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HANNIBAL, Mo. – A group of parents, community members and school officials from the Hannibal School District gathered Thursday evening in the high school cafeteria to discuss the school’s Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP). Mary Hendricks-Harris from Education Plus, a nonprofit education service agency located in St. Louis, led the discussion and showed data on…
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QUINCY — A trial for Eighth Judicial Circuit Judge Robert Adrian before the Illinois Courts Commission was set for November during a brief Zoom meeting Thursday morning. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Lewis Nixon set the trial for Nov. 7-9 in Chicago at a location to be determined. Nixon coordinated Thursday’s public video conference. Adrian…
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QUINCY — Judge Roger Thomson addressed several motions during Wednesday afternoon’s motion hearing in Bradley Yohn’s criminal sexual assault case in Adams County Circuit Court. Two, however, appeared to rise above the others. Yohn eventually dropped his motion to fire Public Defender Todd Nelson and acquire new standby counsel as he continues to defend himself…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park Board tabled at its March meeting a proposal to approve a three-year agreement to continue to allow the Festival of Lights in Wavering/Moorman Recreation Complex during the holidays. Commissioners wanted discuss with organizer Eric Dooley about changes he indicated he wanted in the new agreement. However, Dooley and Quincy Park…
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QUINCY — Judge Robert Adrian ruled Wednesday that Tim Bliefnick was indigent after he filled out an affidavit of his assets and liabilities as well as based on the Circuit Court’s freezing of assets contested in the divorce case between Bliefnick and his late estranged wife, Rebecca. Tim Bliefnick faces first-degree murder charges in the…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man was sentenced to 25 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting his 9-year-old daughter. Jose Ortiz, 30, pled guilty to two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child before Judge Tad Brenner Tuesday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court. He received a…
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QUINCY — An Adams County jury took 16 minutes Tuesday morning to convict Bradley Yohn of one count of possessing contraband in a penal institution. The jury believed Yohn, 36, hid two thumb drives on Nov. 15 in his cell, which was not permitted by the Adams County Jail. Judge Frank McCartney will sentence him…
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QUINCY — Adams County Circuit Judge Scott Larson ruled Tuesday in Adams County Circuit Court any available funds of the estate of Tim and the late Rebecca Bliefnick can be used to maintain the property they jointly owned and to care for their three children. However, those funds cannot go toward the defense of Tim…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Adams County State’s Attorney Josh Jones says the case against Bradley Yohn comes down to one simple thing. Following the rules. Jones said in his opening statement Monday afternoon before a jury of seven men and five women in Adams County Circuit Court that Yohn’s failure to follow the rules on Nov. 15…
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QUINCY, IL – Three companies representing media organizations in the Quincy/Hannibal/Keokuk market have filed a joint motion to unseal all motions in the murder case of Timothy Bliefnick. The Honorable Robert K. Adrian will hear the motion on April 19, 2023. “WGEM is proud to be part of this effort to keep our judicial system…
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QUINCY — The Great River Film Festival will return to Quincy later this year. “Many of the people who attended the first one all let us know how how much they enjoyed it, so we decided to do it again,” said Mike Marx, a Northeast Missouri resident and former Hollywood talent agent. The initial festival,…
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MRN Publisher Bob Gough talks to the superintendent of the Sny, Mike Reed, about flood fighting and making sure more than 100,000 acres of land stays dry. Reed is also retiring from the job he’s had for 28 years and the drainage district is currently looking for his successor.
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QUINCY — Blessing Hospital recently met one of its most helpful patients, and he isn’t human. Manikins are models of the human body that can be used for medical training. Most manikins resemble a 180-pound male patient who is about six feet tall. Blessing’s newest silicone manikin, Oscar, is different from these other mankins. Oscar…
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MRN Editor David Adam talks to Kent Snider of Ron Snider Auto Sales about the car business and being a part of a multi-generational family business. Mercantile Bank sponsors the Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY – The Adams County Coroner has released the following information regarding the two men found deceased in separate apartments on Spring Street.On Wednesday, April 5, the Coroner’s Office was notified of two bodies found in apartments at 1303 Spring Street. Pronounced dead at the scene were Bradley J. Seager, 61, and Edward A. Day,…
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QUINCY — No chads are hanging, no Brooks Brothers are rioting and the Supreme Court won’t get involved (we hope). The Adams County Clerk’s office began Thursday the process of sorting out the votes still arriving via the U.S. Mail, as long as they have been postmarked by Election Day, April 4. Three election judges…
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QUINCY — Ten arrests were made Tuesday by the Quincy Police Department as part of a criminal narcotics enforcement detail. A coordinated effort with QPD, the Illinois State Police, Adams County Sheriff’s Department and West Central Illinois Task Force conducted the detail, targeting people who possess and/or distribute illegal narcotics in Quincy and Adams County.…
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CANTON, Mo. — Nobody experiences life without loss, but the support of our community and those closest to us helps us get through those times. Luke and Audrey Barton lost their house in Canton in a fire on March 20. The building and everything inside was lost, including the family’s pets. Andrew Redmon, Audrey Barton’s…
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MONROE CITY, Mo – Monroe City voters approved the $6.7 million bond to benefit the Monroe City R-I elementary school in Tuesday’s election. The money will be used to complete the south wing of the school by adding 11 classrooms to house grades 1-4, hallways and two full sets of restrooms. The bond will also…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Two men were found dead Wednesday morning in separate apartments in the same building on Quincy’s north side. Adams County Coroner Scott Graham and officers with the Quincy Police Department were on the scene late Wednesday morning to remove the bodies from the building. Four apartments are in the building at 1303 Spring.…
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Ryan Niekamp talks to Bob Gough about the situation in Quincy’s 7th Ward and how his office will proceed, according to state law, to handle a close election. Bob also chats with Laura Sievert with the Quincy Society of Fine Arts about the Illinois Creative Recovery Grants that her organization is helping distribute throughout West-Central…
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QUINCY – Seventh Ward challenger, Republican Tim Siemer, had a 55 vote lead going down the stretch Tuesday night, but the early voting numbers came in and that gave the incumbent, Democrat Ben Uzelac, a fighting chance. And as of now…that race is tied. Adams County Clerk Ryan Niekamp said he was declaring a tie…
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QUINCY – Three incumbents and one newcomer won seats on the Quincy School Board Tuesday. Quincy School Board President Shelley Arns and board members Jim Whitfield and LaTonya Brock retained their seats and Curtis Sethaler will join them. Whitfield was the leading vote-getter, followed by Arns, Sethaler and Brock as they took the top four…
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QUINCY — The purchase of the City Hall Annex building by the Quincy Township inched closer to a conclusion Monday night. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup then proposed spending township money to help solve some of the city’s housing issues. Before the weekly Quincy City Council meeting, aldermen first handled business as the Quincy Township board.…
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QUINCY — The aldermen in Quincy’s 7th Ward announced during Monday night’s meeting of the Quincy City Council that bids to complete work on four blocks of Payson Avenue have come in under projections. “Jack (Holtschlag) and I have some really awesome news to report tonight,” Ben Uzelac, D-7, told aldermen. “A project that we’ve been…
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