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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks with Carla Green with Edwards Group. Mercantile Bank brings you the Business Spotlight.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Loaves and Fishes, a ministry of Harvest Outreach, hands out about 70 meals from 5-6 p.m. per weeknight. Many people go home on Fridays with a weekend box to make sure they will have food until the doors open again on Monday. The Loaves and Fishes program had a home at Helping…
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Miss Quincy Shelby Rose heads to the Miss Illinois Pageant in Marion this week. She talks about pageant life, her platform “Fostering Hope” and college life as a student at the University of Alabama. She also discusses her participation in a documentary on sorority recruitment on campus called “Bama Rush”. Muddy River News is furnished…
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The two Adams County prosecutors who tried the Tim Bliefnick murder case reflect on the case and what the ramifications could possibly be. We did have a slight audio issue with this so we apologize in advance. MRN This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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QUINCY — The 19th annual Quincy Derby is set for June 16-17 on the 18th Street hill bordering Bob Mays Park. Champions will be crowned in Super Stock, Stock, Masters Elite and and Super Kids divisions. Aiden McConnell, race director for the event once known as the Soap Box Derby, says the response has been…
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MRN Publisher J. Robert Gough had a text conversation Friday morning with a juror who wished to remain anonymous as they didn’t know if any other jurors were or had been talking to the media. MRN: “Was there a first head count? Like 10 guilty, 2 not guilty? What was the feel of the room?…
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QUINCY – United Way of Adams County will invest $690,000 in 26 local partner agency programs aimed at improving education, health and financial stability in Adams County. The grants were announced as part of the United Way Partner Award Breakfast held Friday at the Salvation Army Kroc Center Meadows Room. Nancy Bluhm, executive director of United Way…
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GOLDEN, Ill. — The color of three park benches caused quite a stir last month in Golden, but a decision by the village’s mayor could help quiet the controversy. Mayor Jim McClintock told Muddy River News Thursday afternoon that rainbow-colored park benches in front of the public library and in City Park will be restored…
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QUINCY — You never know what you may come across when cleaning out your parents’ home after they have died. “There was a box full stuff from the 19th century,” Quincy native Jim Magner says. “My parents when they died … my brother and I cleaned up the house. We found old photos and stuff that they…
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QUINCY — Casey Schnack, defense attorney for Tim Bliefnick, released a statement Thursday regarding his Wednesday conviction on two counts of First Degree Murder and one count of Home Invasion: “On behalf of myself, Tim and the entire Bliefnick family, I would like to thank the jurors for their hard work and effort they put…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Career and Technical Center recently was awarded a $250,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Education as part of the passage of Missouri House Bill 3002. The Hannibal Board of Education, in its meeting on Monday, May 15, approved a financial match of the grant funds. Construction of a 60-foot…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal City Council voted during a special meeting held Wednesday night to approve approximately 10 percent raises for Hannibal city employees, including policemen and firefighters. Councilman Stephan Franke explained the raises are described as “approximate 10 percent increases” because of pay scales per the union contracts of police officers and firefighters. Franke said…
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This is the complete statement read by Sarah Reilly, Becky Bliefnick’s sister, on behalf of their family following the guilty verdict of Tim Bliefnick: We should not be standing here today. We should not be delivering this statement. We should not be living in a world where a crime like this is possible. We should…
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QUINCY — Courtroom 2A in the Adams County Courthouse was a mixture of gasps, shrieks and tears as three guilty verdicts were read in the first degree murder trial of Tim Bliefnick late Wednesday afternoon. Becky Bliefnick was shot by her estranged husband on February 23. Her parents, sister and other family members filled two…
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QUINCY — A jury of six men and six women found Tim Bliefnick guilty Wednesday on two counts of First Degree Murder and one count of Home Invasion in the Feb. 23 shooting death of his estranged wife Rebecca Bliefnick. The Adams County jury took 4 hours and 15 minutes to decide Bliefnick’s fate. Bliefnick…
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CourtTV experts call Jones' closing 'excellent,' say Tim Bliefnick had 'worst possible defense ever'
QUINCY — Commentators on CourtTV Wednesday afternoon were complimentary of Assistant State’s Attorney Josh Jones’ closing statement in the Tim Bliefnick trial while suggesting the defendant change his last name to “Disbelief-nick.” Tim Bliefnick is accused of shooting Becky Bliefnick multiple times at her Kentucky Road home on Feb. 23. Tim was arrested on March…
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QUINCY — Judge Robert Adrian sent the jury in Tim Bliefnick’s first-degree murder trial out to deliberate at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday. Assistant State’s Attorney Josh Jones and defense attorney Casey Schnack presented their closing statements Wednesday morning. Jones began his closing with his basic case of Tim riding a bike to Becky’s house, climbing on…
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QUINCY — Ameren Illinois’ adjusted electric supply rate for residential customers was posted Tuesday at 8.04 cents per kilowatthour, 4.025 cents less than the City of Quincy’s electric aggregation rate of 12.065 cents per kilowatthour. Consumers can opt out to get the lower rate. Reg Ankrom, president of SIMEC Energy, spoke to the Quincy City…
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QUINCY — Music educator Dan Sherman was awarded the George M. Irwin Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in music and fine arts during the Quincy Park Band’s season opening concert on Monday in Madison Park. The award is in recognition of a lifetime of service and dedication to the entire arts and culture sector and…
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QUINCY — A detective with the Quincy Police Department explained Tuesday afternoon to the six-man, six-woman jury in the Tim Bliefnick trial the evidence recovered from home surveillance systems, as well as multiple electronic devices, links Tim to the murder of his estranged wife. Tim Bliefnick is accused of shooting Becky Bliefnick multiple times at…
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QUINCY — After hearing the general managers of two Quincy hotels and a Quincy restaurant laud the benefits of the Bring Entertainment to Quincy (BET on Q) program, the Quincy City Council voted 8-4 during its Tuesday night meeting to give the program $100,000 for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Aldermen also approved by a 7-5…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council recommended approval Tuesday night to go into a contract with Banner Fire Equipment from Roxana to spend $1.182 million on two 2025 E-One fire trucks that the department won’t receive for two years. The Quincy Fire Department operates five trucks in “front line” status. However, Engine No. 7 is…
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QUINCY — No evidence will be presented, and only one witness could be called Wednesday morning by defense attorney Casey Schnack in the Tim Bliefnick trial. The decision to have Tim testify in his own trial won’t be made public until both sides return to Adams County Circuit Court at 8:45 a.m. Tim Bliefnick is…
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QUINCY — The woman involved in last week’s shooting in the 1100 block of Jefferson has died. Dana A. Lawton-Marshall, 47, was sitting on the front porch of a home in the 1100 block of Jefferson with another person. The investigation so far has determined that Lawton-Marshall played no part in this disturbance and was…
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