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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Chambersburg man is in the Pike County Jail on multiple drug charges after a traffic stop in Pittsfield. Chief Deputy Zack Orr with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop on a white 2001 Chevrolet truck at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 6 in the 1000 block of West Washington…
Read Full Article HANCOCK COUNTY, Ill. — A late night traffic stop led to an arrest for possession of a woman for controlled substance with intent to deliver. On June 4 just before 11 a.m., a Hancock County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop on a 2019 blue Ford F-150 on Illinois 336 near County Road 1350 North…
Read Full Article GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — A Griggsville man is lodged in the Pike County jail in connection with a May 26 incident. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched at 11:58 p.m. May 26 to a residence in the 400 block of South Pearl in Griggsville, regarding a home invasion. After an investigation, it was determined that…
Read Full Article Two arrested in Walmart parking lot in connection to several criminal trespassing cases last weekend
QUINY — A Springfield man and a homeless woman are lodged in the Adams County Jail in connection with criminal activity in Adams County. Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department found a U-Haul truck in the Walmart parking lot at 8:30 a.m. Monday, June 5. The truck was believed to be associated with several…
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Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Loaves and Fishes, a ministry of Harvest Outreach, hands out about 70 meals from 5-6 p.m. per weeknight. Many people go home on Fridays with a weekend box to make sure they will have food until the doors open again on Monday. The Loaves and Fishes program had a home at Helping…
Read Full Article QUINCY – United Way of Adams County will invest $690,000 in 26 local partner agency programs aimed at improving education, health and financial stability in Adams County. The grants were announced as part of the United Way Partner Award Breakfast held Friday at the Salvation Army Kroc Center Meadows Room. Nancy Bluhm, executive director of United Way…
Read Full Article QUINCY — You never know what you may come across when cleaning out your parents’ home after they have died. “There was a box full stuff from the 19th century,” Quincy native Jim Magner says. “My parents when they died … my brother and I cleaned up the house. We found old photos and stuff that they…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Career and Technical Center recently was awarded a $250,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Education as part of the passage of Missouri House Bill 3002. The Hannibal Board of Education, in its meeting on Monday, May 15, approved a financial match of the grant funds. Construction of a 60-foot…
Read Full Article This is the complete statement read by Sarah Reilly, Becky Bliefnick’s sister, on behalf of their family following the guilty verdict of Tim Bliefnick: We should not be standing here today. We should not be delivering this statement. We should not be living in a world where a crime like this is possible. We should…
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