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Quincy Mayor Mike Troup on May 24 said the city has spent about $150,000 on outside consultants and $500,000 for an encryption key to regain access to the city’s information services systems. The City Council approved May 23 an emergency payment for cyber security consulting, emergency purchases and retaining the firms of Mullen Coughlin, LLC,…
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The Blessing CEO discusses opposing Quincy Medical Group’s expansion at Quincy Town Center, gives an update on Blessing facilities and talks about how COVID has changed the way the healthcare provider works. MRN This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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QUINCY — Caitlin Dietiker, a Quincy woman accused of supplying fentanyl to a 21-year-old woman who died of an overdose in March 2021, has changed her mind again. She was set to enter a plea on May 11, but public defender Todd Nelson told associate judge Roger Thomson that Dietiker had “concerns” after talking with…
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QUINCY — Mark Lawrence pled not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court on two theft charges following an indictment by an Adams County grand jury on May 12. Lawrence appeared with his attorney, Don Schuering, before Associate Judge Roger Thomson on Wednesday. A status hearing was set for Aug. 17…
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QUINCY — Blessing Health System is asking for review of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board’s recent decision to approve the Quincy Medical Group small format hospital. In a Wednesday morning press release, Blessing officials say they filed the appeal of the certificate of need permit in Sangamon County Court on Tuesday, May…
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QUINCY — With only eight of 14 aldermen present at Tuesday night’s Quincy City Council meeting, most issues on the agenda were tabled. But three public speakers came before the council to talk about what goes on at the house of Jason Priest in the 2300 block of State. There have been two fatalities from…
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'No more feeling sorry for me': Amputee firefighter from Texas returns to hometown to tell his story
QUINCY — Gary Weiland never will forget the look on his kids’ faces. The Quincy native, now living in Ponder, Texas, and working as a firefighter in nearby Denton, was in a hospital bed in November 2018 after surgeons amputated his left leg below the knee. Complications from knee surgery in 2016 restricted the blood…
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LORAINE, Ill. — Two civil suits filed in Adams County Circuit Court claim County Line Swine, Inc., a 5,000-hog confinement in northern Adams County, and Carroll Family Farms, LLC, of Carthage, which owns the swine and provides feed for the facility, are operating the hog confinement with improper methods that have harmful impacts on local…
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QUINCY — Breeden Wike is facing at least one felony charge, according to Adams County State’s Attorney Gary Farha, but the 20-year-old Quincy man has not yet been charged because he remains a patient in Blessing Hospital with injuries he sustained in the Monday morning crash at 12th and Locust. An arrest warrant for reckless…
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QUINCY — Quincy native Gary Weiland will be signing copies of his children’s books, “Fischer’s Accident” and “Fischer Finds a Friend,” at Codex Books, 3734 Broadway, from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Copies will be available for purchase. Weiland released his first book, “Fischer’s Accident,” earlier this year. He released his second book, “Fischer Finds…
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Bob Gough sits down with the QMG CEO to talk about the timeline and work underway for Quincy Medical Group’s expansion at the Quincy Town Center and how yet another strain of COVID seems to be creeping upon us. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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QUINCY — The leadership of the Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools has released more information as they proceed toward a new model for oversight and operations for the city’s parochial school system. QCES has provided community and enrollment data, links to other school systems and studies they reviewed, and a list of frequently asked questions along…
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QUINCY — Roger Schwengel will be the featured speaker for the Memorial Day program at the Illinois Veterans Home at 10:30 a.m. Friday outside Markword Infirmary. Rick Gengenbacher will be the master of ceremonies for the event. The American Legion Post 37 color guard will present the colors, and the Silver Wings Band will perform…
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Blessing Hospital A boy to Dustin and Megan Huber of Camp Point at 4:44 p.m. on May 18.A boy to David and Linda Spillman of Quincy at 8:52 a.m. on May 21.A girl to Zac Taylor and Kailyn Day of Carthage at 5:11 p.m. on May 21.A boy to Kyle Mabie and Tabitha Sparks of…
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QUINCY —Blessing Hospital visitors will begin using an automated visitor and vendor registration process on Tuesday, May 31. It will enhance safety by allowing hospital officials to know who is in the building at any point in time. In a press release, David Parchim, security manager at Blessing Hospital, said, “We have access to reports…
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UPDATE AS OF 1 p.m. WEDNESDAY: The Adams County Coroner has identified Patricia Wardlow, 81, as the resident of the mobile home in the Rancho Vista Estates Mobile Home Park who died in the fire. QUINCY — An elderly person was found dead inside a mobile home after a fire early Tuesday night. Deputies with…
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QUINCY — Construction on South Eighth Street from Harrison to Van Buren will begin on Wednesday, May 25. South Eighth will be closed to traffic from R.J. Peters Drive to Jackson. Motorists should avoid South Eighth and detour around the closure via South 12th Street. The closure is expected to last for two months. The closure will allow for…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the city has spent about $150,000 on outside consultants and $500,000 for an encryption key to regain access to the city’s information services systems. In other words, $500,000 in ransomware. In a news conference Tuesday morning, Troup gave a timeline of events that have taken place since the…
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QUINCY — About 50 people attended an informational meeting Monday night to hear about a new private school being started in Quincy. A nine-member board led the presentation of the vision of The Ulmus Academy. The board is made up of parents with concerns about today’s educational system and the lack of input and control…
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QUINCY — The City of Quincy will hold a news conference Tuesday morning to outline “emergency payments” to be made for “cyber security” and “cyber cryptocurrency and ransomware” negotiation services. Mayor Mike Troup was absent from Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, but after aldermen voted on two resolutions, Director of Administrative Services Jeff Mays said…
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QUINCY — Judge Tad Brenner set the bond at $100,000 for a Quincy man charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Jonathan Graff, 31, made his first appearance Monday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court, wearing an orange and white jumpsuit while handcuffed and wearing shackles around his ankles. He was arrested Thursday night and is…
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QUINCY — A Chicago attorney from a national law firm issued a statement Monday morning on behalf of the city of Quincy and the Quincy Public Library, saying the cause of the May 7 cyber attack on the city’s computer systems has not yet been determined. City employees have not received or sent emails on…
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QUINCY — The Gem City Breakfast Kiwanis held its annual grant ceremony at the Kiwanis Shelter in Lincoln Park on Friday. Committee chair Eric Ervin presented awards totaling $15,000 to 20 recipients from Quincy and the nearby area to assist programs or events supporting children or young adults. The recipients were: Lollipop Plus Preschool Friends of the Log Cabins Transitional Kindergarten…
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QUINCY — A change Mayor Mike Troup wants to make in Quincy’s engineering, utilities and Central Services departments means bringing back a title the city hasn’t used in nearly 25 years. Aldermen tabled at last Monday’s meeting of the City Council an appointment by Troup of Steve Bange as engineering manager. They want to vote…
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