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The attorney representing the former directors of the 2×4’s For Hope charity has once again asked for additional time before making another court appearance A case management conference scheduled for Monday in the civil case of 2×4’s for Hope vs. Mark and Chris Lawrence was postponed to February 1, 2022. The Lawrence’s must either enter…
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QUINCY — Rob Copley made it through his resignation letter without shedding a tear. “That was very hard,” he said. “I actually surprised myself that I read the letter as well as I did without choking up at all.” After 42 years with the Quincy Police Department, with 18 as the chief of police, Copley…
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QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners has informed the Quincy City Council of its intention to reappoint Rob Copley as chief of the Quincy Police Department for a three-year term. Copley has been with the Police Department since 1980 and has been police chief since 2004. His last three-year reappointment was in…
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Jeff Butler of Clean Restoration is a guy you call when you need help. Clean Restoration is a locally owned and operated restoration company serving all of West Central Illinois. When disaster strikes your home or business, from the initial cleanup to the overall reconstruction, Clean Restoration can help. Muddy River News Business Spotlight is…
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Dear MRN, Since you posted an article about the stoplight at 25th and Broadway, I have wondered if there still needs to be a school zone speed limit on northbound and southbound traffic on 24th Street. St Peter School is a block away. Madison School is no longer used as a school. Chaddock isn’t in…
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QUINCY – Several community business leaders turned out Thursday evening for the annual meeting of the Great River Economic Development Foundation at the Oakley-Lindsay Center. GREDF President Kyle Moore welcomed the crowd as he hosted his first annual meeting leading the organization. The former Quincy mayor took over the helm in June. He said the…
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Motion to consolidate cases challenging mandatory vaccination program made to Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has made a motion to the Illinois Supreme Court to consolidate several similar cases in Illinois counties into one that challenges the orders from the state of Illinois establishing a COVID-19 vaccination and testing program for school personnel, healthcare workers and state employees. A case involving employment claims from suspended…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $7.17 million fiscal 2022 budget Wednesday night. The figure represents a decrease of just under $185,000 from the FY 2021 budget and reflects a deficit of about $1.32 million, the result of planned spending of revenues and fund reserves to pay for capital…
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QUINCY — Kay Simpson spent $4,700 this summer to have an above-ground pool installed in the backyard of her home near Mill Creek. The installation of the pool was so poor that she recently learned it would take an additional $3,600 in repairs to make it useful. “I want the pool taken down, taken out…
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QUINCY — Shari Ray, comptroller for the City of Quincy, wants to know what aldermen want to do with extra money collected during Fiscal Year 2022 before work on the Fiscal Year 2023 budget begins. Ray explained during a Finance Committee meeting held before Monday’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting how the city has an…
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Should Congressman Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) win re-election in 2022, he will represent Illinois’ 15th District, which will include West-Central Illinois. Davis sat down with MRN Publisher/GM J. Robert Gough to discuss redistricting, re-election and the state of politics in Illinois and Washington D.C. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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(This is the final part of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.) Read Part 1: Prosperous Quincy of 1899 Read Part 2: Christmas is Coming to Quincy Read Part 3: The Cry of Fire…
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QUINCY — The City of Quincy is asking for the submission of sealed proposals for the purchase and redevelopment of the 17 parcels of property, including the site of the former Newcomb Hotel at 400 Maine. All of the properties are vacant lots. Chuck Bevelheimer, director of planning and development for the city, said most…
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(This is the fifth of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.) Read Part 1: Prosperous Quincy of 1899 Read Part 2: Christmas is Coming to Quincy Read Part 3: The Cry of Fire Read…
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(This is the fourth of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.) Read Part 1: Prosperous Quincy of 1899 Read Part 2: Christmas is Coming to Quincy Read Part 3: The Cry of Fire All…
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Bob Gough talks to the Adams County Board Chairman. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
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Read Part 1: Prosperous Quincy of 1899 Read Part 2: Christmas is Coming to Quincy It was December 22nd and the girls in Sister Theotima’s nativity scene readied for their dress rehearsal. It was 2:30 in the afternoon. Sister Theotima motioned to her girls that it was time to go backstage to get dressed for…
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QUINCY — Don’t panic, Quincy. You can still get your vanilla lattes, pumpkin spice lattes and iced white chocolate mochas from Starbucks. You just can’t get them from the store at 3115 Broadway for a few days. The store was closed Friday. The website for the 3115 Broadway location shows the store is closed through…
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QUINCY — After a three-day trial, an Adams County jury ruled Wednesday that Blick’s Construction, the contractor that demolished buildings to make way for the new county jail, was entitled to $117,021 for additional work it finished in 2017. Blick’s filed the suit in April 2018. The county accepted in January 2017 a bid by…
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(This is the second of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.) Read Part 1: Prosperous Quincy of 1899 The morning of Dec. 22 dawned clear and cold. With just three days to go until…
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QUINCY — Alvin Palmer always has believed he’s a good person. Now, after nearly 20 years of battles with the police, courts, alcohol and drugs, Palmer says he’s simply ready to make better choices. “I’ve learned to love more,” he said after Wednesday’s graduation ceremony for the RISE program, administered by the Adams County Probation…
Read Full Article The St. Francis School fire of 1899: Quincy was prosperous, growing and looking forward to Christmas
(This is the first of six stories about the St. Francis School fire in December 1899, when 12 girls burned to death in one of saddest chapters of the Quincy community’s history.) This story takes place 122 years ago, on Dec. 22, 1899. The event, which people still remember more than a century later,…
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QUINCY — Blessing Health System employees learned Tuesday they now have an additional option to maintain their employment after a federal judge in Missouri blocked enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for millions of health care workers in 10 states. About 17 million health care providers at facilities participating in the federal Medicare…
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QUINCY — A Springfield man pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to charges of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated criminal sexual assault and residential burglary. Bradley S. Yohn, 34, was arraigned in Adams County Circuit Court, where he waived a formal reading of his charges and made his plea before Judge Amy Lannerd.…
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QUINCY — A St. Louis man was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to throwing a cat against a wall in 2018, recording it and sending the video to his wife. Trevor Moncrief, 35, was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals. He was living in Quincy when the…
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