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QUINCY — Milestones are subjective sometimes. We try to recognize our launch anniversary every year (April 30, 2021) but when I hit “publish” on this post, it was the 10,000th post on Muddy River News. We have tried to create content that is informative, thought provoking, interesting or fun. Hopefully, you’ve found something on MRN…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – The life of a local family was forever changed on June 23. Kaitlin Noonan, 24, became paralyzed from the chest down when her bicycle brakes failed while riding the Sodalis trail in Hannibal. After nearly three months of rehabilitation at University Hospital in Columbia, Kaitlin recently came home. Kaitlin’s parents are Joe…
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QUINCY — Quincy University launched its 2023-2024 QU Fund Drive with a $1.4 million goal Tuesday at the QU Center for Legal Studies. Last year, the QU Fund Drive surpassed its $1.3M goal in support of campus improvements, technology enhancements and student scholarships. The QU Fund is comprised of unrestricted gifts to the university and…
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QUINCY — As soon as Chuck Scholz saw a photo of the key, he knew the answer to the question. A Sept. 11 story on Muddy River News asked the question, “Did Mr. Cub ever receive a key from the city?” Heritage Auctions, an American multi-national auction house based in Dallas, auctioned several items from Banks’…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – At the Hannibal City Council meeting Tuesday night, Mayor Pro Tem Mike Dobson praised the community for the warm welcome given to the LST-325 landing ship tank, which docked in Hannibal last Thursday. Dobson reported that 12,317 people toured the ship over the weekend, and Saturday was the LST’s biggest day on…
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QUINCY — Relief should eventually come to motorists from the recent spike in gas prices, but they will likely need to be patient. The price of a gallon of gas in Quincy recently soared past $4 a gallon, but Patrick DeHaan, the senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com, told Muddy River News he expects the pain at…
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QUINCY — Forty-five years ago, a group of Quincy Jayceettes, made up of wives of members of the Quincy Jaycees, were armed with mops, brooms and buckets as they stormed the castle sitting on the Mississippi River bluffs with the noble intention of cleaning and re-opening the building. What they found out was a good…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup plans to provide aldermen at next week’s Quincy City Council meeting a financial accounting of insurance premiums paid to Coalition Health and claims reimbursed to city employees from Jan. 1, 2022, to July 31, 2023. Troup said after Monday’s meeting that City Treasurer Linda Moore, Comptroller Sheri Ray, Corporation…
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NEW LONDON, Mo. – Travelers through Ralls County, Mo., will soon see signs honoring veterans who were wounded or killed in combat. Senior Vice President George Befort III and Finance Office Walter Schley of the Military Order of the Purple Heart recognized Ralls County as a Purple Heart County in a ceremony on Sept. 14…
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Amber R. Johnson, 38, last known address in the 400 block of East Center in Loraine, is wanted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Department for receiving, possessing and selling a stolen vehicle. Johnson is 5 foot, 1 inches tall and 110 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. If you know where this fugitive can…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Three new Sunshine Heroes will be honored this month as advocates continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Missouri’s landmark Sunshine Law. The Missouri Sunshine Coalition plans a Sept. 23 awards presentation for its 2023 Sunshine Heroes: Tony Messenger, columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Diann Valenti, St. Louis County clerk and St.…
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QUINCY — A mass exodus of prisoners from the Adams County Jail did not happen Monday morning when Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to eliminate the cash bail system. Judges no longer can hold people in jail pretrial unless he charges them with specific, serious felonies and they pose a safety or…
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QUINCY — A Tex Mex chain that opened its first restaurant in Iowa City, Iowa, and now has more than 70 locations in 13 states is coming to Quincy. Pancheros Mexican Grill, headquartered in Coralville, Iowa, will fill one of three spaces for retail businesses in a building on the northeast corner of 30th and…
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QUINCY — Blake Wolf discovered Up-Down, a St. Louis arcade bar, while attending college in Edwardsville. Up-Down features more than 60 arcade games from the 1980s and 1990s, pinball machines, four classic skee-ball alleys and Nintendo 64 console gaming. Wolf and his buddy Jonathan Mellon discussed opening an establishment of their own while they were growing up in…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Emily Trevathan, real estate agent and owner of Twisted Juniper Yoga in Hannibal, left Hannibal as a young adult in search of other opportunities . “When I left, I adventured. But alas, here I am. I came back home,” Trevathan said. “Hannibal is a place where dreams can come true. Twisted Juniper…
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Attorney Dan McCleery of McCleerly Law talks to MRN’s Ron Kinscherf about personal injury practice and other aspects of the law. Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY — Two Quincy men are in the Adams County Jail after a man was stabbed Friday night. Quincy Police Department officers responded at 11:12 a.m. Friday to 1005 Broadway for a report of a stabbing. Once they arrived on the scene, officers located a male with a stab wound to his chest in the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – The USS LST 325 that arrived at Omaha Beach in Normandy during the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944, pulled up to the shore along the Hannibal riverfront on Friday morning, The ship is available for tours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Sunday. The 328-foot-long landing ship was in…
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Louie Demers enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1941 and honorably served his country in World War II as well as the Korean War. And he just turned 100. MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to Louie about his long and very fruitful life. Muddy River News is furnished by Harvey’s.
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QUINCY — A 42 year-old Quincy man was arrested this week as he visited the Quincy Police Department to complete his sex offender registration. Bryan L. Shuck, 1609 Cedar, went to QPD headquarters on Sept. 13, at which time he was taken into custody and interviewed regarding an August report of an alleged theft by…
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QUINCY — A request by a member of the Quincy Riverfront Development Corporation for a $100,000 donation to help bury Ameren power lines was not well received by commissioners during Wednesday’s Quincy Park Board meeting. Rick Ehrhart spoke to the seven-member board at the beginning of the meeting. The project calls for the lines to…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park Board plans to move forward with the likely acquisition of the Paul Dennis Soccer Complex, 4201 State, after discussing it Wednesday night in closed session. Park Board President Jarid Jones said the seven commissioners directed attorney David Penn to look into acquiring the property. The Quinsippi Soccer League is no longer…
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NEW LONDON, Mo. — Chad Elliott, 21, will serve seven years in prison for first-degree assault after a Ralls County jury found him guilty in connection to the death of Taurean Snoddy. However, he was found not guilty of murder in the second degree. Elliott’s jury trial began Tuesday morning in the Ralls County Courthouse…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Public Schools Foundation announced a $250,000 goal for its annual Dream Big fundraising campaign during an event Thursday night at Quincy High School. Alums Tim (Class of 1986) and Wendy (Class of 1987) Koontz are the honorary chairs for this year’s campaign. Superintendent Dr. Todd Pettit, QPSF Executive Director Heidi Lanier…
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LaHARPE, Ill. — Two LaHarpe residents were arrested Tuesday, Sept. 12 and charged with theft, a class 3 felony. Dollar General regional management contacted the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to report employees who had stolen felony amounts from the store. An investigation, in cooperation with Dollar General management, was conducted. Arrests…
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