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You can start tapping your toes as early 11:30 as if you’d like on Friday’s in Quincy. Noon Blues presented by HomeBank kicks off the music in Washington Park. Gerry Lunt plays at 11:30 a.m. and Steve Rees at 12:30 p.m. Pack a lunch or grab something to go from one of the The District’s…
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QUINCY – A spot once famous for fried chicken, catfish, burgers and frozen fishbowls of beer will soon be serving up hot dogs and video gaming if approved by the City of Quincy. Charles Hull purchased the property on the southeast corner of 18th and State in May. Elder’s Restaurant stood there from 1970 to…
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QUINCY — HyVee stores at 3700 Broadway and 1400 Harrison are joining other Hy-Vee stores across Central Illinois on Saturday and Sunday to raise funds for the 17th annual Quincy to Peoria St. Jude Run. Customers will have the option to round up their totals in the checkout lanes, with the extra amount being donated to…
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by Jim Dewey HANNIBAL – Utility vehicles will soon be allowed on Hannibal streets. The Hannibal City Council has given second and final reading to an ordinance that will allow UTVs to operate on most city streets. City Attorney James Lemon says the vehicles will not be allowed on highways. The vehicles must be inspected…
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Kelly Mays was unanimously approved to be Quincy’s next alderman by the Quincy City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. The Council met on Tuesday this week due to the July 4 holiday. Mays was nominated by a 4-3 vote among Adams County Republican Central Committee members and that was forwarded to Mayor Mike Troup, who…
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QUINCY — The executive committee of the Adams County Board can move forward with three projects that will be paid for with money the county has received from the American Rescue Plan Act. Bret Austin, finance chairman for the Adams County Board, said in Monday night’s executive committee meeting that representatives from Bellwether LLC in…
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MRN GM/Publisher Bob Gough talks with Steve Lucie and Nikki Buehler, who are working toward schools being mask-optional for the upcoming school year.
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by Jim Dewey HANNIBAL – Hannibal’s new official Tom and Becky were named during ceremonies following the annual Fourth of July parade. Jaxson Lay and Greta Welch will be the official Ambassadors for the city until next July when their successors are selected. Jaxson Lay, son of Matthew Lay and Edie Graupman, is the official…
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Matt and Abby Howard are high school sweethearts who got married in July 2019 during their sophomore year at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Abby (Biswell), who graduated from Quincy (IL) High School in 2017, was traveling to the Muny in St. Louis to perform in summer theater programs when she met Matt, a…
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Sisters expand online business to storefront in ‘The District’ By MELISSA SHRIVER A local online business is putting down roots in Quincy’s downtown shopping district. The Mom Bod Boutique will hold a grand opening for its store inside the Maine Center, 535 Maine, Suite 4B, on Saturday. The owners of the Mom Bod Boutique, sisters Maggie Hazelrigg and Katie…
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During the “Freedom Fest” on July 3 and 4, participants may NOT park on City Lot J; Hampshire St., Front to 2nd St. and Front St. from Vermont St. to Hampshire St. There will be permitted parking signage for restaurant customers.
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QUINCY — Quincy University surpassed its $1 million QU Fund goal for the 11th consecutive year, bringing in $1,027,740. The results were announced at a celebration on Wednesday. The QU Fund is comprised of unrestricted giving and gifts for academic departments, student clubs and organizations, and the athletic department. “I am so grateful for the…
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Starting at 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, State Street between South 8th and South 9th Streets will be closed to through traffic. This section will re-open to traffic by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 2. The road is being closed to allow for the replacement of a water service line in the area. Motorists are reminded to…
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QUINCY – At Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, one of Quincy’s three Police and Fire Commissioners gave an update on the search for the city’s next fire chief. Barry Cheyne, who is on the commission along with Kerry Anders and Steve Meckes, said the commission will spend part of next week conducting in-person interviews of…
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QUINCY — Record-breaking sales in 2020, combined with supply chain problems for getting fireworks out of China this summer, have led to a shortage in fireworks across the United States as the Fourth of July approaches. However, two businesses in Missouri say they have plenty of fireworks available. “We’re really in pretty good shape,” said…
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QUINCY – Muddy River News has learned that Maxamillions will no longer attempt to get a liquor license to place another gaming parlor in Quincy, this one at 19th and Jefferson. Tanner Freiburg said he has dropped the request, which was to go before the Quincy City Council at tonight’s meeting. The Quincy Plan Commission…
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QUINCY — City Hall will be closed on Monday, July 5 in observance of Independence Day. City Hall will reopen Tuesday, July 6 for regular business hours. Central Services will be closed Monday, July 5. Garbage and recycling will not be picked up on Monday, July 5. The route normally picked up on Monday will…
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QUINCY – The Quincy School Board approved a plan for a new physical education class for freshman athletes at Quincy High School. The class is for one hour per day and will focus on strength and weight training, flexibility, yoga, fitness, agility and leadership. It is optional for student-athletes and not required. The proposal, presented…
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The Quincy Humane Society has selected Pilar Brumbaugh, the organization’s current Community Relations and Fundraising Director as its new executive director. Brumbaugh will succeed Reggie Freel, who is stepping down at the end of July. “(Brumbaugh) brings a fresh, new perspective to the Quincy Humane Society. With the full support of the board, Pilar will…
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An Adams County Jury has found a 25-year-old Champaign, Illinois, man guilty of being an Armed Habitual Criminal according to a news release from the Adams County State’s Attorney’s office. The jury took 20 minutes Tuesday afternoon to find Tywone Mitchell, 25, guilty of the Class X felony. Prosecutors dropped three other counts before the…
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QUINCY — Sarah Reynolds initially declined the offer to participate in the Quincy Fire Department’s Citizen’s Fire Academy. “I said I’d have to look into it,” she said with a laugh. “I just thought the fire department was the fire department. I had no idea what they do.” She does now. Reynolds is one of…
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Joel Box, who played basketball for both John Wood Community College and Quincy University and used that fame to start basketball camps and train players, faces sentencing on theft charges next month. Box was arrested in the summer of 2019 in Rockford and then pleaded guilty in March of this year to one count of…
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Beginning Tuesday, June 22 work will start on the reconstruction of Jersey Street from South 4th to South 5th, which will result in that street being closed to through traffic. Closure is expected to last through October. The project includes replacing the water main, manholes, pavement, sidewalks, and lighting along Jersey Street. The sidewalks need to…
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Following last week’s marathon City Council meeting that was mostly centered on the issue, Quincy Mayor Mike Troup wasted no time in putting together a committee to look at the possibility of rental property registration in the city. Troup himself will lead the committee, which will eventually have 10 people. It also includes four aldermen,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The members of Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund Board learned at a Monday meeting that the pension fund portfolio had a total value of $44,226,832, a 24.4 percent rate of return for the last 12 months and an 11.3 percent rate of return for the past five years. That’s the good news. But the…
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