk offered in November in recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month. Kvitle Eye Care Associates, along with the Blessing Diabetes Center, is offering a no-cost diabetic eye screening on Friday, Nov. 1. Diabetic retinopathy is a condition that damages the…
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