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QUINCY β A debate about the use of the word βalderpersonβ punctuated the end of Mondayβs Quincy City Council meeting. Greg Fletcher (R-1) asked Dunn why he is being referred to βAlderpersonβ Fletcher at times during recent meetings. βCan you enlighten me where this βalderpersonβ crap is coming from?β he said. βI was elected two…
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QUINCY β A Clayton man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection to the shooting death of a Camp Point man, and his bond has been set at $3 million. Wyond L. Bynum, Jr., 18, made his first appearance in Adams County Circuit Court with Assistant Public Defender Sarah Lucey on…
Read Full Article CAMP POINT, Ill. β A 22-year-old male is dead and an 18-year-old is in custody after a body was delivered to the Adams County EMS station in Camp Point early Monday morning. Adams County Sheriff Tony Grootens said deputies are still searching for a murder weapon and investigators are trying to determine where the fatal…
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PERRY, Mo.β Mike Barron was first in a cockpit at about two weeks old, flying with his parents, both pilots. A few years later, Mike was the kid down in the tail of the plane working for 75 cents an hour. βI was cheap labor but to get paid anything to clean the gear on…
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QUINCY – One man was taken to Blessing Hospital following a shooting in the southeastern part of Quincy early Sunday morning. Quincy Police responded to a “shots fired” call around 2:15 a.m. Sunday at 2811 Cheswick Road. As officers were on their way to the scene, they were told a man had been taken to…
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Quincy University President Brian McGee talks with MRN Publisher J. Robert Gough about the start of a new school year.
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QUINCY β Tim Bliefnick sat motionless and emotionless from the time he sat down at the table next to his counsel, wearing the orange and white jumpsuit and shackled awaiting to hear his fate. Bliefnick remained in that state as Judge Robert Adrian shouted out 14 gunshots, replicating the shots Bliefnick was found guilty of…
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QUINCY β Molly Corrick calmly told the heartbreaking story of how she said goodbye to her children. Her husband, Lucas Corrick, bitterly expressed his frustration. He couldnβt understand why the person who killed his children in a car crash was receiving a much lighter sentence than originally expected. Their victim impact statements on Thursday afternoon…
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QUINCY β Adams County Assistant Stateβs Attorney Josh Jones said he wished a different action could have been taken rather than to allow Natasha McBride to plead guilty on Thursday afternoon to two counts of driving while license suspended. He said during a press conference Thursday afternoon in the Adams County Courthouse he believes the…
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QUINCY β The trial for a Quincy man, charged more than five years ago with first-degree murder in the death of an infant, is on track to begin Nov. 13. Travis Wiley, 35, appeared with Public Defender Todd Nelson for a status hearing before Judge Michael Atterberry Thursday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court. Wiley…
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QUINCY β The Quincy Park Board will discuss during its day-long retreat on Thursday whether to accept what would be one of the largest donations of land in Park District history. The Quincy Park District received a letter on Aug. 3 from Brad Burghart, president of the Quinsippi Soccer League, proposing the donation of the…
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QUINCY β The Quincy Park Board voted Wednesday night to authorize Executive Director Rome Frericks to take a second stab at obtaining funds to help pay for an all-inclusive playground, shelter and restroom at Wavering Park. Frericks will complete paperwork for an Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grant from the Illinois Department of…
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Are we getting a Target? Whereβs Target? Why canβt Quincy get a Target? Those questions now have been answered. Targetβs store at 3701 Broadway opened on Wednesday, Aug. 9. It will be a day not soon forgotten by West-Central Illinois shoppers. The aisles were filled looking at sporting goods, housewares, books, electronics, health care, pet…
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PARIS, Mo. β A Madison man charged with second-degree murder of an 88-year-old woman is still waiting to hire an attorney and is not yet permitted to post bond. Lyle W. Miller, 65, made his first appearance in Monroe County Circuit Court on Wednesday morning before Judge Talley Smith. Miller was arrested July 28. He…
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CANTON, Mo. β About 100 people jammed into City Council chambers in Cantonβs City Hall, with some even sitting on the floor. A few dozen more listened and fanned themselves in a crowded hallway. Most of them appeared to endorse the idea of maintaining the Canton Police Department. However, it wonβt be long before the…
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Hannibal mayoral candidate Louderman says transparency should be number one goal in local government
HANNIBAL, Mo. β Lifelong conservative Barry Louderman says accountability to taxpayers should be the cornerstone of government. Louderman is one of three candidates β along with Kristy Trevathan and Stephen Colyar β in the Nov. 7 special election to finish James Harkβs term as Hannibal mayor, which expires April 2025. Hark said he resigned in…
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QUINCY β The cost of legal expenses related to the investigation of a whistleblower complaint about the selection process of the chief of the Quincy Police Department was capped at $25,000 during Monday nightβs Quincy City Council meeting. Jeff Mays, director of administrative services, explained to aldermen that heβs the chief procurement approver for any…
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QUINCY β The Quincy City Council voted Monday night to authorize the firm of Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu and Mitchell to begin legal action against 10 properties as part of the cityβs fix or flatten program. A memo from Michael Seaver, director of inspection and enforcement, said the properties met the criteria in the Unsafe Property…
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QUINCY β Today the building is filled with rotted boards, light bulbs hanging from the ceiling and plenty of dust and plaster to clean up. L.J. Helmke and Branigan Stehl, however, have a shared vision for what 613 Maine will look like next spring as the home of the Blind Goat Cider House. βThis is…
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Macy Ferguson-Smith of Quincy Medical Group talks to MRN Publisher Bob Gough about diversity and inclusion in her hometown and the honor she just received as being selected as one of 100 Obama Foundation leaders.
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BARING, Mo. β Fourteen people were rescued from damaged and destroyed homes in Baring overnight after emergency personnel were called to this tiny city in northern Knox County at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday for a reported tornado. Residents reported the Baring tornado siren did not go off, and emergency personnel reported weather radios did not…
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CANTON, Mo. – Jarrod Phillips resigned as the mayor of Canton on Friday in a two-sentence news release submitted to the town’s Board of Aldermen. A copy of the letter was sent out at 6 p.m. Friday, saying the resignation is effective on August 8. An unsigned letter from city officials was also in the…
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MRN Editor David Adam talks to Joe Harris, the agricultural specialist for TI-Trust about farming, farm markets and the weather. Are we past the point of no return on a drought this year? Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. β When Show Me HH Farms first opened its then 10-acre sunflower field to the public two summers ago, a bigger goal was in mind. Owners Kent and Kathy Brown, alongside their son and daughter-in-law Phillip and Amberlyn Brown, bought a cold press that same summer and have been producing all-natural sunflower oil…
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CANTON, Mo. β The Canton Police Department went from four officers to one on Monday night, and Canton Mayor Jarrod Phillips wants to plan for a forum next week to discuss public law enforcement options in the city. However, Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish says he wonβt recommend his department make any deals with the…
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