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QUINCY — “With great power, comes great … wine!” No … “With great wine, comes great responsibility!” Wait, it’s … “With great whiskey, comes great power! With great wine, comes great whiskey?” For the love of Peter Parker, it’s something like that … (Hat tip to Spider-Man and his creator Stan Lee for the intro.)…
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QUINCY — It’s that time of the year. Familiar autumnal colors will soon be coming to a tree near you, and football will be available to watch seven nights in the not-too-distant future. And the Kohl Wholesale Fall Food Show, a true rite of caloric passage each fall, filled the Oakley-Lindsay Center on Wednesday. The…
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The first day of fall was Sept. 22. The daylight hours are getting shorter. You have less time to work in your garden, flowerbeds and yard after 5 p.m. I enjoy this time of year and always find things to do every day. The weather has been hot and dry for the past several weeks.…
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CANTON, Mo. — An Indianapolis man was arrested last week and charged with unlawful use of a weapon after an April incident on the Culver-Stockton College campus. At the request of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department, officers with the Quincy (Ill.) Police Department took Travon J. Hegler-Wright, 20, into custody on Sept. 27 and transported…
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DURHAM, Mo. — A married couple from Rockport, Ill., is lodged in the Clark County Jail after a manhunt in on Monday in Lewis County. A press release from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department said deputies with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department and troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol were called to a domestic…
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LaGRANGE, Mo. — A Maywood man was arrested Saturday and charged with attempting to run a vehicle off the road. A press release from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department says it received a report that David L. Baker, 44, had attempted to strike a victim’s vehicle with his own truck while the victim was driving…
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QUINCY — Kay Califf sat in the entryway of the Quincy Senior and Family Resource Center on Monday afternoon with a metallic pink walker at her side and a soft, sweet smile across her face. “It’s my birthday!” she gushed. “93 years old today.” It’s the fifth year she’s celebrated her birthday at the senior…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Public Schools Foundation will be the host of the 12th annual Night to Dream Big gala at the Oakley Lindsay Center from 5:30 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. A Night to Dream Big is the largest fundraising event in the foundation’s annual campaign, which was launched on Aug. 1 and…
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QUINCY — Efforts to form the West Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging began in 1972 with a door-to-door surveying endeavor by 20 Quincy College students to determine what the aging population needed. The organization was founded two years later in 1974, according to a 1974 article published in The Herald-Whig, with Harold Voshall of…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The city of Hannibal and its police department took a crucial step toward installing automatic license plate readers at Tuesday’s Hannibal City Council meeting. The council approved the police department to sign a contract with Flock Safety for $93,100 for three years for 10 license plate readers to be installed in the…
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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. Scott Robertson of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sold a residence at 1101 Timber View Terrace in Quincy…
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QUINCY — The cause of a Tuesday afternoon fire at 2201 Ohio is under investigation by the Quincy Fire Department. The Quincy Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire at 1:22 p.m. A press release said Engines No. 2, No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 and the incident commander responded, as well…
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QUINCY — Despite a passionate plea from a retired city engineer to reconsider building a roundabout, the Finance Committee agreed Monday night to send to the full Quincy City Council a recommendation for the transfer of jurisdiction for the intersection of 48th and State. Aldermen voted on April 1 not to contribute $2.6 million to build…
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QUINCY — Two aldermen changed their minds on Monday night and were the swing votes in an 8-6 decision by the Quincy City Council to approve the low bid from Blick’s Construction for $143,413 to demolish a sludge pump station south of Clat Adams Bicentennial Park on the riverfront — using money from the city’s…
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QUINCY — The adoption of an ordinance calling for the end of the electrical aggregation program for the city of Quincy was tabled until May 5, and aldermen directed the city administration not to enter any more aggregation contracts when the current contract with Constellation expires on Jan. 1. The Quincy City Council voted Sept.…
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OLD FORT, N.C. — Eight adults and four small children have been stranded in a cabin in western North Carolina since late last week because of extensive damage caused by Hurricane Helene, the Category 4 storm that rocked the Florida panhandle Thursday night before making its way to several states in the southeastern region. The…
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MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to the men in charge of the City of Quincy’s Planning Department to get an update on where the Riverfront project stands from their perspective.
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QUINCY — If you’re a music lover, you may find yourself looking for last-minute deals on fall festivals or tickets to a sold-out show. However, extra fees, resale pricing for high-demand shows and tactics by unscrupulous sellers can all make ticket prices skyrocket. You should also keep an eye out for counterfeit tickets. You’re more…
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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Ashley Stroot, a midwife at Quincy Medical Group. You thought midwives were only in old westerns or small towns? That’s not the case. Ashley talks about how she helps women get through pregnancy and childbirth. Rober and Phillips and Mercantile Bank bring you Business Spotlight.
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MACOMB, Ill. — The causes of a Thursday afternoon structure fire and a Friday morning fire, both at 221 S. White, remain undetermined and under investigation by the Macomb Fire Department. A press release from the Macomb Fire Department said it learned of the fire at 4:22 p.m. Thursday. The first arriving units arrived on…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department has identified a 14-year-old suspect as the person responsible for the creation of a social media post on Tuesday threatening students at Quincy High School. A Friday afternoon press release from Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, said his officers have been working with the Federal Bureau…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — A Palmyra man was taken into custody Wednesday by deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Department and charged with three counts of sexual abuse after he allegedly assaulted two women between August 2022 and March 2024. Douglas H. Voepel, 63, made his first appearance in Marion County Circuit Court on Thursday before…
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SHELBYVILLE, Mo. — A request to have the bond reduced for a Hannibal attorney charged with five felonies involving a traffic crash on Sept. 13 in Shelby County was denied a reduction in bond Friday afternoon. Tyler White, 33, of Hannibal appeared in Shelby County Circuit Court by video with Kirksville attorney Mark Williams before…
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QUINCY – Quincy University launched its 2024-25 fund drive on Thursday with a $1.5 million goal at kick-off events in Quincy and Springfield. The QU Fund comprises unrestricted gifts to the university and temporarily restricted gifts to athletic and academic programs. Last year’s fund drive surpassed a $1.4 million goal to support campus improvements, technology…
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Larry Haschemeyer has lived in the same house in Golden, Illinois for 67 years, but the history held within its walls stretches far beyond that. “I got 80 to 90 family histories at home of all the families that lived here (in Golden),” Haschemeyer said. “He’s our town historian,” Haschemeyer’s neighbor, Diana Flesner, said. The…
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