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QUINCY — Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences, 3609 Marx Drive, will host its 33rd annual Teddy Bear Clinic from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The Teddy Bear Clinic is free and designed for children ages 3-6 and their favorite doll or stuffed toy. The clinic helps children realize the importance of good health…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Museum Folk Life Festival will be from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. This free family friendly event will feature a bounce house, face painting, a country market, vendors, demonstrators, a Mountain Man demonstrator, live reptile programs, the Quincy Kennel Club square dancing dogs, Quincy Police Department DARE…
Read Full Article QUINCY – Quincy University will honor its 2020 and 2021 Heritage Award recipients at an alumni dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Hall of Fame Room during Homecoming Weekend. Tickets for the dinner are $25 apiece. The Heritage Awards are the highest honor bestowed by Quincy University upon outstanding alumna or alumnus. QU has presented the…
Read Full Article Two years of free preschool? Two years of free community college? Sounds too good to be true. Maybe it is. Those proposals are part of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan. It is promising historic investments across all forms of education — from early childhood to college. The Associated Press reported Monday that the education…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — Two Quincy men have been charged with criminal trespass to real property, possession of burglary tools and theft over $500 after they were arrested by Hancock County Sheriff’s Department deputies. A property owner in rural Carthage reported a suspicious vehicle and two suspicious males on his property shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday.…
Read Full Article QUINCY – Joseph R. Coelho, professor of biology at Quincy University, recently authored a paper entitled “Sex, Bugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Insects in Music Videos.” Insect music videos are becoming increasingly common, using insects in a variety of ways — large numbers of insects, insects with human features or giant insects in either animation form, live…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Public Schools Foundation kicked off its annual fundraising campaign Thursday at Quincy High School, and it will continue through mid-January. This year’s campaign will continue with the traditional slogan of “Dream Big” to encourage faculty and staff to utilize their imaginations when it comes to potential areas for improvement and enhancement of…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Hannibal area resident Brittany James is teaming with local Christian radio station WGCA-FM 88.5 to coordinate a women’s conference Saturday at Town and Country Inn and Suites. The sixth annual Love and Fire Women’s Conference will be a day-long event, beginning at 8 a.m. Individual tickets and group rates are available, according to…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Brewing Company is celebrating its second birthday from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday with its third Makers Market. Sixth Street will closed between Maine and Hampshire. Twenty-five vendors will be selling furniture, clothing, accessories, food, apothecary, ceramics, art, clothing, books, candles, vintage upcycled wares and more. The Quincy Children’s Museum will…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County’s ghost tours of Woodland Cemetery, 1020 S. Fifth, will be offered throughout October. The walking event, scheduled on Saturdays plus Halloween night, will take you back into Quincy’s historic past. The tours will feature experienced guides who will lead you on two separate and entertaining tours through…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Adams County Health Department will be administering booster doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning Sept. 28 through Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Ambiance, 5225 Koch’s Lane. The booster doses will be administered based on the updated interim guidance about Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Public Schools Foundation supported the expansion of the QPS Child and Family Mentor Program through a grant of $18,000 awarded in September. The grant was made possible by endowments within the foundation from the Norma Tushaus Circle of Investment fund and the Walden Family Circle of Investment fund. Kent Embree, Foundation executive…
Read Full Article CHICAGO— The Illinois Municipal League (IML) elected officers and members to its Board of Directors at its Annual Business Meeting, held September 25, as a part of the 108th IML Annual Conference at the Hilton Chicago. The IML membership unanimously elected Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe to serve a one-year term as President. Also elected…
Read Full Article The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has selected Cape Air to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at the Quincy Regional Airport for a four-year term from December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2025. The four-year subsidy will cost $10.8 million. “The Quincy Airport is a vital part of the transportation system and supply chain of…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy Medical Group announced plans Monday for a birth center at the Quincy Town Center, 3301 Broadway. If the project is approved by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, QMG’s birth center will be the first of its kind in west-central Illinois and the fifth in Illinois. The birth center will…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The truck driver training program at John Wood Community College is having an open house at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Workforce Development Center, 4220 Koch’s Lane. Representatives from the program will give a brief presentation reviewing admission requirements, scholarships/funding options and career opportunities in the trucking industry. Attendees will learn about a…
Read Full Article The Quincy Business and Technology Center and Two Rivers Regional Council of Public Officials are offering a three-part Lunch and Learn series beginning at 11:45 a.m. Thursday at the QBTC, 301 Oak, with local business consultant Roger Leenerts. The first session will focus on basic problem-solving methods. “Unfortunately, there are always problems at work,” Leenerts…
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