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QUINCY — A Springfield man pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to charges of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault and residential burglary. Bradley S. Yohn, 34, was arraigned in Adams County Circuit Court, where he waived a formal reading of his charges and made his plea before Judge Amy Lannerd.…
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HARTFORD, CT – Ask most Tri-State residents what comes to mind when they hear the name “Mark Twain.” You’ll probably get recollections from Hannibal’s most famous son’s growing-up years: visions of connived fence-painting, treks in forbidden caves, the endless lure of the Mississippi River, and perhaps even a misplaced (but celebrated) jumping frog. The more…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved an ordinance amending the city’s municipal code for video gaming licenses, bringing them more in line with the Illinois Liquor Control Statute. Aldermen approved one small change before voting on the ordinance Monday night, increasing the fee for an individual video gaming terminal to $200 from $100. The…
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QUINCY — A St. Louis man was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to throwing a cat against a wall in 2018, recording it and sending the video to his wife. Trevor Moncrief, 35, was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals. He was living in Quincy when the…
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QUINCY – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Monday the Quincy Memorial Bridge (U.S. 24) will open Tuesday. Normal traffic patterns will return to the Bayview Bridge and the Quincy Memorial Bridge, though lanes may be closed to remove traffic control devices. All lanes are scheduled to be open by the end of the week. The $7.25…
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QUINCY — Klingner & Associates, P.C., and the Quincy Park District will receive a 2022 American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois Excellence Honor Award for the extension of the Bill Klingner Trail in Quincy. Klingner’s design was one of only 10 projects granted an Honor Award – one of the highest project awards issued. …
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Beginning Dec. 1, Muddy River News will present a series of stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899 when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history. This series is written by Carolyn Freas Rapp and dedicated to her mother-in-law, Lucille Middendorf Rapp, whose…
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The government watchdog group, Better Government Association, has updated its salary list for school districts across Illinois, with the latest information from 2019. For Quincy School District 172, salaries for 470 teachers and administrators are listed. Some, such as Carol Frericks, have left the district since 2019.
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QUINCY — Patients with advanced colorectal cancer will benefit from a national grant received by Blessing Health System’s Clinical Research Department. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The $99,500 grant from Pfizer Global Medical Grants and the Association of Community Cancer Centers will improve processes that contribute to the ordering of…
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QUINCY — Looking for an artificial Christmas tree for the holidays? Good luck. Worldwide supply-chain bottlenecks and shipping delays are wreaking inventory havoc for big box stores, resulting in a Christmas tree shortage. “All the artificial trees are sitting in a harbor off the coast of California,” said Butch Augspurg, who along with his wife…
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QUINCY — Two old college friends have reunited in Quincy to open a restaurant specializing in lunch sandwiches, morning drinks and a welcoming atmosphere in the city’s southwest section. Even bigger plans are in the works for neighboring buildings on the northwest corner of Eighth and State. Caitlin Murray and Brian Stitt recently opened the…
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QUINCY — Jeff Scott believes enough is enough. Scott, one of the operators of the family owned Scottie’s Fun Spot at 8000 Broadway, said the business is cracking down on youth-related rowdyism and vandalism. Anyone under 18 years old must now be accompanied by a parent or guardian while on Fun Spot property. The only…
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QUINCY — The District’s annual ChristKindl Market will be open Dec. 3-5 at Dick Brothers Brewery, 929 York. The market will kick off with a preview night party from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 3, followed by 10 a.m. to 4p.m. on Dec. 4 and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 5. The market will feature nearly…
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board had several reasons to be in a good mood when it met Tuesday night. It was the board’s last meeting before celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. It also heard a report from the finance committee that had long-time board member Carol Nichols gushing, The finance committee, which met Monday, heard…
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The Quincy Notre Dame Kindness Club organized a QND Food Drive which raised more than $5,200 in November. QND students, staff, families and friends participated in this drive, which benefited Quincy Catholic Charities. Members and moderators of the QND Kindness club presented a check for $5,200 Monday to Kevin Williams of Quincy Catholic Charities.
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The City of Quincy has announced that Deputy Chief Adam Yates has been honored by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police (ILACP) by being designated as a Certified Eligible Police Chief through the Association’s Police Chief Certification Program. This designation signifies Yates has met the highest standards of competency and conduct for his profession.…
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QUINCY – The work that went into adjusting the City of Quincy’s ward boundaries was all for naught. A proposed map that would’ve slightly tweaked the boundaries, with Wards 2, 4 and 5 being the most impacted, was defeated at Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting. 2020 Census figures revealed Quincy’s population had dropped from…
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QUINCY — A court appearance scheduled for Monday in the civil case of 2×4’s for Hope vs. Mark and Chris Lawrence was postponed. The two parties and their attorneys will meet with Judge Scott Larson in a case management conference at 10 a.m. Dec. 13. The parties and their representatives meet with the judge to…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Pike County Clerk Natalie Roseberry is tired of working around information technology problems in her office, so she reached out to Adams County for a solution. The counties are working on a proposal for an intergovernmental agreement giving Adams County the authority to oversee IT infrastructure and be the administrator of services…
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QUINCY — City Hall will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. City Hall will reopen Monday for regular business hours. Central Services will be closed Thursday and Friday. Garbage and recycling will not be picked up on Thursday. The route normally picked up on Thursday will be picked up…
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QUINCY — John Wood Community College’s Workforce Development Center, 4220 Koch’s Lane, will be the site of a forklift class from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 1. The class is open to the public. No application is necessary. People are required to make a reservation to attend. This course consists of classroom and hands-on…
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QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County is offering Christmas candlelight tours of the Gov. John Wood Mansion this year. This popular Quincy tradition allows visitors to step back in time and enjoy the beautifully decorated Greek Revival home of John Wood, Quincy’s founder. Pandemic restrictions are forcing the tour group size to…
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MRN Publisher/GM Bob Gough talks with Adams County State’s Attorney Gary Farha. Muddy River News This Week Furnished by Harvey’s.
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Barb Rowell, who directed the Quincy Community Theatre for nearly a quarter-century and led the transition from a small neighborhood facility to a fully-functioning community theater, has died. She was 85. From the Quincy Community Theatre: “All of us at QCT were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Barbara Rowell, Managing Artistic Director…
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QUINCY — Transitions of Western Illinois recently received a three-year grant of approximately $573,287 from the Illinois Department of Human Services to provide mobile crisis response services to the counties of Adams, Hancock and Pike. “The mental health agencies in the counties of Adams, Hancock and Pike currently offer telephone crisis services and walk-in crisis…
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