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QUINCY — One of two men charged in connection to a stabbing in the parking lot at Blessing Hospital is scheduled to enter a plea next month. Dylan Test, 20, of 1530 Monroe appeared Tuesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court with attorney Matthew Radefeld before Judge Tad Brenner, according to court records. Test has been…
Read Full Article Robin R. Wilson, 37, last known address in the 100 block of North Washington in Payson, is wanted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Department for a petition to revoke probation, possession of meth, driving under the influence and forgery. Wilson is 5 foot, 6 inches tall and 142 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — No one was injured during a Monday morning fire determined by investigators to have started because of a wood stove at a Hannibal residence. The Hannibal Fire Department was dispatched and responded at approximately 10:55 a.m. to 419 Riverside for structure fire with flames and heavy smoke showing. Fire crews were on…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal community members chimed in on the Riverview Park Master Plan on Thursday night at a public input session. Andrew Franke, principal and professional landscape architect at Planning Design Studio, fielded public suggestions and comments to five questions he posed to the group. Also with him was Martin Meyer, architect lead at…
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Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal School District Board of Education is moving along in the process of hiring a new superintendent to replace Susan Johnson, who will retire in June after 33 years at the district. The district reported In an update sent Friday that 16 people applied, with eight from outside Missouri. After a review of…
Read Full Article PALMYRA, Mo. — Judge David Mobley sentenced a Hannibal man on Wednesday to 14 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after he entered an Alford plea to two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. William E. Earle, 41, now is serving two consecutive seven-year sentences after accepting a plea agreement earlier this month, in which…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Poorly discarded smoking materials were determined by Quincy Fire Department investigators to be the cause of a Friday morning fire at 3220 State. The Quincy Fire Department reported in a press release that Engines 2, 3, and 6, as well as the incident commander, were dispatched to 3220 State at 2:39 a.m. Friday,…
Read Full Article From Meteorologist Brent Clair: The line between a lot of snow and all rain is quite possible 10-15 miles either side of the Adams/Hancock County Line. Models are swinging the transition back and forth every run, so it is almost impossible to accurately forecast the setup. Best forecast for now is snow beginning around 9-10 p.m. tonight. …
Read Full Article WILLIAMSTOWN, Mo. — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in conjunction with the Missouri Division of Fire Safety and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people responsible for a fire at the Providence Baptist Church and parsonage…
Read Full Article ST. LOUIS – A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Tuesday found a man from Hannibal guilty of a methamphetamine offense and two gun crimes. At the end of the second day of his trial, Justin L. Fuget, 35, was found guilty of three felony counts — being a felon in possession of…
Read Full Article Here are the closings and postponements for Wednesday, Jan. 10. Unless it says otherwise, consider it closed if it is on this list. Horizons Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry Kroc Center Opening at 9:00 AM Ladies of Charity of Quincy …
Read Full Article ADAMS COUNTY, Ill. — Miss Adams County Fair Queen Morgan Widmer will compete in the Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant in Springfield this weekend against 73 other county fair queens vying for the title of Miss Illinois County Fair. Widmer, a 2022 graduate of Quincy High School, is the 19-year-old daughter of Trudy and…
Read Full Article QUINCY – Quincy city officials have been in discussions with social service agencies to consider how to handle a possible influx of immigrants should buses from the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas arrive in the Gem City. At Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, Mark Philpot, who chairs the city’s Human Rights Commission asked what the plan…
Read Full Article LA GRANGE, Mo. – A LaGrange man was arrested Monday for an attempted robbery of Town & Country Bank, 110 S. Main. NECOMM 911 notified the LaGrange Police Department at approximately 1:13 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, about a hold-up alarm at the bank. An officer at the police department, which is just around the corner from the bank,…
Read Full Article PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Pittsfield Police arrested a man on in connection with an aggravated domestic battery case that involved a firearm. At around 7 p.m. on Jan. 4, officers were dispatched to a domestic violence issue in the 300 block of Curtis Street in Pittsfield. It was reported the suspect had pointed a rifle at…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Dancing with the Local Stars returns for its 14th year on Friday, Feb. 2. The Ambiance, 5225 Koch’s Lane, will be the venue for this year’s event, which features a cast of nine dancing teams making their debuts on the dance floor. The theme of this year’s event is 80’s Flashback. The evening will…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal-LaGrange University will welcome Riley Gaines as a guest speaker at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31, in the Roland Fine Arts Center. Gaines is a leader in defending women’s single-sex spaces, advocating for equality and fairness, and standing up for women’s safety, privacy and equal opportunities. The event is free and…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo.—The Hannibal Board of Education recently approved a bond that will save the Hannibal Public School district more than $3 million. The resolution was approved at a special meeting on Dec. 14 that authorized the sale of $14,310,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds to its Municipal Bond Underwriter, L.J. Hart & Company (L.J. Hart) of…
Read Full Article Meteorologist Brent Clair called the skiff of snow we got last week, but what about next week. Sounds like a real snowfall is coming. Hilbing Auto Body sponsors MRN Weather.
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The arrival of the first baby born at Hannibal Regional Hospital in the new year is a boy named Arrow. Proud parents Ryan and Ashlie Gilmore welcomed him into the world at 1:18 p.m. Jan. 1. Arrow weighed 7 pounds and 2 ounces. This is the Gilmores’ second son born at Hannibal…
Read Full Article Marie D. Snell, 39, last known address in the 200 block of Marion in Clayton, is wanted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Department for possession of a stolen vehicle. Snell is 5 foot, 2 inches tall and 125 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. If you know where she can be found, call the…
Read Full Article FALL CREEK TOWNSHIP, Ill. – A one-vehicle crash near the Marblehead exit on I-172 sent two Hannibal teens to the hospital and stopped traffic on the highway for 90 minutes Sunday night. At 6 p.m. Sunday, a Dodge truck driven by Carter L. Doran, 16, of Hannibal, was traveling northbound on 172 when the truck…
Read Full Article CENTER, Mo. — The Ralls County Library will welcome visiting authors throughout the new year, thanks to a recent $5,000 donation they received from EDF Renewables. The $5,000.00 donation from EDF Renewables for the Visiting Author Fund. The library reported in a recent press release that the donation will provide future author visits to the…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo.— Thursday was the fourth day of Kwanzaa, an annual seven-day celebration of the history and customs of African American culture. Kwanzaa is a Swahili word meaning “first fruit” and each day of Kwanzaa—celebrated from Dec. 26 to Jan 1–is assigned a specific principle. Thursday’s principle, Purpose, set the tone that afternoon at the…
Read Full Article Yes, many of our page views come from crime and bad news. But we cover lots of stories of a more positive nature. Content to tug at your heart strings. Here are our top stories that might make you smile or shed a tear in a good way. 1. FRANKIE SAY: After 27 years, Robert Stellino…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Quincy man has entered a guilty plea to an Aggravated Battery charge for hitting a man in the head outside a Quincy bar, sending him to the hospital. Bryan Paden, 40, appeared with attorney Nick Rober in Adams County Circuit Court Friday morning before Judge Tad Brenner. One count of aggravated battery…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Herald-Whig, the local newspaper based out of Quincy, announced Thursday it would only produce printed editions on Wednesdays and Saturdays, beginning Jan. 6. This move comes after the Phillips Media Group-owned publication announced in October a plan to continue to provide some subscribers a print product five days a week and some…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Police arrested a man Tuesday after he attempted to elude them on his bicycle. Just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, an officer was patrolling the 2300 block of Chestnut and saw a man riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. The officer believed the rider was Jeffery R Dietle, 33, of Hannibal, who…
Read Full Article Meterologist Brent Clair said we might finally see a little snow. Might. Maybe. Here’s his forecast.
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools (QCES) Foundation recently announced the Chuck and Becky Scholz family has been selected as the recipient of the Friend of Catholic Education Award. Chuck and Becky — along with their sons and spouses, Charles (and his wife Jamie) and Jake (and his wife Becca) — will be honored…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Amanda Bowen, the Salvation Army family services caseworker in Hannibal, joined the Salvation Army in August 2020. When people in the community turn to the Salvation Army for help, they connect to the Hannibal native. “It is hard to ask for help,” Bowen said. She knows this personally. “We say all of…
Read Full Article QUINCY — More than $400,000 recently was granted to 60 local nonprofit organizations that benefit from an endowment fund at the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri. These year-end grants bring the Community Foundation’s grantmaking total to more than $4 million in 2023. The grants were awarded from designated funds, which support…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy School Board approved the 2023 tax levy and selling more than $7 million in life safety bonds at Wednesday’s meeting. While the Board approved a rate decrease from $3.96 to $3.88 per $100 in assessed valuation, an anticipated spike in property value now estimated by the county to exceed 8 percent…
Read Full Article GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — Chief Deputy Zack Orr with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department initiated a criminal investigation on Thursday, Dec. 14, regarding a failure to register as a sex offender complaint in Griggsville. After the investigation, John A. Crull, 38, of Griggsville was arrested on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender…
Read Full Article You’d better go north if you’re looking for a White Christmas. Meteorologist Brent Clair gives you the Christmas forecast.
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Wisconsin man wanted in connection to an incident on Friday was arrested Tuesday with the help of a Flock automatic license plate reader camera. Officers with the Quincy Police Department responded at 12:25 a.m. Friday, Dec. 15, to Quincy’s northside for a report of a home invasion and possible sexual assault. A…
Read Full Article MACOMB, Ill. — A Macomb man was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder after a man died in the McDonough County Jail. Agents with the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 4 were requested by the McDonough County Sheriff on Nov. 8 to conduct a death investigation. During the investigation, it was…
Read Full Article PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Jerseyville man was arrested last week after tried to flee following a traffic stop in Pittsfield. A Pike County Sheriff’s Department deputy and a Pittsfield Police Department officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Tuesday, Dec. 12, on a vehicle reported stolen from Chrisman. The vehicle fled from the scene…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Public Schools Foundation recently distributed grant award notices for 19 applications totaling $72,444.34 in approved funding for use in the Quincy Public School District 172. The funds for this grant cycle will be made available after Jan. 1 and will be for use during the spring semester of the 2023-2024 school…
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Read Full Article QUINCY — A Quincy man was arrested Monday in connection to a report of gunfire on Saturday in the 600 block of Washington. Quincy Police responded at 11:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 to the 600 block of Washington for a report of gunfire and a disturbance. No victims were found, and no injuries were reported. Officers…
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