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PUBLISHER’S NOTE: What are your thoughts on the topic of abortion? Please click the link to take part in MRN’s survey on the issue. Voting closes Friday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m. HANNIBAL, Mo. — Women on both sides of the abortion debate found common ground on one thing Tuesday night. Facts are important. Trish…
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Muddy River News transaction information is obtained from Illinois Real Estate Transfer Declaration forms accompanying recorded documents. Dates provided may differ from actual transaction or recording dates. Further details may be obtained from the PTAX form or recorded documents. Rivard Property Management Corporation of Quincy sold a residence at 1240 Vermont in Quincy to Brian…
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QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame High School held its homecoming royalty assembly Wednesday, Oct. 16, and announced the 2024 QND homecoming court. Lauren McDowell, a daughter of Mark and Jamie McDowell, was crowned homecoming queen. David Ehrhardt, a son of Greg Ehrhardt and Babette Brennan, was announced as king. Attendants named to the homecoming court…
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QUINCY — Dr. Darin Thomas was the sole bidder for the former Quincy Public School maintenance facility at 640 Jersey. The facility will be an addition to the existing bike park next door at 628 Jersey and is on track to be the second largest mountain bike park in the United States. Cheers were heard…
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QUINCY — Quincy Community Theatre Executive Director Burgundy Hill has announced that Brandon Thomsen is departing his role as the organization’s artistic director on Nov. 8. In a social media post Wednesday morning, Hill said it was a “bittersweet” moment, calling Thomsen “a remarkable colleague and dear friend.” Thomsen was with QCT for 18 years,…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board will vote in its 2025 fiscal year budget in November and it is expected to be 3 to 4 percent higher than the current year’s spending plan. Finance Committee Chairman Bret Austin told the board at Tuesday night’s meeting the committee and staff have compiled the expected revenues and…
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QUINCY — Jack Holtschlag (D-7) said he didn’t know how the vote would go when he made a motion to have another vote for the City of Quincy to partner with Adams County to build a roundabout at the intersection of 48th and State. “I go by there three or four times a day, and not…
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QUINCY — Three people asked the Quincy City Council during its Tuesday meeting to approve giving landmark status to St. Boniface Church, but one alderman has already said the proposed ordinance likely won’t get his vote. Suzanne Irwin-Wells, Paul Geers and Janet Conover — all members of the Quincy Preservation Commission — made their pleas…
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QUINCY — Six days after Circuit Judge Holly Henze struck down his motion for a substitution of judge in two cases, First Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Eyler filed a motion Tuesday morning with the Adams County Circuit Clerk’s Office for Henze to reconsider her order, saying she “had not acted consistently in other cases.” Eyler…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal School District Superintendent Susan Johnson has heard the questions. The steps the Hannibal School Board took during Tuesday’s meeting will allow her to better answer those questions. While the board did not make a final decision about redistricting, the members approved board president Blane Mundle’s motion to eliminate grade span schools…
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QUINCY — A Quincy woman was arrested Tuesday and lodged in the Adams County Jail for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after a Tuesday morning incident. Officers with the Quincy Police Department were sent to the 300 block of Elm at approximately 6:49 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, to investigate an attempted break-in and shooting…
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. — One more person will stand trial in the St. Charles County Courthouse later this month for the 2022 death of a Hannibal man. Jason D. Anderson, 26, of Hannibal, has been charged with first-degree assault and second-degree murder — the same charges Tiara Bonner was found guilty of after nearly 5½ hours…
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QUINCY — When granted a day off from school, most teenagers choose to spend the day playing video games, watching Netflix or running around with their friends. Xavier Richardson and his friends Chris Tu and Austin Mondon are unlike most teenagers. Richardson, a freshman at Quincy High School, Tu and Mondon, both sophomores, teamed up…
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QUINCY — The lineup has been rearranged for the Sounds of Motown concert on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Oakley-Lindsay Center. G.C. Cameron, one of the original members of the Spinners, was scheduled to appear but cannot due to personal reasons. He has been replaced by Motown legend Gerald Alston and The Manhattans. The Grammy Award-winning group…
Read Full Article Muddy River News transaction information is obtained from Illinois Real Estate Transfer Declaration forms accompanying recorded documents. Dates provided may differ from actual transaction or recording dates. Further details may be obtained from the PTAX form or recorded documents. Terry Niggemeyer and Julie Niggemeyer of Keokuk, Iowa sold a residence at 135 S. 17th in Hamilton…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Pittsfield man was sentenced to six years and six months in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Thursday after pleading guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a family member under the age of 18. Dylan C. Guthrie, 20, was arrested in May 2022 by deputies with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A fire at 216 Broadway on Monday morning was determined to be accidental. The Hannibal Fire Department was dispatched to 216 Broadway at approximately 8:56 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14, for a report of a structure fire. All stations responded with 10 on-duty crew members. Upon arrival on the scene, crews found a…
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Joshua J. Sipes, last known address of 600 block of North 14th in Quincy, is wanted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Department for forgery use of a debit card. Sipes is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. He has black/gray hair and brown eyes. Call the Quincy Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at…
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“Keeping America Safe at 70,000 ft” is the title of a presentation given by Ret. Air Force Colonel F. Furr on October 18 at the Quincy Country Club. His distinguished career in the U.S. intelligence departments promises to provide a fascinating look inside the challenges, accomplishments and history of intelligence gathered from 70,000 feet in…
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Abortion has become one of the most significant issues to this election cycle following the reversal of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court in the summer of 2022, especially among women and undecided voters. As a traditionally conservative and religious region, many residents in our area have been outspoken about their support for President Trump…
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QUINCY — Melissa Shriver, former morning show anchor, is returning as a temporary anchor on weekday mornings on “KHQA This Morning” on KHQA Channel 7. Shriver is filling in for Paula McKenna, who has temporarily moved to anchoring the evening newscast. Shriver previously was the co-host of “KHQA This Morning” with Tegan Orpet in Quincy.…
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The fall weather is here, and we are dealing with it in many ways. Hopefully, you got much-needed rain. With the cooler temperatures, you know it is fall. I have noticed that people, when they mow, are mowing dirt, weeds and not much else. I have talked about mowing based on the height of the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Judge Rachel Bringer Shepherd, presiding judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, recently announced she has appointed Joseph Meidl as the new chief juvenile officer for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, which includes Marion, Monroe and Ralls counties. Shepherd administered the oath of office to Meidl on Oct. 7. Meidl, a Hannibal High School…
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QUINCY — As Adams County prepares to commemorate its 200th anniversary in 2025, the Adams County Bicentennial Commission has announced an initiative to recognize businesses that have stood the test of time. During Memorial Day weekend in 2025, businesses operating in Adams County for 150 years or more will be honored with commemorative signs, celebrating…
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No, it’s not the newest Marvel or DC movie. But Jack Miller wanted to do something when the 2012 death of his friend, Nancy Streitmatter, went unsolved. So Miller formed a non-profit to provide reward money to anyone who has information that could lead to the solving of this cold case and other local unsolved…
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