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QUINCY — Mark Wolters caught the travel bug when he was a student at Quincy High School, taking advantage of a local Rotary program and studying overseas in Australia and Finland. After graduating from QHS in 1994, Wolters attended the University of Illinois in Champaign and continued to seek educational opportunities outside the United States, ending up…
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Republicans say they are still as united about the upcoming election as they were at their national convention in Milwaukee last month, despite surge of enthusiasm for the Democrats’ new presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris. “Republicans are ready,” state party chair Kathy Salvi told reporters at the Illinois State Fair Thursday.…
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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — A Mount Sterling, Ill., man who was charged in March 2023 with attempted homicide pled no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge earlier this week. Seth Beavers, 34, appeared in Okaloosa County Circuit Court on Monday before Judge Terrance Ketchel for what was scheduled to be a pretrial conference. Court…
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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. Walter D. Horton and Naomi F. Horton of Basco sold a residence at 110 W. Main…
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Carl Hancock, 40, of Quincy for Trespassing to Real Property.Jessica Wand, 38, of Quincy for FTA Shoplifting.Katey Turner, 32, of Quincy for Failure to Reduce Speed.Jordon Stickler, 20, of Quincy for Fail to Reduce Speed.Cameron D. Lewis, 26, 3020 Lawerence Rd. for Violation of Order of Protection at 603 N. 13th. Lodged 132Jeffrey T. Bennett,…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man was arrested Wednesday on an Adams County warrant for aggravated battery of a pregnant person and domestic battery in is lodged in the Adams County Jail. Officers with the Quincy Police Department, deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department and members of the West Central Illinois Task Force executed a…
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QUINCY — Pickleball for PINK, a fundraising event for breast cancer support, launches Friday and Saturday, Aug. 16-17, at Quincy Racquet Club, 3336 State. The event is dedicated to raising funds and awareness for breast cancer support systems through the breastcancer.org charity. Pickleball for PINK is centered around an indoor pickleball tournament to rally the community to…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — The Tracy Family Foundation and Mount Sterling Community Center YMCA are the hosts of the fourth annual Brown County Comedy Night on Saturday, Oct. 19. This year’s event, featuring performances by Marty Simpson and Sean Reynolds, will be held in the Brown County High School auditorium. The event is appropriate for…
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QUINCY — Two Rivers Regional Council of Public Officials recently announced a representative of the TRRC Workforce Development Department will be on John Wood Community College Quincy campuses one day a week to meet with current and prospective TRRC clients enrolled at JWCC. Beginning Aug. 20, a TRRC Career and Employment specialist at the information…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department will kick off a traffic safety campaign on Friday, Aug. 16, aimed at reducing impaired driving, distracted driving and failure to use seat belts. This high-visibility enforcement initiative will run through the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 3, encompassing Labor Day weekend. “We want our community to understand the importance…
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QUINCY — About 35 people from Quincy’s boating community attended the Quincy Park Board meeting Wednesday night to learn more about a possible advisory referendum that could help determine the future of Art Keller Marina. No plans for the referendum were determined, but boaters learned from Park Board President Mark Phllpot that a boating committee, suspended…
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QUINCY — Quincy Park Board President Mark Philpot said the Quincy Park District will honor an agreement made with Darin Dodd, founder of Qtown Tournaments, to make $50,000 worth of improvements in 2025 to one of the two T-ball fields in the Wavering Park complex. “It was on paper, and we gave our word,” Philpot…
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QUINCY — Quincy Park Board Commissioner John Frankenhoff took a moment during Wednesday’s Quincy Park Board meeting to clarify an issue involving the parking lot at the Paul Dennis Soccer Complex. Representatives from Diamond Construction informed Rome Frericks, executive director of the Quincy Park District, and Matt Higley, director of parks, in July that when…
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PRINGFIELD – Democrats gathered in Springfield Wednesday for their annual rally at the Illinois State Fair amid a surge of enthusiasm and a renewed sense of optimism about their chances of retaining the White House in November. “There’s a new level of energy in this effort,” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin told reporters just before the…
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Members of Sonya Massey’s family and their attorneys called a news conference Wednesday to push for federal and state legislation in the wake of Massey’s shooting. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump called former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson “a ticking time bomb waiting to explode,” but also blamed a system that failed to heed…
Read Full Article Melissa R. Flavell, 36, of Quincy for Illegal Pedestrian Use of the Roadway at 5th and Washington. NTA 151/107Vincent C. Davis, 46, 429 Yule Ct. for Driving on suspended license. NTA 110Arthur J. Khollman, 32, 1619 N. 3rd for Criminal Sexual Assault and Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse. Lodged 109
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QUINCY — A Hannibal man charged with attempted first-degree murder in August 2022 pled not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court. Jayshon A. Levy, 21, appeared with Public Defender Mark Taylor before Judge Holly Henze. He has been charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, a Class X felony…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Art Center welcomed two high school students, Ivy Liesen and Grace Messan, as youth employees this summer through the Illinois Arts Council’s Summer Youth Employment program. Both students played significant roles in the education department assisting with summer youth classes and community outreach initiatives Liesen, a 17-year-old student at Central High…
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UPDATE: Upon review of the evidence obtained during this investigation along with interviewing witnesses, the Adams County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release late Wednesday afternoon that no signs of a traffic crash have been located and the injuries to the juvenile appear to be consistent with a fall from a bicycle. The incident…
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QUINCY — The arraignment for a Quincy man charged with four felonies in connection with a July shooting in the TJ Maxx parking lot at the Prairie Crossing Shopping Center has been pushed back a week. Alan C. Pacheco, 21, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court Tuesday morning with attorney Ryan Schuenke before Judge Holly…
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QUINCY — John Wood Community College is offering extended hours at its Quincy campus at 48th and Harrison to help students complete their enrollment process before classes begin on Aug. 19. To accommodate students’ busy schedules, key student services will remain open later through Aug. 20. Extended Hours Schedule: JWCC will return to regular hours,…
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QUINCY — Citing a lack of tangible progress regarding concrete plans moving forward, the Adams County Board voted to pull back the $200,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding it had previously committed to the Riverfront Development Corporation. The money was to be used in conjunction with a state grant to bury power above-ground Ameren…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board has approved the first grant allocations from the $1 million set aside for housing out of American Rescue Plan Act dollars. There were 21 applicants for the Growing Residential Opportunities County-Wide (GROW) program and 17 were awarded funds totaling $740,000. The Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF) vetted the…
Read Full Article Audrieanna N. Givens, 35, of Canton, Mo., for FTA-Failure to Yield Right of Way at 5th and Spring. Lodged 147Arien N. Clay, 35, 825 N. 6th for Improper Lane Usage. NTA 186Aliyah M. Morrison, 19, 1014 Jersey, for Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle and Operating Motor Vehicle with Suspended registration. NTA 173
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