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QUINCY — The first order of business after arriving at Chicks on the River Monday afternoon was to raise a glass to Mom. Nineteen months after Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt, was heinously attacked in her home on Nov. 9, 2021, her four adult children gathered to celebrate the end of the nightmare and a chance…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn was determined to convince an Adams County jury he was not the man who sexually assaulted Christina “Tina” Lohman Schmitt and invaded her home on Nov. 9, 2021. He started his closing statement by telling the jury he would call the person who actually committed those crimes of a “piece of…
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QUINCY — Josh Jones and Laura Keck were getting a little nervous. Testimony was complete and closing arguments had been delivered in the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault case Monday morning in Adams County Circuit Court. The two assistant state’s attorneys were awaiting the jury’s verdict while relaxing in the basement of the courthouse in…
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QUINCY — An Adams County jury took 2 hours and 45 minutes to find Bradley Yohn guilty of all six felony counts at a trial that lasted a week. Yohn was charged with home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking and aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon — all Class X felonies — that…
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QUINCY — An Adams County jury began deliberation Monday afternoon in the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault trial. The 10-man, two-woman jury has been charged with determining the guilt or innocence of Yohn, 36. He is facing charges of home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking,…
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QUINCY — The criminal sexual assault trial of Bradley Yohn had strange twists and turns last week, but no one can predict what is coming Monday when Yohn continues his defense in Adams County Circuit Court. Monday will be the sixth day of Yohn’s trial before a 10-man, two-woman jury. Yohn, 36, is charged with…
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MENDON, Ill. — Eight contestants will compete for the title of 2023 Miss Adams County Fair Queen on Wednesday, July 26. The Little Miss and Mr. Adams County Pageant starts at 6 p.m., followed by the Miss Adams County Fair Queen Pageant at 7 p.m. The Adams County Fair runs from July 26 to Aug. 1 at…
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QUINCY — Officers with the Quincy Police Department were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the 900 block of Hampshire at 2:25 a.m. July 16. Upon arrival, officers located and collected evidence from the scene. No one was injured and no property was damaged during the incident. A report from the Quincy Police…
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QUINCY — The 8te Open food truck now has a storefront home. Owners Jared and Kim Tipton are bringing life back to the corner of 601 Maine. The former location for Grown and Gathered has sat vacant for more than two years after a plan to convert it into a Pickelman’s Pantry Organic Test Kitchen fell…
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The President/CEO of Titan International talks about he business climate, the Quincy wheel plant and doing business in Illinois (which he has good things to say about). Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.
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The president of John Wood Community College talks about how he is fitting in at the college and his plans moving forward.
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After getting her bachelor’s degree in News-Editorial Journalism from the University of Illinois-Champaign, Sandy Murillo, after just ten years, is the Associate Producer for Chicago’s Lighthouse Media. Her responsibilities include handling the programming and operations for Chicagoland Reading Information Services (CRIS) Radio. Murillo, 35, is also the Lead Developer for new show concepts and initiatives.…
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QUINCY — Bradley Yohn spent several minutes during his defense in his criminal sexual assault trial on Friday attempting to show proof that Tim Schmitt did not make a 911 call on Nov. 9, 2021 — the night his wife was allegedly assaulted by Yohn and an accomplice. Later in the day, however, Yohn introduced…
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QUINCY — Quincy Police arrested a man earlier this week for possessing child pornography on his social media accounts. QPD began investigating Cooper Davis, 23, of 3421 Lawrence Road in June. On Tuesday, officers executed a search warrant and took Davis into custody. Police also confiscated numerous electronic devices from the home. Davis was lodged…
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QUINCY — Experts in shoe impressions, DNA testing and fingerprints from the Illinois State Police helped the prosecution wrap up its case Thursday morning during the Bradley Yohn criminal sexual assault trial in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn began his own defense on Thursday afternoon by mostly rehashing testimony already presented by the prosecution. Yohn,…
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The Bradley Yohn trial continues and we have Thursday morning’s testimony
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QUINCY — Traveling youth sports is a big business that Quincy has been mostly left out of for many years, primarily due to a lack of facilities. But some would like to see Quincy play catch-up and are willing to put their own money behind it. Darin Dodd of QTown Tournaments spoke during the public…
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QUINCY — Throughout the testimony given during the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial on Wednesday, the defendant dropped hints of his own defense strategy to come. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated on criminal sexual assault, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and…
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QUINCY — Assistant State’s Attorneys Josh Jones and Laura Keck showed video, photos, evidence and science discovered in its prosecution of the Bradley Yohn sexual assault trial as they laid the foundation of their case Wednesday in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn, 36, is charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon, home invasion predicated…
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PIKE COUNTY, Ill. — A Hannibal motorcyclist stopped on Illinois 106 because she ran out of fuel eventually was jailed on two drug offenses. Ryan Rouse, a deputy with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, was dispatched at 10:33 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 to a traffic hazard on Illinois 106, west of 345th Street. Upon arrival, Rouse…
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QUINCY — Niemann Foods held the grand reopening for the rebrand of its North 24th Street store. NFI President/CEO Rich Niemann, Jr. talks about the company’s plans for the location.
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