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UPDATED: Adams County Sheriff's Department arrests juvenile in connection with death north of Quincy
QUINCY — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 15-year-old male juvenile in connection with the death of an elderly man. Just after 7 a.m. Thursday, a deputy with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department observed what was described as “suspicious circumstances” at a residence in the Gross Gables subdivision on the north side of…
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QUINCY — The John Wood Community College Board heard a report on progress being made on the Workforce Development Center expansion during its Wednesday night meeting. The Workforce Development Center (WDC) expansion project is assisted with a federal grant that was awarded to JWCC in June 2021. It’s a $6.1 million project with 50 percent…
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QUINCY — A strong, diverse and well-trained nonprofit board is crucial to the success of a nonprofit’s mission. The Tracy Family Foundation, John Wood Foundation and Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois have partnered to prepare high-quality board member candidates and provide a system through which nonprofits can identify and contact them. Available through the…
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Hannibal City Hall will close at noon today. Quincy Public and Parochial Schools Quincy University classes remote, all extracurricular activities are postponed. Hannibal Public Schools and Holy Family School Hannibal Head Start Dallas City Elementary Illini West Carthage Elementary Camp Point Central Hamilton Dallas City Elementary Brown County Schools Pleasant Hill Mendon Unity Griggsville Perry…
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QUINCY — Kohl’s is adding 400 Sephora locations in its stores this year, and one is coming to Quincy. The American department store retail chain announced Tuesday the list of locations that will add Sephoras across the U.S. this year. The Quincy store at 6100 Broadway is on that list. Barron’s reported the stores will…
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QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County and the Community Foundation serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri will announce the establishment of the City of Refuge Fund at a reception on Feb. 25 at the History Museum on the Square, 332 Maine. The event will be from 5-7 p.m., with at remarks at 6 p.m. The Foundation’s new fund honors Quincy’s…
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QUINCY — The cases for Bradley Yohn and Karen Blackledge remain on the March 7 jury docket, though DNA and fingerprint evidence yet to arrive from the state crime lab could potentially delay their jury trials. Blackledge and Yohn both made appearances in Adams County Circuit Court on Tuesday morning. When Judge Amy Lannerd asked…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board approved moving more than $920,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds at its meeting Tuesday night. The approved funding, provided by the federal government for COVID relief, was vetted by Bellwether, a consulting firm based out of Normal hired by the county to ensure all of the guidelines and…
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QUINCY — Enrollment for the 2022-23 school year is open for Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools. Blessed Sacrament, St. Dominic, St. Francis Solanus and St. Peter offer 3-year-old preschool through eighth grade. The QCES Foundation has opened applications for tuition assistance for the 2022-23 school year through the FACTS Grant & Aid Management System. Families may…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup’s proposal for Jason Finney appointed to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners ran into a snag during Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. Troup said in a Friday interview that Kerry Anders’ term expired at the end of January. Anders said in a Sunday interview he wants to fulfill…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup learned moments before Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting that a $350,000 cash balance accumulated by Quincy Township may be gifted to the city for its Small Rental Rehabilitation Program. “Awesome gift,” he said after Quincy Township Supervisor Cindy Brink made a presentation to aldermen. “Anybody else here have extra…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup plans to appoint former 3rd Ward alderman Jason Finney to the city’s Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, effective immediately for a three-year term, at Monday’s City Council meeting. Kerry Anders, who Finney would replace on the committee, isn’t quite ready to step aside. Troup said in a Friday…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man is in custody Sunday morning in the Hancock County Jail after he allegedly battered a women, stole a car and fled from Quincy before eventually being arrested in Hancock County. Officers from the Quincy Police Department were dispatched to 1000 N. Eighth in Quincy at approximately 11:17 p.m. Saturday in…
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QUINCY — Cameron Vaughan has been in the news quite often in the past month since she decided to speak out about Judge Robert Adrian’s reversal of his decision to find Drew Clinton guilty of one count of criminal sexual assault. Vaughan, who turns 17 in March, is in her final year as a student…
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QUINCY — A crowd of approximately 60 to 70 people marched in Washington Park on Saturday afternoon to publicly protest Judge Robert Adrian’s reversal of a ruling in a criminal sexual assault case. Armed with signs and wearing T-shirts that read “#standwithcammy,” the protesters marched around Washington Park chanting, “No Faith in Adrian,” “Stand With…
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Dear Muddy River News: Can I get Fritos to go with my taco dip and chili for my Super Bowl party? I’ve heard there’s a national shortage. If you’re headed to the grocery store this weekend, the short answer is yes. You should have plenty of Fritos available in Quincy to snack on during Sunday’s…
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QUINCY — Drew Schnack thought Wednesday’s interview of 16-year-old Cameron Vaughan of Quincy on the syndicated “Dr. Phil” talk show was “well done.” However, the Quincy attorney representing 18-year-old Drew Clinton, who was found guilty in October of criminal sexual assault but released in January after an Adams County judge reversed his verdict, had a…
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Executive director Megan Duesterhaus talks about the types of services that QUANADA (Quincy Area Network Against Domestic Abuse) offers, what people should do if they believe they are a victim of sexual or domestic abuse and her thoughts about the recent decision by Judge Robert Adrian to reverse a ruling in a criminal sexual assault…
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A public protest of Judge Robert Adrian’s reversal of a ruling in a criminal sexual assault case will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Washington Park. Expected to speak at the protest are Cameron Barnes, national youth director of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Kathy Entrup, president of the board of directors with QUANADA (Quincy…
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QUINCY — Quincy Park District officials discussed replacing the irrigation system at Westview Golf course during Wednesday night’s monthly meeting inside the organization’s Bonansinga Drive compound. David Morgan, director of golf for the district, detailed how a series of ongoing problems with the current system — coupled with its age — raise the need for…
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QUINCY — The progress made in the growth of the Quincy Children’s Museum brought Amy Peters to tears on Tuesday. As she read an announcement that the museum’s permanent location will be the former Quincy Paper Box building, 230 N. Third, Peters had to take a moment to avoid letting her emotions get the best…
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QUINCY — The national spotlight will once again shine on Quincy and the decision by a local judge to overturn a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case. Cameron Vaughan, the 16-year-old Quincy High School student who claimed she was raped by 18-year-old Drew Clinton last summer, will appear Wednesday on “Dr. Phil,” which airs…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council has received a special permit and rezoning request from Recovery Anonymous to locate a sober living facility on the city’s west end. At Monday’s Council meeting, City Planner Chuck Bevelheimer said a special permit is needed for the facility to be located at their desired spot at 1111 N.…
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QUINCY — A former Quincy businessman now living in St. Louis was formally charged Monday with four more counts of non-consensual video taping of females while they were showering at his office. John Rokusek, 59, was arrested Nov. 4 and now faces nine counts of unauthorized videotaping, Class 4 felonies, for the non-consensual video recordings of…
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QUINCY — The Historic Quincy Business District, also known as The District, is coordinating with several local small businesses for a “Shop Local Saturday” event on Feb. 12 to coincide with shopping for Valentine’s Day. The event aims to be a smaller-scale version of the annual Small Business Saturday observed across the country on the…
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