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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council’s consulting agreement with SIMEC, LLC, was amended during Monday night’s meeting. SIMEC President Reg Ankrom sent a letter to the city last week explaining how the competitive market in electricity has been volatile during the last three years. “In our two recent requests for proposals (RFPs), we invited electricity…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved an ordinance approving a tax increment financing plan on Quincy’s south side, but not without a couple of tweaks, during Monday night’s meeting. Four weeks after the vote was tabled, aldermen voted 8-6 to create the city’s third designated TIF zone. TIF districts dedicate a portion of tax…
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Illinois continued to lose population last year, with people leaving 75 percent of the communities in the state. But what about your town? Did it lose or gain? And by how much? Illinois Policy recently created a database with population figures for more than 1,000 communities, municipalities, cities, towns and burbs throughout the state. Illinois…
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MACON, Mo. — Four people died in a three-vehicle crash on Friday morning on U.S. 36 near Macon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that a 2018 Toyota Camry driven by Jean Jones, 85, of Macon was southbound and failed to yield, striking a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox that was eastbound on U.S. 36 and was…
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MRN’s Ron Kinscherf talks to Ryan Sparks of SwingSync Labs. His facility is equipped with swing analytics, training tools at six designated stations and on-demand instructional videos to personalize training for both baseball and softball players. Rober & Phillips and Mercantile Bank sponsor the Business Spotlight.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A bench trial scheduled on Thursday for Hannibal attorney Tyler White — accused of attempting to tamper with a victim in a felony prosecution — was canceled and the case was dismissed. White and his attorney Mark Williams appeared in Marion County Circuit Court for the trial before Associate Judge Kristen Burks…
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QUINCY — A one-day narcotics operation was conducted Wednesday, May 15, in a joint effort between the West Central Illinois Task Force, Adams County Sheriff’s Department, Quincy Police Department and the Illinois State Police. The operation’s primary focus was to target people who distribute and possess narcotics in the Quincy and Adams County area. Fourteen…
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MONTICELLO, Mo. — The case for a Canton man charged with first-degree murder after he reportedly shot his wife as they fought in their home in October 2023 has been moved to another county. Adam Wolf, 47, appeared with Clayton attorney Jeffrey Becker to be arraigned in Lewis County Circuit Court on Thursday morning by…
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QUINCY — Judge Debra Wellborn’s face creased with a smile as the nine graduates of Problem-Solving Court received their plaques Thursday afternoon in the Adams County Courthouse. “The types of courtroom activities that we have, Drug Court can be the most heart wrenching from time to time, but it’s also been the most rewarding thing…
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QUINCY — Jim Otis doesn’t yet have a deal in place, and he won’t reveal the names of any restaurants or businesses he could potentially bring to Quincy. But when he heads to Las Vegas for the three-day International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) conference beginning Sunday, he’ll search for retailers ready to commit to this…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Four Hannibal men allegedly involved in the January 2023 death of Taurean Snoddy pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to assault and murder charges during an arraignment in the Marion County Courthouse. Braden Chestnutt, 20, Damien McCulley, 26, Robert O’Connell, 37, and Dakota Laster, 24, all appeared by video before Judge David Mobley…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board unanimously approved an expansion of the Quincy Adams Brown Enterprise zone to accommodate the construction of a $40 million facility for United Alloy. United Alloy’s current Quincy location is a 24,000 square foot weld-only facility in the Ellington Road industrial park that opened in April 2023. The new site is…
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QUINCY — A months-long investigation by the West Central Illinois Task Force led to the arrest of two people on Monday on drugs and weapons charges. The West Central Illinois Task Force, Illinois State Police, Adams County Sheriff’s Department and Quincy Police Department began investigating in early 2024 the sale of heroin in Quincy. Officers…
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QUINCY — An Omaha, Neb., developer hopes to bring a convenience store and five national retail stores to the northeast corner of 54th and Broadway, with construction possibly starting this summer. A sales tax rebate for the development was a topic of discussion during Monday night’s Finance Committee meeting, held one hour before the Quincy City…
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QUINCY — The annual report from the City of Quincy’s Recycling Division showed the city collected 2.833 million pounds of material from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup happily announced a 56 percent increase in recyclable materials collected during Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting. “We wanted to see the…
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QUINCY — Brian McGee, president of Quincy University, said a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story detailing financial troubles at the school was written by two reporters “taking potshots,” and the story contained information that was either “puzzling,” “wrong” or “incomplete.” McGee also said the future of the university is “bright.” A March report from the Scholarship…
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QUINCY — Quincy University, Culver-Stockton College and Hannibal-LaGrange University are on a list of colleges considered to be in financial trouble in a March report from the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. Teresa Steinkamp, advising director for the foundation, issued what the foundation called an “important alert regarding several colleges in significant danger of closing their…
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Ron Kinscherf talks to Luis Barnes of Tek Forward, a company that offers Basic Computer Skills, Basic Software Development, Frontend Developer, Backend Developer and Full Stack Development. Rober & Phillips and Mercantile Bank sponsor Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY — Hundreds of runners and walkers took to the streets of Quincy Saturday morning as part of the Quincy Medical Group’s 24th annual Bridge the Gap to Health Race. Participants can choose a 5K, 10K or half marathon routes that cross over the Bayview Bridge into Missouri before crossing back into Illinois for the…
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QUINCY — Christopher Pratt didn’t even get to use the new business cards he ordered. Pratt, an attorney in the Adams County Public Defender’s Office since 2016, halted his campaign to run for state’s attorney in Hancock County when he was promoted from deputy chief defender to chief public defender in February after Todd Nelson resigned.…
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QUINCY — The owner of the Jersey Mike’s franchise coming to Quincy hopes to have a staff in place to start making submarine sandwiches by the end of July. Scott Miller of SamCo Management, based in Champaign, owns seven Jersey Mike’s throughout Illinois. The first stores were in East Peoria and Springfield in April 2021. He since…
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QUINCY — Moments after he was elected as the president of the Quincy Park Board, Mark Philpot took time to reflect on the vote’s significance. Philpot was selected to replace Jarid Jones as president during Wednesday’s monthly meeting of the Park Board. He is the first Black person to serve as president. (Alan Hickman was…
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QUINCY — Both sides got something — but not everything they hoped for — on Tuesday night when an Adams County jury of six men and six women found a former deputy with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department guilty of two felonies but not guilty of the most serious charge leveled against him. A two-day…
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QUINCY — After hearing Brittany Abercrombie’s harrowing story about what she said happened in the early morning hours of Jan. 27, 2023, an Adams County jury heard a completely different version on Tuesday morning. Cody Shaffer, 31, of Loraine testified on his behalf during the second day of his trial in Adams County Circuit Court…
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QUINCY — Katherine Roskamp-Ellerbrock recently accepted the executive director position at the Quincy Museum following Barbara Wilkinson-Fletcher’s retirement. Roskamp-Ellerbrock has delivered marketing strategies on a national and global scale for the agricultural industry. “Katie’s extensive leadership, marketing and community alliances will provide an exciting new chapter as we look to the future,” Barb Newman, board of…
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