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QUINCY — When granted a day off from school, most teenagers choose to spend the day playing video games, watching Netflix or running around with their friends. Xavier Richardson and his friends Chris Tu and Austin Mondon are unlike most teenagers. Richardson, a freshman at Quincy High School, Tu and Mondon, both sophomores, teamed up…
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QUINCY — The lineup has been rearranged for the Sounds of Motown concert on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Oakley-Lindsay Center. G.C. Cameron, one of the original members of the Spinners, was scheduled to appear but cannot due to personal reasons. He has been replaced by Motown legend Gerald Alston and The Manhattans. The Grammy Award-winning group…
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Brittany stops by her favorite Hannibal haunt, Ole Wolfhound Pub, to talk about the comfort food fare just in time for fall and also in time for this weekend’s Hannibal Folklife Festival.
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Meet Scrappy! He is a year old and ready to steal your heart! With the best smile in town, and a heart full of love, he is ready to find his forever home! This boy is the biggest goofball, and lovebug all in one! Scrappy is neutered, microchipped, and up to date on shots! He…
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QUINCY — The cast for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” that will perform on the Quincy Community Theater stage recently was revealed. This musical retelling of the classic fairy tale features some of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most memorable music, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible” and “Ten Minutes Ago.” The cast is comprised of: Also…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — The Legacy Theater in Carthage brings a tribute to one of the top country duets in the nation with “A Night with Garth and Trisha” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19. Shawn Gerhard will portray Garth Brooks, and he will be joined on stage by Amy Pelton as Trisha Yearwood. Fans…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The George H. Riedel Foundation’s latest grant will help the Hannibal Arts Council provide a host of programs for Hannibal youth. These programs reach more than 500 children ages 3-17. The $10,000 award will help expand the IMPACT youth summer art camps for ages 9-11 and 12-14. It will also fund monthly…
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CARTHGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital’s Health and Wellness Teaching Kitchen’s fall edition of Balanced Bites: Cooking for Diabetes, which promotes diabetes wellness through healthy cooking, will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, in the Health and Wellness Center at Memorial Hospital, 1454 N. County Road 2050. Led by Kayce Fuhrman, registered nurse,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Exhibitors will fill the streets of Hannibal’s Main Street on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 and 20, for the Hannibal Arts Council’s 48th annual Hannibal Folklife Festival. Festival hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The two-day festival features artists, artisans,…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — Beau and Company LLC, an event venue located just off U.S. 61 outside of Palmyra at 7109 County Road 402, will be the site for live music by Soul Root on Saturday, Oct. 12. Gates will open at 6 p.m. with the band playing from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $10…
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Anniversary? What? The Scoreboard has been around forever! But it’s the first anniversary of the Patterson family owning the corner sports bar. Big celebration Saturday at 8th and York and Jimmie shows off some new bourbon selections.
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QUINCY- The golden age musical hit, “Hello, Dolly!” presented by Quincy Senior High School. The show will be presented on the QHS stage at 7:00 p.m. Nov. 6, 7, 8, and 9 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 10. Tickets go on sale October 21. Tickets are $20 for students, $22 for seniors, and $25 for…
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum to mark 166th anniversary of debate with musical presentation Thursday
QUINCY — October marks the 166th anniversary of Quincy’s Lincoln-Douglas debate. To recognize this anniversary, the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum at 128 N. Fifth will hold a History Happy Hour program on Thursday, Oct. 10, at the museum with a special musical presentation by author and musician Mike Anderson. Known as “The Dulcimer Guy,” Anderson is…
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QUINCY — The Friends of the Log Cabins will host ghost tours at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Lincoln-era Log Cabin Village on Quinsippi Island. These tours will feature ghost medium Kae Blecha, divining the presence of those who once inhabited these 19th-century cabins. Assisting her will be Jodi Kamradt and…
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Meet Sky! Sky is a gentle giant in the making! With her big gorgeous eyes and playful spirit, she captures hearts wherever she goes. At just 7 months old, this Great Dane mix is still a puppy at heart, full of energy, curiosity, and most of all, lots of love. Sky is always up for…
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QUINCY — John Wood Community College’s Fine Arts Department is presenting the “Haunted Hallway,” a Halloween exhibit, through Oct. 31 in the Heath Center Art Gallery on the Quincy campus at 48th and Harrison. This exhibit is free and open to the public Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to…
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QUINCY — Quincy University’s music department choirs will present their fall concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday in the Connie Niemann Center for Music at QU’s North Campus, 17th and Seminary Road. QU’s Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and a cappella group Hawks of Harmony will present a variety of musical selections such as “Festival Sanctus”…
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Gracie Woodward stops by to talk about her experience living at Heartland Christian Academy in Shelby County, Missouri and she takes a roadtrip with Brittany Boll back there.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Riedel Foundation of Hannibal has awarded a $5,000 grant to assist with the 2024-25 season of the Hannibal Concert Association (HCA). The HCA will use the money to bring six performances to Hannibal for the upcoming season, which runs from October 2024 until May 2025. The HCA has brought a variety…
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MACOMB, Ill. — To honor McDonough County’s connection to the Underground Railroad, Visit Unforgettable Forgottonia announces several upcoming events celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s legacy and impact in Macomb, including Unforgettable Lincoln Days and Macomb’s participation in Looking for Lincoln’s Journey To Freedom: Illinois Underground Railroad traveling exhibit. The following public events will inform and educate people…
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We are in sweatshirt in the mornings and t-shirt in the afternoons mode. Here’s “How’s the Weather up There?” from Farm and Home Supply.
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QUINCY — “With great power, comes great … wine!” No … “With great wine, comes great responsibility!” Wait, it’s … “With great whiskey, comes great power! With great wine, comes great whiskey?” For the love of Peter Parker, it’s something like that … (Hat tip to Spider-Man and his creator Stan Lee for the intro.)…
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QUINCY — The Range at KC will be the host of the first “Fore The Children” fundraising event on Saturday, Oct. 5, in honor of the Chaddock Children’s Foundation. This event will offer participants the chance to experience the new facility, with proceeds benefiting the programs and services of Chaddock. Teams of four will enjoy…
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BOOK NOOK: MRN’s Ron Kinscherf will be the guest author at Saturday’s Little Read at the Quincy Public Library. Ron talks to Madeline Brandon from QPL about that and everything else going on in a busy month of October.
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital Foundation is bringing back the October Moon Barn Dance at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, at Smokin’ Gun Hunting Lodge and Event Center, 995 E. County Road 1550 in Hamilton. Bocephus Wayne will provide the pre-show beginning at 7 p.m., followed by an A-List Nashville. The event will have…
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