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QUINCY — The appellate defenders for convicted murderer Tim Bliefnick have filed a brief in the Office of State Appellate Defender, Fourth District, arguing many mistakes were made in Bliefnick’s May 2023 trial while asking for a new trial. The 50-page brief was prepared by Catherine Hart, deputy defender with the Office of the State…
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Author Martha Rapp discusses the 50th Anniversary John Wood Community College book that chronicles the school’s history. If you would like to purchase a copy, contact the JWCC Foundation at 217.641.4105 or by email at foundation@jwcc.edu.
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PALMYRA, Mo. — Officers at the Marion County Sheriff’s Department underwent training this week on new safety equipment, which will provide an in-depth look at what is brought into the building. The department recently received a Tek 84 Intercept, a full body scanner that detects both metallic and nonmetallic threats. Similar to an airport scanner,…
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QUINCY — The childcare crisis is real. According to the Getty Research Institute, 52 percent of mothers nationally have considered leaving the workforce due to inadequate childcare, and 33 percent are already out of work as they can’t find affordable care. The percentage of stay-at-home mothers rose to 25 percent in 2023 from 15 percent in…
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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Rich Niemann, Jr. and Richie Niemann of Niemann Foods about the company’s growth and business diversity.
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QUINCY — As Dorothy “Dottie” Hankins laid in the driveway next to her truck after being stabbed 12 times on the morning of Sunday, April 21, she convinced herself to get up. “She told me, ‘I said to myself, you can either lay here and die, or you can get up and go,’” said Bobette…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — “God is good! All the time!” The chant rang out in the makeshift dining room at the Carroll Science Center at Hannibal LaGrange University. The chanters were some of the 84 members of the missionary group, Campers on Mission, who spent the week working on repairs and updates at two residence halls,…
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QUINCY — Long-time Quincy educator Dick Thompson, who died in February at 89, was honored by the Quincy School Board Wednesday night. Thompson received the Legend Award, which Quincy Public Schools began in 2022 to honor individuals who have given a lifetime of service to the public schools. Thompson was the embodiment of service to…
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HANNIBAL, MO. — Megan Rapp has accepted the position of Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. Rapp received her undergraduate degree in History and Political Science from Culver-Stockton College and her Museum Studies Masters Degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is also a certified Travel Industry Specialist through Indiana University-Purdue University…
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QUINCY — The attorney for a Quincy man facing six felony charges, including attempted murder, said Tuesday afternoon he would strike his client’s motion to have the case dismissed. Jeremy J. Coleman, 29, appeared with Chief Public Defender Christopher Pratt before Judge Tad Brenner for a status hearing in Adams County Circuit Court. Coleman has…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man facing a charge of attempted first-degree murder made his first appearance in Adams County Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon. Thomas Delcour, 34, appeared with Sarah Lucey, an assistant appellate defender for Adams County, before Judge Scott Larson. Larson read the charges to Delcour during his hearing. Charging documents filed in…
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QUINCY — A long-awaited vote on an ordinance approving a tax increment financing plan on Quincy’s south side was delayed for two more weeks on Monday night. The heads of the Great River Economic Development Foundation, Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce and The District made their cases for the city’s third designated TIF zone during…
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QUINCY — After defeating an amendment that would have trimmed the city’s subsidy to the Quincy Public Library, the Quincy City Council voted Monday night to adopt a $61.3 million budget that goes into effect May 1. Before aldermen voted on the budget ordinance, they discussed a proposed amendment from Jeff Bergman (R-2) calling to…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Quincy man is in the Adams County Jail after he was arrested in Payson on Monday in connection with a stabbing incident on Sunday. An officer with the Quincy Police Department, who was at Blessing Hospital for an unrelated call, was approached at approximately 11 a.m. Sunday, April 21, by an elderly…
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QUINCY — It’s amazing what can happen on a golf course. A couple of guys, Andrew Smith, Sales Manager of Smith Brothers Sports, and Corey Haden of Hayden Motorsports hit the links a year or so ago, and casual conversations lead to a business agreement that will ensure the type of service Northeast Missouri has…
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QUINCY — Quincy Derby officials are now confident there will be a record field for the 20th edition of the Grand Prix of Gravity. Ray Wilson, director of the Quincy Derby, formerly known as the Soap Box Derby, told Muddy River News all possible openings in the Super Stock, Stock, Masters Elite and Super Kids…
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QUINCY — When Quincy businessman Jeff Scott vowed to revive the Grand Prix of Karting, one of his immediate goals was to bring back popular flagman Jason Burgess. Mission accomplished. Burgess, who lives about a mile from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Ind., has agreed to be a part of the rebirth of the…
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MRN”s J. Robert Gough talks to Kathi Dooley and Brian Heinze about the May 4 Washington Theater Gala honoring Tony and Signe Oakley to raise money to renovate the building. Then, Jerrod Welch with the Adams County Health Department and Robert Reich with the Adams County Board stop by to discuss how the County is…
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QUINCY — Justice Lisa Holder White of the Supreme Court of Illinois has announced the formation of a seven-member judicial screening committee for the Eighth Judicial Circuit. The screening committee, announced in a press release late Friday afternoon, was formed to assess the qualifications of eight people who have applied for appointment to the office…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Kendel Locke, owner and founder of Hula Bowls, said she would not miss the grand reopening of the Hannibal location for anything. And she meant it. When Locke, 20, graduates from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor of science in business administration focusing on marketing with a minor in entrepreneurship on…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Public School Board voted in a 5-2 decision for Susan Johnson to continue as the superintendent for the 2024-2025 school year. Hannibal School Board members Jeff Evans and Scott Hawes voted against rehiring Johnson, stating she was engaging in insubordinate behavior. When Board member Tysa Coleman moved to have the…
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QUINCY — Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, told the Human Rights Commission and a crowd of about 40 people at City Hall on Tuesday night that he learned earlier this week from state officials that they had no information about any hate groups operating locally. Yates said his department contacted the Statewide…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man was sentenced Monday afternoon to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a charge of child pornography. Cooper Davis, 24, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court with Public Defender Mark Taylor before Judge Charles H.W. Burch. According to court documents, Davis agreed to plead guilty…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal stormwater was again at center stage at Hannibal City Council on Tuesday. Larry Craig, former council member and treasurer of the Stormwater Action Committee (SWAC), told the council the committee was recently terminated after the April 2 vote where 62 percent of Hannibal voted against Proposition S. Craig said the SWAC…
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QUINCY — Lynn Niewohner always knew the History Museum on the Square, 332 Maine, had accessibility problems since the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County accepted ownership of the building in 2015. She won’t forget the moment when she decided something finally needed to be done. “The last time we had a program there,…
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