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GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — Millions of eyes from around the world will be watching Super Bowl LVII — and the commercials — on Sunday. Five-year-old Bennett Willard of Griggsville doesn’t care much that he will be in one of those commercials. “I’m not sure he understands it,” Brock Willard, Bennett’s father, said with a laugh. “The…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Business owner April Azotea came before Hannibal City Council on Tuesday evening to question the conditions of City Clerk Angel Zerbonia’s administrative leave. Zerbonia has been on paid administrative leave since November because of accusations of a hostile workplace. The council voted in January to hire an outside agency to conduct an…
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QUINCY — Four months after moving in October to the former Kirlin’s Hallmark building at 532 Maine, owner Alex Craig is looking for a buyer for Codex Books. “Codex Group is pivoting,” Craig said. “We do healthcare services primarily, and we’re focusing more on the expansion of that division. That’s required more of my time. I just can’t…
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QUINCY — During a surprisingly short hearing Tuesday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court, Judge Tad Brenner granted Public Defender Todd Nelson’s motion to remove two cases against a Springfield man from the March jury docket. Against objections from Bradley Yohn, 35, Brenner removed a case involving a Class 3 felony charge from Oct. 14…
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HULL, Ill. — A Hannibal, Mo., man is facing drug charges after a recent traffic stop. A deputy sheriff for the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, while working for the Village of Hull, conducted a traffic stop at 1:53 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, on a blue 2008 Mercury SUV on State Highway 106 in Hull. After…
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QUINCY — Alderman Mike Farha, chair of the city’s Finance Committee, called the city’s recent insurance issues with Blue Cross Blue Shield a “failure of leadership.” Robert Megee, an officer with the Quincy Police Department and president of the PB&PA Unit No. 12, the bargaining union that represents all city police officers, says he believes…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council agreed Monday night to add 10 properties to the city’s the fix-or-flatten program. Four of the properties are in the city’s 7th Ward. Six of them are in the 2nd Ward. The properties are at: The original list had 12 properties. Director of Inspection and Enforcement Michael Seaver said the original list…
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QUINCY — A Michigan man who was found not guilty by a Quincy judge of criminal sexual assault in 2021 had a request for the records in his case to be expunged denied by a different judge. Drew Clinton, 19, of Taylor, Mich., appeared before Judge Roger Thomson for Wednesday’s hearing in Adams County Circuit…
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Mark McDonald and Randy Phillips visit with members of the Quincy Society of Model Engineers about their love of trains as they show you all of the amazing displays. Dot Foods brings you Muddy River Gems.
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PALMYRA, Mo. — Susan Stark, a resident at Maple Lawn Nursing home who is in her 90s, is the author of several cook books. This was recently celebrated by the nursing home when they took several recipes from her cookbooks and created them, with Susan helping teach along the way. After that, she did a…
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QUINCY — An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday, Feb. 2 for Aaron J. Gallaher of Quincy for a charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm. Gallaher, 19, is a white male, 5-foot-6 inches tall, 130 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. His most recent address is in the 2500 block of Rebecca Court. The Quincy…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Kristin Washington, 37, of the 4000 block of State Street in Quincy, was sentenced Monday, Jan. 30 by U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough to four years in federal prison, to be followed by a 4-year term of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine in Quincy. Washington was indicted in October 2021 and pleaded…
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DURHAM, Ill. — An apparent ice fishing accident on Saturday led to the death of two people in rural Hancock County. The Hancock County 911 Center received a call at approximately 3:44 p.m. Saturday reporting two people in the water from an ice fishing accident at a rural farm pond near Durham. Emergency services arrived…
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MRN Editor David Adam talks to Trevor and Todd Friye from Bergman Nurseries as their business transitions from a mix of retail and commercial landscaping to more of an emphasis on the commercial aspect. TI-Trust sponsors the Business Spotlight.
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NEBO, Ill. — A 13-year-old has been taken into custody and charged with unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle and no valid driver’s license. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched at 7:13 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1 to a rural area located between Nebo and Pearl in reference to a suspicious vehicle left…
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QUINCY — Attorneys on both sides were asking Thursday morning to set a November trial date for Eighth Judicial Circuit Judge Robert Adrian before the Illinois Courts Commission. However, the meeting coordinator was a little leery about waiting that long. Attorneys for Adrian and the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board met for a public video pre-hearing…
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Dear MRN, My husband recently attended a basketball game at Quincy University. He said they stood for the National Anthem to be played, and another song with indistinguishable words was played first. I called the Health and Fitness Center, and they said it was the NCAA inclusion song. The only song I found under that…
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HANNIBAL — The Riedel Foundation, and other supporting local businesses, will help young entrepreneurs in a new program set to start this fall. The program was announced at the Riedel Reception Thursday evening where recipients of Riedel funding from 2022 gathered to celebrate the previous year and look forward to the 2023. The Riedel…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man turned himself in to the Quincy Police Department on Thursday morning in connection to an incident early Sunday morning at the Harrison Pub. Officers with the Quincy Police Department and Adams County EMS were dispatched to the bar at 1701 Harrison at approximately 12:30 a.m. Sunday in reference to an…
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The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the City of Quincy has received a $4 million loan for wastewater treatment to reduce sewer overflows being discharged into the Mississippi River. Quincy will use the funding for the second phase of a three-phase project. The project will consist of improvements to increase excess flow treatment of…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two years after being arrested, a Quincy couple pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor charges stemming from the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Christina Gerding and Jason Gerding pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating and picketing inside the Capitol building. They will be sentenced on May 16 and could face…
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QUINCY — A Springfield man defending himself in a November 2021 sexual assault case complained and argued about multiple motions during a hearing Tuesday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court, but he left the courtroom mostly unsatisfied after 90-plus minutes. Bradley Yohn, 35, is defending himself against charges of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — After a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, the case against Hannibal attorney Tyler White — accused of attempting to tamper with a victim in a felony prosecution — will move forward to trial on a date to be announced. White allegedly approached Kaylee O’Toole before a preliminary hearing on June 13 in a…
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QUINCY — Maya Mexican Restaurant, 4420 Broadway, must pay $42,000 in unpaid wages, damages and penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act in which the business shortchanged the pay of 11 workers of overtime and minimum wage for a two-year period. U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage…
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