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QUINCY — The Finance Committee sent two issues about what could be Quincy’s first roundabout to the full City Council to be debated next week. However, the debate got underway in earnest near the conclusion of Monday night’s City Council meeting. The city has been asked to commit $2.6 million to the roundabout project at…
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QUINCY — Director of Public Works Jeffrey Conte has two weeks to prepare different options to pay for $30 million worth of improvements to Quincy’s water system. The creation of an ordinance to increase water and sewer rates was on the agenda for Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. The average monthly cost to the consumer…
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QUINCY — City Treasurer Linda Moore provided an update to the Quincy City Council on Monday night and explained that health insurance claims from 2022 and 2023 continue to be processed and that more than 7,500 claims must be re-processed. However, she said the errors were not the city’s fault — nor were they the…
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QUINCY — Firefighters extinguished a fire started by a car in a detached garage in the alley behind the Hardee’s restaurant on Broadway on Monday night. The Quincy Fire Department reported in a press release that it was alerted at 8:45 p.m. Monday, March 25, to a garage fully engulfed with fire at the rear…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The remains of a Hannibal woman who has been missing since 2022 have been found. Ralls County Sheriff Brad Stinson reported in a press release Monday afternoon that Janesta Lynn Dildine’s remains were identified on Feb. 13 by a medical examiner in Columbia, Mo. Dildine was 29 when she went missing on…
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Shawn H. Burkett, 46, last known address in the 900 block of North 12th in Quincy, is wanted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for aggravated battery and possession of meth. Burkett is 5-foot-9 tall and 130 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. If you know where he can…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man is in the Adams County Jail after his arrest and faces eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. A Quincy juvenile reported on Aug. 1, 2023, possible sexual abuse by Justin T. Snow, 36, of the 1800 block of Koch’s Lane in Quincy. The juvenile was later interviewed at the Child…
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QUINCY — Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lisa Holder White has started the application process for an at-large circuit judge vacancy in the Eighth Judicial Circuit that resulted from the removal of Judge Robert Adrian on Feb. 23. Under the Illinois Constitution, judicial vacancies are filled by Supreme Court appointment. The application process will lead to…
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QUINCY – Quincy firefighters responded to a house fire late Sunday night on the city’s north side. Just before 11 p.m., Quincy Fire Department crews went to the 18th and Locust area as the exact address of the fire wasn’t immediately known. When they arrived, they found a structure fire on the backside of a…
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QUINCY — Can you recognize AI-made content when you see it? Edited images and videos are nothing new, but generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are making it faster and easier for people to create text, images and videos from scratch. Some experts are predicting a wave of AI content in scams as generative AI programs…
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QUINCY — Members and school children at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Quincy pray daily for people in St. Antoine Parish in Lavanneau, Haiti, which is about three hours from the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Other options for Blessed Sacrament to assist its sister parish, however, are dwindling. Students at Blessed Sacrament School are determined to…
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QUINCY — You can change the name of the venue, but the annual spring rite of passage where newly-painted cars are cleanly displayed before spending a summer getting dirty as they bump and grind around a track will forever be known as “The Mall Show.” An impressive rollout of crate late model, modified, sport mod, street stock…
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MRN’s J. Robert Gough talks to Chris Landwehr and Deron Johnson of the Oakley-Lindsay Center about keeping a steady flow of events into the building as it approaches its 30th anniversary.
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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. Dalton C. Shoemaker of Griggsville sold a residence at 201 E. Quincy in Griggsville to John…
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QUINCY — The Great River Honor Flight board of directors recently announced the initial mission of 2024 will take place on Thursday, April 11, leaving from John Wood Community College. Thirty-two veterans will take part in this trip, with 29 serving during the Vietnam era and the remaining three serving before or after Vietnam. They…
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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Brian Lash of Krazy Cakes buying a small business at the start of the Pandemic and how the community has embraced his cafe. He also talks about giving back as well. Mercantile Bank sponsors Business Spotlight.
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PALMYRA, Mo. —- No injuries were reported in a domestic disturbance on Friday morning where a single gunshot was fired. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call Thursday morning off Highway C in reference to a domestic disturbance in progress. Chelsey G. Riley was arrested and is being held at the Marion…
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QUINCY – Adam Yates stood front and center, looked across a capacity crowd at the Elks Club and in one succinct sentence explained what Friday’s recognition program was all about. “They commit their lives to protect others,” said Yates, the chief of the Quincy Police Department. Generally speaking, Yates was addressing an audience filled with first…
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MACOMB/MOLINE, Ill. — The Western Illinois University Board of Trustees recently voted to approve the appointment of Kristi Mindrup, vice president of Quad Cities campus operations, to interim president of WIU, effective April 1. Mindrup replaces Guiyou Huang, who announced his decision to step down on March 1. “We greatly appreciate everything Dr. Huang has…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $280,000 civil penalty against Southern Airways Express of Palm Beach, Florida, for allegedly using an unqualified co-pilot on revenue flights. The FAA has alleged that between Oct. 1, 2022, and Oct. 12, 2022, the company operated three Cessna Caravan airplanes on 32 commercial flights with a…
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QUINCY — Attorney Ted Niemann has announced his candidacy for the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Area VI Board of Governors seat. Niemann has practiced law for more than 40 years with the law firm of Schmiedeskamp Robertson Neu and Mitchell LLP and has been an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association for…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man who accepted a guilty plea to an Aggravated Battery charge in December was sentenced to 8 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections Thursday afternoon. The incident in question occurred at the Harrison Pub, 1701 Harrison, in the early morning hours on Jan. 29, 2023. The Quincy Police Department officers and…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — On Wednesday, the Hannibal Police Department’s Anti-Crime Enforcement Squad (ACES) and Special Response Team (SRT) executed a search warrant in the 1800 block of Chestnut. After completing the search on Chestnut, officers went to the 3800 block of W. Ely for further investigation and Patrick E. Perry, 36, and Tiffany M. Reeves, 33 ,…
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QUINCY — The way Jim Lieurance is viewing Saturday and Sunday is the same as many dirt-track racing fans across the region. “For me, the season starts this weekend, this is the kickoff,” said Lieurance, who with wife Tammy are beginning their third year of operating Adams County Speedway. “I think we’re all excited.” The…
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QUINCY — During its regular meeting on March 20 held at the John Wood Community College Southeast Education Center in Pittsfield, the JWCC Board of Trustees heard a spring enrollment update and details regarding JWCC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Event. According to the Illinois Community College Board Spring Opening Enrollment Report released in early March, JWCC increased its…
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