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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council’s unanimous vote on Monday night to approve a $7.112 million annual property tax levy ordinance, creating a tax rate around 96 cents per $100 of assessed value, was called “historic” by Mayor Mike Troup. The levy is approximately $588,000 less than was collected this year. Last year’s rate was…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Brandon M. Lord of Barry pled guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 6 in Pike County Circuit Court to the offense of child pornography, a Class X felony, and was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Lord, 29, also received felony probation for the offenses of unlawful possession of methamphetamine…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A six-week criminal investigation of the theft of equipment from a local farm implement dealer resulted in the Nov. 25 arrest of an Auburn, Ill., man who had committed other crimes in three other states. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department was contacted Oct. 11 about the theft of multiple zero-turn lawn mowers. …
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QUINCY — Quincy Police made an arrest Saturday morning involving a suspect in multiple package thefts throughout the city. At 10 a.m. Saturday, officers spotted Ashley Allen, who they knew to have active arrest warrants, in the area of Fifth and Cherry. Allen fled on foot but was located later in the day. Officers located…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – A northeastern Missouri farm is making sunflower oil amid a global shortage linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Family-owned and operated Show Me HH Farms of Hannibal offers cold-pressed sunflower seed oil, a primary cooking oil in many parts of the world. Sunflower oil’s light yellow color, mild flavor and ability…
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QUINCY — A Quincy woman was seriously injured in a Friday afternoon crash north of Quincy. A 2016 Chevy Cruze driven by Stacy Meyer, 49, of Quincy, was stopped on Illinois 96, just north of U.S. 24, facing south just before 3:30 p.m. The Adams County Sheriff’s Department said Meyer attempted to make a U-turn…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man facing three counts of first-degree murder did not accept a plea deal on Friday, and his hopes of obtaining private counsel before his case goes to a jury next month is in question. Devere Gholston, 27, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court on Friday afternoon before Judge Debra Wellborn. Gholston…
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J. Robert Gough talks to the new director of Quincy Regional Airport, Chuck Miller, about new runways, new solar panels and what he thinks of the community upon his arrival. Ron Kinscherf also talks to Mark Cestari with Southern Airways Express, Quincy’s new commercial flight service, about providing a link to Chicago and St. Louis.…
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QUINCY — The Fourth District Appellate Court upheld an April 1 ruling by Judge Amy Lannerd in which she dismissed a charge of aggravated driving under the influence by Natasha McBride of Quincy in an Aug. 14, 2020 crash that killed four people. The appellate court’s ruling was filed Monday. McBride allegedly ran a traffic…
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QUINCY — Chuck Miller, director of Quincy Regional Airport, says Southern Airways Express will offer an experience for passengers that’s completely different from what they’ve come to expect in the past six months. “Well, they have airplanes available,” he said. “They have pilots. And so far, they have flown the exact schedule that they have published.” Miller…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. —The unusual lighting that Hannibal residents may have noticed around town Monday night had nothing to do with Christmas. Representatives from the United Steelworkers were using the union’s “bat signal” projector to shine a message on walls throughout the city. They arrived from Pittsburgh, hoping to stir up conversation about the contract situation for…
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QUINCY — A 25-minute movie on the Vice Network’s YouTube page reviews the flooding of the Mississippi River in West Quincy, Mo., during the summer of 1993 and whether James Scott is actually innocent of the crime he was eventually convicted of. The midwestern section of the United States was submerged in 1993 by extreme…
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QUINCY — The money has been raised and construction completed, and the ceremonial ribbon was cut on Tuesday, Dec. 6. The Teresa Adams House in Quincy soon will welcome its first guests, offering discounted daytime and overnight accommodations for patients and their families seeking healthcare in the Quincy area from any provider. The house is…
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QUINCY — Amy Lannerd, an avid sports fan, used a baseball terminology to explain the move from her position as a judge in the Eighth Circuit Court to becoming a justice in the Fourth District Appellate Court. “Trial court judges call balls and strikes,” she said. “As an appellate court justice, we’re instant replay.” Illinois…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council will vote next week on a $7.112 million annual property tax levy ordinance that would create a tax rate around 96 cents per $100 of assessed value. “Property taxes paid next year are going to basically be less than they were this year by about seven percent, maybe eight…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted Monday night to approve a recommendation from the Plan Commission to subdivide (dividing one lot into eight) a property at 5100 Chestnut under the “small tracts” provision of the Subdivision Ordinance. The eight-lot subdivision is on a 10-acre tract of land east of the Lake Ridge Subdivision on…
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QUINCY — Maria Rench announced Monday she is resigning as executive director for the YWCA of Quincy housing program. Rench’s last day will be Dec. 16. She will begin her new position on Jan. 4 as vice president of FosterAdopt Connect, which works with children and families in the child welfare system in Kansas and Missouri.…
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The holidays are all about celebrating what’s good, but that doesn’t mean scammers are taking a vacation. Better Business Bureau takes this opportunity to remind consumers that con artists see busy, over-burdened shoppers as likely targets for their schemes. Common scams during the holidays are: Online shopping scams Everyone wants to get the best deal on gifts,…
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QUINCY — The ceremonial ribbon will be cut and a public open house held at the recently built Teresa Adams House at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. The open house will last until 2 p.m. The house will offer discounted daytime and overnight accommodations for patients and their families seeking healthcare in the Quincy area…
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Fr. John Doctor is the vice president of mission and ministry for Quincy University. He is also the spiritual director for Quincy Cursillo. J. Robert Gough talks to Fr. Doctor about Advent, campus ministry and Catholic retreats making their way back from the COVID shutdown. MRN This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Five people facing first-degree assault and second-degree murder charges in connection to the death of a Hannibal man on Oct. 9 have pleaded not guilty. Tiara Bonner, Jason Anderson, Jordan Payne, Thomas Payne and Kaelin Rickey all made appearances by video from the Marion County Jail during their arraignment before Judge Rachel…
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Ron Kinscherf talks to Gary Boots with Playsmart playground systems about how playgrounds have evolved from monkey bar death traps and slides that burned your butt in the sun to safe, enjoyable fun for kids. TI-TRUST sponsors the Muddy River News Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY — April Wiley remembers sitting in the Adams County Jail and learning on Feb. 11, 2021, about her sentence to Adams County Drug Court. Police had arrested her four times in the past two years on possession of meth charges. She was 42 years old at the time and had been addicted to meth…
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The Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce will induct two business leaders at its Business Hall of Fame Ceremony on Wednesday, January 18 2023 at 11:30 am at the Oakley Lindsay Center. The Business Hall of Fame was started in 2006 to honor current and past business leaders, businesses and organizations, who have made important contributions…
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QUINCY — The one-week filing period for petitions for candidates for the Quincy Park Board begins Monday, Dec. 12. People to be considered a candidate for the Quincy Park District’s Board of Commissioners must have 157 signatures on a petition. Candidates also must complete and file a Statement of Economic Interest form that is filed…
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