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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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APRIL 16 UPDATE: The Missouri State Fire Marshal’s Office and Hannibal Fire Department investigators have ruled the fire accidental. The deceased victim has been identified as Kimberly D. Lukow, 58, of Hannibal. HANNIBAL, Mo. — One person died Monday in a house fire in Hannibal. The Hannibal Fire Department reported in a press release that…
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QUINCY — A motion to dismiss a grand jury indictment in a case against the former owners of a Quincy business facing two theft charges was dismissed by an Adams County judge on Monday morning. St. Louis attorney Justin Summary appeared for the motion hearing before Judge Tad Brenner. His clients, Andy P. Reardon, 58,…
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“If you’re going to have a horse farm and you own liquor stores, then you got to have Clydesdales…” This was Adam Booth’s status Facebook on February 27 paired with a photo of two beautiful giant horses. It was a status that could have won the internet for the day, but after reading through the comments,…
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QUINCY — Marc Arntzen and Danyelle Harrison had similar experiences as kids. Harrison remembers growing up in Warsaw and visiting her grandfather’s business, Harrison Monuments, when she was 3 years old. After moving to Quincy from Hannibal, Arntzen remembers as a first grader going to work with his father, Glendon, at Gem City Memorials. “He…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Human Rights Commission has called for a special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to address the issue of the American Nazi Party’s potential presence in Quincy. Mark Philpot, chairman of the 15-member commission, said a local business owner in the 62305 ZIP code shared with the group that…
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In September 2021, a 4-year-old girl’s babysitter caught her touching another child inappropriately. “I asked her why she was doing that,” the babysitter texted the girl’s mother, “and she told me because someone does it to her.” Who does it? the babysitter asked the girl. “Omfg,” the babysitter responded to the mother. “You’re not going…
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QUINCY — Blessing Hospital in Quincy and McDonough District Hospital in Macomb were named in an April story by APM Reports as being among 23 hospitals that had violated Illinois’ Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. The Illinois Department of Public Health inspects hospitals throughout the state for compliance with the act. The agency found…
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Barb Baker Chapin from Transitions talks about Child Abuse Prevention Month in April and the upcoming Mental Health Awareness Month in May.
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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Jamie Blaesing of Carl’s Shoes about operating a small, independent shoe store in today’s business climate. Mercantile Bank brings you the Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers. However, these limits…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Adams Electric Cooperative is one of 20 companies that will be receiving grants to help install electric vehicle charging infrastructure under the Driving a Cleaner Illinois program. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Director John J. Kim announced Wednesday that $25.1 million will fund 643 new direct current fast charging (DCFC) ports at 141…
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QUINCY — In the spirit of the Easter season, the Adams County Board played Pontius Pilate Wednesday night and washed its hands of the responsibility of maintaining the intersection of 48th and State. Although it could be argued the Quincy City Council beat them to the basin. The Sanhedrin, or in 2024 terms, the courts,…
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QUINCY — One member of the Quincy Park Board says he wants to “begin a discussion” about the installation of call boxes in each of the city’s parks. Commissioner Mark Philpot told the seven-member board that the possibility of a study seeking public feedback on the issue was brought to the table during a Finance…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — The Palmyra Police Department is searching for two male suspects who attempted to use a stolen truck in a robbery attempt on Wednesday. An officer with the Palmyra Police Department was dispatched Wednesday, April 10, to the Exchange Bank, 423 Elizabeth Avenue, in reference to suspicious activity near the bank’s ATM. When…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal residents who gathered at city hall on Tuesday night for a public meeting gave a majority opinion that it’s time to tear down old St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Hannibal Mayor Barry Louderman and City Manager Lisa Peck spoke to the group about the dilapidated state of the building and discussed possible funding…
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