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QUINCY, IL. – Bruce Guthrie, executive director for The District, has announced today the downtown advocacy organization has filled two positions as he prepares to move to the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce next week. The District’s Board of Directors has selected Emily Lombardi as its Director of Economic Development and Jeremy Ledford as Director…
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QUINCY — John Wood Community College Workforce Development Center, 4420 Koch’s Lane, will be the site of an OSHA 10 General Industry training class from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. The class will provide information to entry level general industry workers about their rights, employer responsibilities, and how to identify, abate,…
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QUINCY — Quincy Public Library has expanded the Quincy Historical Newspaper Archive, thanks to the support of the Quincy Herald-Whig and the Oakley Foundation. The archive now features all Quincy newspapers published from 1835 to 2020, expanding the service by almost 100 years. “The newspaper archive is one of the most used digital resources,” QPL…
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Greg Miller of Diamond Construction talks about road construction and how his family business has thrived for 75 years. Business Spotlight it sponsored by Cason, Huff & Schlueter Insurance.
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QUINCY — City Hall will be closed on Thursday in observance of Veterans Day and will reopen Friday for regular business hours. Central Services will be closed Thursday. Garbage, recycling and yard waste will be picked up on Thursday. Quincy Transit Lines will operate on its normal schedule Thursday.
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QUINCY — Brenda Fleer, assistant principal for curriculum and instruction at Quincy Junior High School, was named as the winner of the 2021 Dream Big Staff Choice Award on Friday at an event at Flinn Stadium. The Dream Big Award is the Quincy Public Schools Foundation’s highest award. It is reserved for the person or…
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QUINCY — Free tai chi classes are held Tuesday and Thursday mornings on the first floor of the Quincy Senior Center, 639 York. A new class starts at 9 a.m. Nov. 9, and a seated tai chi class for less mobile people follows at 10:30 a.m. Tai chi helps with balance, strength, memory improvement and stress reduction — and it’s a…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Jury selection in the first-degree murder trial of a Mount Sterling man is scheduled to begin Dec. 6. However, plenty of work remains to be done before the trial begins. John M. Dean, 42, of Mount Sterling, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the June 14, 2019…
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What is the longest red light in Quincy? What determines the length of red lights? Muddy River News reached out to the engineering departments for the city of Quincy and the Illinois Department of Transportation for help with this question. Mike Boll is the traffic signal coordinator for the city. He works with the inspection,…
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QUINCY – Quincy Mayor Mike Troup, Quincy University President Brian McGee and several others boarded the Illinois Zephyr this morning as part of a special celebration. Communities along the corridor of Amtrak’s Illinois Zephyr route from Quincy to Chicago are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the state-sponsored passenger rail service today. The Quincy City…
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For the second time in 33 days, WGEM-TV has terminated the employment of one of its male on-air anchors. Dylan Austin, anchor of WGEM’s 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, was reportedly told Monday by management his services were no longer required. Ben Van Ness, vice president and general manager at WGEM, was asked by…
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The Hannibal City Council has taken steps to change the definition of the term “galleries” as it is used in the city’s zoning ordinances. The issue was broached during a meeting earlier this year after a resident asked to be allowed to place an art gallery in a residence. The owner had asked for a…
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QUINCY – Gail Simmons of Kalamazoo, Mich., was added in October to the Quincy University Board of Trustees as its newest member. “Simmons’ impressive background in higher education as a faculty member and executive will allow her to make many important contributions to Board deliberations,” Del Mitchell, chair of the QU Board of Trustees, said in…
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When the Quincy City Council first approved the Quincy Workforce Relocation Assistance Program (Q-WRAP) in August, Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said he hoped the program would be so successful that he would be back before the Council to ask for more funding. At Monday night’s City Council meeting, the mayor asked and the aldermen answered.…
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QUINCY — After working in the restaurant industry for 20 years, Rebecca Lee always had wanted to own her own restaurant. “It was just one of those dreams that never happened,” she said. Until now. Monday was the first day for Lil’ Abnors Omelette Shack at 938 Maine in the former Pops Pizza building. Lee…
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BARRY, Ill. – Dave Forshey bought a vehicle service contract with St. Louis-based CarShield in June 2020 to cover any problems with the motor, engine and transmission in his 2011 Ford F150. “I told them my truck had more than 289,000 miles on it,” he said. “I really didn’t think they’d take (the policy). That’s…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Public Schools Foundation has created a partnership with local restaurants called “Dine to Dream Big” from Nov. 1-5 to raise funds for the annual Dream Big campaign as part of the larger “Week to Dream Big” campaign blitz. A portion of each participating restaurant’s proceeds for the day will be contributed to the foundation. The schedule is: Monday:…
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Bob Gough talks to Bruce Guthrie, who will be moving from The District to the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce in November.
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QUINCY — Quincy University dedicated a campus street clock in honor of president emeritus Phil Conover in a ceremony on Friday. The “Conover Clock” was dedicated in honor of Conover’s service to the university community as a volunteer, trustee and president. “Phil Conover has made many profoundly important contributions to Quincy University over a long and distinguished career,” said Brian…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Fire Department is offering drive-through trick-or-treating on Halloween at Central Fire Station, 906 Vermont, from 4-7 p.m. on Sunday. Parents can pull into Central Fire Station driveway off Ninth Street. Cars can drive through the station. Kids will be entertained by Halloween decorations as they receive treats. Firefighters at neighborhood out-stations…
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QUINCY — Bigger and better. That’s what Terry Traeder is envisioning in 2022 when it comes to the Grand Prix of Karting at South Park, plus the regular bi-monthly competition at TNT Kartways in West Quincy, Mo. “I think the growth in both will continue,” Traeder said. Traeder is a former world champion karter who…
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QUINCY — Bob Weirather has been interested in astronomy since he was 10 years old. “I would take a cardboard tube that you find in a roll of wax paper and said, ‘This is my first telescope,’” he said. “I put plastic lenses in them, made a telescope, and I’d watch a jet airplane take…
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QUINCY — A yellow giraffe with polka dots named Flower Girl likes to play video games. Flower Girl’s favorite video game involves tractors with flowers. Flower Girl’s friend, a brown cheetah named Cheety, wants to come over to play video games. A red lion named Tiger also wants to play games, but Tiger’s sharp teeth…
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QUINCY — The Blessing Bariatric Institute has earned the status of nationally accredited metabolic and bariatric surgical center from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The accreditation includes an obesity medicine designation and covers…
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Quincy School District Board of Education meetings were moved to the Quincy High School cafeteria to accommodate larger groups of people when they were showing up to speak regarding QPS’s COVID policies. But at Wednesday night’s meeting, there were only about a dozen people in attendance and three people spoke for about 30 minutes to…
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