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QUINCY – The Quincy Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 932 N 4th Street just before 4 p.m. Saturday. While enroute to the location, Quincy Police reported heavy smoke and flames coming from the rear of the residence and that all occupants were out of the residence. QFD Engine No. 4 attacked the fire…
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CENTER, Mo. – Sharon Lake, of Center, Mo., always considered herself patriotic, but she got a new perspective when her son joined the Air Force in 2002. Lake’s son, Michael Copenhaver, served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years before retiring as an aircraft hydraulic systems specialist in 2012. Copenhaver’s service ignited Lake’s patriotism…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — A Camp Point woman is facing domestic battery charges after allegedly beating a man with a crutch early Friday morning. Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department responded to a rural Camp Point address for a report of domestic battery at approximately 1:27 a.m. Friday. An investigation revealed the battery occurred at…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A structure fire in a one-story single-family home at 1410 N. 14th was contained early Friday night to the attic and one room. No one was injured. A press release from the Quincy Fire Department said two QFD cause and origin investigators were called to the scene. The preliminary determination is the fire was…
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QUINCY — In an effort to limit distractions and enhance students’ focus on their studies, Quincy Junior High School has begun a policy to prohibit cellphone usage during the school day. Starting with the new school year, students are permitted to use their phones before and after school. But, during the day, they are to…
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The superintendent of Quincy Public Schools talks about the beginning of his second year at the helm of the District. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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QUINCY — The lineup of guest stars is complete for the second annual Great River Film Festival, scheduled for Oct. 4-8 at Town and Country Suites, 110 N. 54th. The event will showcase the likes of Eric Roberts, Patrick Wayne, Jon Provost, Kim Lankford, Trina Parks, Rebecca Holden, Ruta Lee, Caryn Richman and Allen Kayser.…
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SPRINGFIELD – Eleven grants totaling nearly $750,000 recently were awarded to Illinois land trusts to support stewardship on land protected by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced Friday in a press release. The goal of the Natural Areas Stewardship grant program is to increase the delivery of much needed stewardship…
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Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias announced Friday he has awarded more than $21.4 million in grants for library services and more than $5.7 million in adult literacy grants for local literacy programs to more than 140 Illinois recipients. Among the local libraries to receive a grant were the Board of Trustees…
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QUINCY — Ten people were arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 22, as part of a narcotics detail by the Quincy Police Department in a coordinated effort with the Illinois State Police, Adams County Sheriff’s Department, and West Central Illinois Task Force. The narcotics detail was aimed at targeting the possession and distribution of narcotics in Quincy…
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HANNIBAL, MO. – Sawyer’s Creek, a once popular spot for Hannibal families along Missouri 79 beside the riverfront, is expected to be reopened next year. The new owners, father and son duo Todd and Austin Curry of Quincy, recently bought the park, which closed in 2020 during the pandemic. It reopened for a short time…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Demetrius Fernando, 46, of the 2200 block of Ohio in Quincy, recently was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough to eight years in prison, to be followed by 48 months of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine. At the sentencing hearing, the government presented evidence that Fernando distributed more than…
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Quincy Public and Parochial Schools will be dismissing early due to extreme heat indexes. While school buildings are air conditioned, the majority of the main route buses are not. Lunch will be served. Outdoor activities will be canceled or moved indoors. “I do not take these decisions lightly but must ensure that all our students…
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QUINCY — The smiles on the faces of Paul and Joan Mast showed how excited they were to provide a drug dog to the Adams County Sheriff’s Department. Seeing the dog also brought back memories. Major, a silver tipped German Shepherd, was publicly introduced to a gathering of friends and family on Thursday night at…
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QUINCY — Bard Optical, a retail optical services provider with 20 locations in Illinois, will be putting its 21st location in the Prairie Trails Shopping Center. Construction work is underway at the site near 63rd and Broadway between the Bath and Body Works store and Jen’s Nails. Vice President Mick Hall hopes for the store to open…
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board received the district’s tentative 2023-24 budget at Wednesday night’s school board meeting. The $111.3 million spending plan includes a 4 percent average salary increase for district employees and a 20 percent increase in health insurance costs. The 2022-23 amended budget ended up at $97.6 million. The rising cost of health…
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Meteorologist Brent Clair tells us when this heat is going to break and what it means as high school sports gets into full swing this weekend.
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QUINCY — Now that Target has finally opened its doors, Quincy shoppers want to know what businesses will be filling three parcels of property on the northeast corner of 36th and Broadway. Muddy River News has confirmed through multiple sources that Raising Cane’s, an American fast-food restaurant chain specializing in chicken fingers, will be built on a…
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BAYLIS, Ill. — A Baylis man pled guilty to a Class 3 felony for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon on Monday in Pike County Circuit Court and will receive 30 months of conditional discharge. A bench trial was scheduled for Monday for Donovan Syrcle, 35. However, as part of Syrcle’s plea agreement, three counts of…
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Rushville man arrested for possession of child pornography after Illinois State Police investigation
SPRINGFIELD – Officials with the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation announced Tuesday the arrest of Ryun A. Vaughn, 25, of Rushville for possession of child pornography, a Class 2 felony. ISP DCI Zone 4 agents initiated an investigation in July 2022 after learning a subject was distributing child pornography through an online platform. During the…
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CANTON, Mo. — The newly appointed mayor of Canton has appointed a five-person citizen’s advisory ad hoc committee to help with the search for a police chief. Well, the committee is actually searching for an entire police department. Sharon Upchurch, the city’s mayor pro tem for the past two weeks, was sworn in as the…
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Quincy City Treasurer Linda Moore and Public Works Director Jeffrey Conte outline the new utilities payment system to MRN’s Ashley Conrad. GREDF President/CEO and former Quincy mayor Kyle Moore made his pitch to the Quincy City Council for eventual support of a housing program for Quincy and Adams County. Moore had presented a brief synopsis…
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QUINCY — An arbitrator issued a 16-page ruling Monday that agreed with the Police Benevolent and Protective Association Labor Unit 12’s proposal for wage increases and length of contract for officers with the Quincy Police Department, bringing an end to the collective bargaining dispute that has lasted for more than two years. The police union…
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PEKIN, Ill. — Jeff Mays, director of administrative services for the city of Quincy, is one of two finalists for the position of city manager in Pekin. Members of the Pekin City Council had a special meeting on Friday to complete their final round of interviews with Mays and Pekin Police Chief John Dossey to…
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Dear MRN: On Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 9:30 p.m. while viewing the Perseid meteor shower, we observed a long chain of white lights — about 30 to 40 —moving from the northwest to the southeast. The light chain moved slowly in a “jerky” forward movement, staying in a line but moving in “jumps.” We watched…
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