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QUINCY — The swearing in of two more officers for the Quincy Police Department was the highlight of a brief Quincy City Council meeting on Monday night. Joseph Hoebing and Jarrett Bryson were introduced to the small crowd in City Council chambers by Barry Cheyne, chairman of the Fire and Police Commission, then sworn in…
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Larry J. Lierly, 41, last known address in the 400 block of N. Augusta Road in Clayton, is wanted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Department for burglary. Lierly is 6 foot, 1 inches tall and 215 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. If you know where he can be found, call the Quincy Regional…
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QUINCY — Mark Cestari provided plenty of reasons why the number of flights and number of passengers at Quincy Regional Airport are down. A pilot shortage. A supply chain problem with acquisition of parts, leading to a lack of planes. Escalating operating costs. “I’ve been doing this for 25 years, including 9-11. This is the…
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QUINCY — Tammy Lieurance says it is going to be a busy offseason for those involved with the Adams County Speedway. Tammy and her husband, Jim Lieurance, just finished their second year as co-promoters of the .29-mile dirt track at 8000 Broadway. The second half of that second season was admittedly a rough stretch. While…
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QUINCY — The investigation into the death of a 16-year-old student in the Quincy School District continues, and detectives are searching for more information. A Friday afternoon press release from Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, said detectives continue to follow leads. Interviews have been conducted, and information continues to be gathered and…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department is responding to shots fired incident early Sunday. Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Jersey at 2:44 a.m. Sunday for a report of multiple shots fired. Upon a search of the area, officers located numerous shell casings. At the time, witnesses were uncooperative, and no victims have…
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QUINCY — Quincy Police Department officers will patrol the downtown Quincy business district – as calls for service allow – and will focus on two-hour parking violations beginning Monday, Oct. 16. Tickets will be issued to vehicles found to be in violation. A Friday press release from the Quincy Police Department says it has received complaints about vehicles parking…
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QUINCY — Moments after the ordinance requiring compliance with federal abortion laws was voted down 7-5 Tuesday night by Quincy City Council, Mark Lee Dickson had quietly worked his way to the front of City Council chambers to visit with supporters. The message from the pastor and anti-abortion advocate from east Texas was: We’re just getting…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Brown County’s newest attraction, The Rink at Uptown Mount Sterling, is set to open to the public on Nov. 24. The Rink, a 2,400 square foot, outdoor ice rink, will be at 109 W. North. It will offer an ice-skating experience with fire pits, art, food and other vendors. Action Brown…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – “Will you join me in the fight against addiction?” Members at Consumed International Ministries have put this question out to Hannibal and surrounding communities. They hope to receive a powerful yes at their morning services at 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 22 at 17067 Sundance Dr. in New London, Mo.…
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QUINCY — Bands from Illinois, Missouri and Iowa will travel along Quincy’s Maine Street on Saturday, Oct. 14, during the 27th annual Octoberfest Invitational Parade and Field Competition The parade will begin at 2 p.m. at 30th and Maine and travel down Maine to Quincy Junior High School. Bands will present their competition selections at…
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QUINCY — Members of the Quincy Riverfront Development Corporation asked the Quincy Park Board on Wednesday night for a donation of $350,000 to bury power lines in Clat Adams Bicentennial Park. Park Board President Jarid Jones had another donation in mind. Rome Frericks, executive director of the Quincy Park District, recommended the Park Board table…
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QUINCY — Long-time commissioner John Frankenhoff didn’t mince words, calling it the “most significant land donation” in the history of the Quincy Park District. Frankenhoff and six other Quincy Park Board commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve the transfer of the 22-acre Paul Dennis Soccer Complex site at 4201 State from the Quinsippi Soccer…
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QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame High School held its homecoming royalty assembly on Wednesday, Oct. 11 and announced the homecoming court. Adison Tangy was named homecoming queen with Matthew Boudreau named homecoming king. Tangy is a daughter of Traci Miles and Jeff Tangy. Boudreau is a son of Kim and Matt Boudreau. Attendants to the…
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QUINCY — One potential delay was avoided Wednesday morning, but another potential delay may put the start of the Travis Wiley first-degree murder case in question. Wiley, 35, appeared with Public Defender Todd Nelson for a status hearing Tuesday morning before Judge Michael Atterberry in Adams County Circuit Court. Wiley faces three counts of first-degree…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Two men from Santa Ana, Calif., recently were sentenced to multiple years in prison for trafficking narcotics to Central Illinois. Cesar Lopez Reyes, 21, and Angel Tovar, 22, were each charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and information presented at public court hearings,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — At 4:15 a.m. Wednesday, the Quincy/Adams County 911 Center received a call ofsuspicious circumstances in the 400 block of Gardner Park Drive. Quincy Police Officers were dispatched to investigate. Shortly after the initial call, another call was received reporting shots fired. About that same time, another call came in from the 400 Block…
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QUINCY — After hearing more than two hours of speakers speak respectfully on both sides of the sanctuary city for the unborn ordinance, debate among members of the Quincy City Council got a little heated Monday night before they voted 7-5 against it. The issue attracted an overflow crowd that filled City Council chambers and…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board tabled a decision to commit $350,000 toward burying Ameren power lines at Clat Adams Park. At Tuesday night’s County Board meeting, Riverfront Development Corporation member Duane Venvertloh, a former Adams County Board member and Finance Committee chairman, asked his former colleagues for an additional $150,000 on top of the…
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OMAHA, Neb. — Navigator CO2 Ventures announced Tuesday it is putting on hold one of the two biggest proposed carbon dioxide pipeline projects in the Midwest so it can reassess the project. Associated Press reporter Josh Funk said the company withdrew its application for a key permit in Illinois and said it it was putting…
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PIKE COUNTY, Ill. — Two women have died as the result of a multi-vehicle crash on Sunday night on Interstate 72. Pike County 911 received a report of a multi-vehicle crash that occurred on I-72 westbound at milepost 12 at 9:39 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8. The caller indicated it was a head-on collision. First responders…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A jury trial scheduled for December for the former owner of the Golden Corral at 3908 Broadway in Quincy, Ill., accused of killing a classmate more than 30 years ago, is delayed again. William Christopher Niemet, 46, was arrested in February 2020 and charged with one count of first-degree murder in connection…
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QUINCY — The race for the election of a mayor in Quincy officially got under way on Friday when Dan Brink filed a Statement of Organization for a political committee with the Illinois State Board of Elections office in Springfield. Citizens to Elect Dan Brink for Mayor, affiliated with the Republican Party, was created with…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – “That is me walking through that door,” said Billie Vavra, the Director ofFood Programs at Harvest Outreach Ministries. Each weeknight, Vavra makes certain a different volunteer group is in place and ready to serve a free hot meal to anyone who comes to the new Loaves & Fishes Building at 413 Broadway…
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QUINCY — James B. Stewart has received dozens of awards and accolades for the work he has done in his career and the Quincy Public Schools Foundations looks to recognize him with its 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award. Stewart, a 1969 Quincy High School graduate, will be formally recognized at the Night to Dream Big Gala…
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