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QUINCY — The Department of Health and Human services reports an estimated 90 percent of all foster children are exposed to trauma, and one in four foster children shows symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Three foster agencies are coming together to educate foster parents and anyone who works with foster children about trauma through the annual…
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QUINCY — Tim Bliefnick remained silent, but attorney Casey Schnack entered a “not guilty” plea for her client in the first-degree murder case of Rebecca Bliefnick before a crowd of about 50 people in Adams County Circuit Court Friday afternoon. Judge Robert Adrian asked, “Not guilty, Miss Schnack?” Schnack replied, “Yes, your honor.” Rebecca Bliefnick,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – Three people and one couple in Marion County who live out the mission and vision of the United Way of the Mark Twain Area within their own lives will be honored April 21 at the United Way’s Evening of Philanthropy, sponsored by Hannibal Regional Healthcare System and Benson Financial. The event will be at the…
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Video provided by Randy Industries. QUINCY — A packed house turned out to watch and listen to six of the seven candidates for Quincy School Board discuss why they wanted the public’s votes on April 4. Incumbents Shelley Arns, Jim Whitfield and LaTonya Brock, who are campaigning as one slate of candidates, appeared along with…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A new and colorful sign now sits in front of what was once the Buckhorn Rubber facility in Hannibal’s Industrial Loop. Jones Poultry will soon operate in the building and bring about 50 new jobs to Hannibal. An on-site recruiting event at 5151 Industrial Loop is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon April…
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QUINCY — An Adams County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment Thursday morning in the case of Tim Bliefnick, who is charged with two counts of murder in the Feb. 23 shooting death of his estranged wife, Rebecca Bliefnick. The grand jury met for about three hours Thursday and heard evidence on 38…
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QUINCY, IL — If you believe everyone deserves to have a pet, you think along the lines of Victoria Dry, founder of the Paws and Prayers pet food ministry at Salem Evangelical United Church of Christ. Dry had heard people in the community were giving up their pets because they could not afford to feed…
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QUINCY — The decision to consolidate multiple departments as well as rising costs of materials and construction has turned a new Quincy School District facility into an eight-figure project. At Wednesday night’s Quincy School Board meeting, board members unanimously voted to accept the low bid from Maas Construction of $7,050,000 to build what is now…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal City Council voted Tuesday night to consider adding a monthly city manager report to its regular meeting agenda. If adopted, the report would be made by Hannibal City Manager Lisa Peck. The city manager report proposal, introduced by Councilmen Stephan Franke and Charlie Phillips, was tabled twice. The proposal then was…
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QUINCY — The HyVee grocery store at 3700 Broadway will be adding a Wahlburgers restaurant next month. District Store Director Tad Gallaher said the grand opening is set for April 18 as the store is being remodeled. It will be the fifth HyVee in Illinois to have a Wahlburgers, with the others in Bloomington, Peoria,…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man who allegedly hit a man in the head outside a Quincy bar, causing him to be sent to Blessing Hospital, pled not guilty Tuesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court. Judge Tad Brenner arraigned Bryan Paden, 40, who appeared with attorney Nick Rober. He has been charged with two counts…
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QUINCY — A bench trial for a Quincy woman facing four counts of first-degree murder after a 2020 accident has been pushed back two months. Natasha McBride, 39, appeared Tuesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court with her attorney, Public Defender Todd Nelson, before Judge Tad Brenner. McBride chose on Jan. 31 to have a bench…
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QUINCY — A Springfield man defending himself in a November 2021 sexual assault case said Tuesday afternoon he wanted to defend himself in two other felony cases — and a judge granted his wish. Bradley Yohn, 36, appeared before Judge Tad Brenner in Adams County Circuit Court with his attorney, Public Defender Todd Nelson, for…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — A special meeting of the Palmyra School Board has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Superintendent Jason Harper told Muddy River News Tuesday afternoon that four staff members with the Palmyra School District were placed on paid leaves of absence on Tuesday. He provided no other information about the suspended educators. Harper…
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QUINCY — The first three downtown concerts in a five-concert series lined up for this summer received approval from the Quincy City Council. Aldermen unanimously voted Monday to approve the use of the city’s empty lot at Fourth and Maine for the Gem City Summer Concert Series, lined up by On the Rail restaurant owner…
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QUINCY — Several speakers during the public forum at Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting talked about issues such as gas leaks, holes in the ceilings and a lack of response from landlords in the homes they are renting. Alderman John Mast (R-5) then asked Chuck Bevelheimer, director of planning and development, what the city’s next…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Todd Sheffler, 54, of Mendon, a former lieutenant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, was sentenced Monday to 20 years of imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release, for civil rights deprivation resulting in bodily injury and death and obstruction of justice in connection with…
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QUINCY — A Quincy business recently received $400,000 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as part of the expansion the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship Program, which creates a talent pipeline of diverse candidates in construction and the building trades. “We do more of the training to prepare folks who are looking to get…
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QUINCY — A series of downtown concerts lined up for this summer could be in limbo because of a potential development at the site of a former Quincy hotel. Scott Edlin has the lineup of performers set for On the Rail’s Gem City Summer Concert Series. Deposits have been paid. Contracts are signed. Security is…
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Ron Kinscherf talks to Mark Christensen about teaching golf and game’s status in our area.
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HANNIBAL, Mo — All in-person employees working at the SC Data Center facility in Hannibal, also known as Swiss Colony, will become home agents in the next several months. Representatives at SC Data Center, Inc., headquartered in Monroe, Wis., said Thursday the Hannibal facility at 3201 Palmyra Road will close on May 31. The call…
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CHICAGO – In fall 2018, longtime former State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, received a phone call from Mike McClain, who had spent decades lobbying for electric utility Commonwealth Edison after 10 years in the General Assembly. McClain was delivering a message from House Speaker Michael Madigan, who was worried Lang was becoming a liability to…
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UPDATE: Adams County Coroner Scott Graham issued a press release at 4:45 p.m. Saturday identifying the man who was killed as Flint C. Reed of Camp Point. CAMP POINT, Ill. — An unidentified man died at about noon Friday in Camp Point when he was struck by an Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to Quincy.…
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QUINCY — Quincy University is starting electrical engineering and mechanical engineering major degree programs in the fall 2024 semester. The programs will prepare students to become engineers in such fields as automation, autonomous systems, computer assisted design, electronics testing and manufacturing and artificial intelligence. In a press release, QU president Brian McGee said, “As student…
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QUINCY — The League of Women Voters of Adams County will hold a Quincy School Board candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at the First Christian Church, 1415 Maine. The public is invited to attend. The event will follow LWVAC forum standards with questions from panelists and the audience. This is the first…
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