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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Five people facing first-degree assault and second-degree murder charges in connection to the death of a Hannibal man on Oct. 9 will be arraigned Friday morning in Marion County Circuit Court. Four of those people — Tiara Bonner, Jason Anderson, Jordan Payne and Kaelin Rickey — waived their right to a preliminary…
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QUINCY — A Springfield man defending himself against criminal sexual assault charges in Quincy picked up another felony charge earlier this month. Bradley Yohn, 35, was charged Nov. 15 in Adams County Circuit Court with three counts of possessing contraband in a penal institution, a Class 1 felony. If he’s found guilty, he faces between…
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QUINCY — After nearly four years as an alderman, John Mast decided he had missed enough time with his kids. Mast, a Republican in the city’s 5th Ward, chose not to file paperwork to run for re-election. Monday was the final day to file petitions. Mast said he started thinking in the past six months about…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal-LaGrange University’s accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission was placed earlier this month on a two-year probation amid controversy about mismanagement and poor trustee governance. Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., another school affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention, also is on probation. Word and Way, an independent publication that covers news of…
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QUINCY — One planned subdivision by Hildebrand Construction in the northeast area of the city cleared one hurdle during Monday night’s meeting of the Quincy City Council. Another planned subdivision, however, must wait until next week to receive approval. The Plan Commission recently recommended approval of the subdivision of property at 5010-5019 College into nine…
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QUINCY — Aldermen voted last week to make three changes to an ordinance to adopt the 2018 series of the International Code Council model code for the city’s building code. They voted to remove mandated sprinkler systems, mandated installation of sheetrock underneath the basement mandated installation of a self-closing door from the garage to the…
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QUINCY — Judge Debra Wellborn hadn’t heard much lately about the Devere Gholston case, so she took it upon herself to schedule a status hearing for Monday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court. Gholston, 27, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of residential burglary and one count of robbery in…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department responded Nov. 5 to Zales Jewelers in the Quincy Town Center in reference to a theft that had just occurred. Two subjects had entered the store posing as customers. They asked to see multiple pieces of jewelry, were able to gain control of four rings and fled the store…
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URSA, Ill. — Jess Duncan always had wanted to become a cosmetologist. When she and her husband Taylor bought a house in Ursa four years ago, Duncan quickly found the exact place where she wanted to own her own business. Now she’s finally seeing both dreams come true. Duncan & Co. is having a grand opening…
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Reagan Costigan with Quincy Recycle talks about recruiting and hiring in today’s economic climate. The local company has grown to more than 400 employees among its locations throughout the Midwest.
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Bob Gough talks to Mark McDonald and Randy Phillips about a new long-form program coming to Muddy River News. McDonald and Phillips, who produced the award-winning program Illinois Stories for PBS stations WQEC/WSEC, will bring you Muddy River Gems. The first program will air in December. Harvey’s Furniture sponsors Muddy River News.
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Ashley talks to the people who help run the local chapter of the American Business Women’s Association and Bob Gough introduces us to the team that will bring you Muddy River Gems.
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QUINCY — A second Quincy man believed to be connected to a shooting around Sixth and Chestnut earlier this month pled not guilty Wednesday morning. Cayden R. Smith, 18, was arraigned in Adams County Circuit Court by Judge Roger Thomson. Smith appeared with his attorney, Drew Schnack. Officers with the Quincy Police Department responded to…
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QUINCY — A Sangamon County Court has dismissed an appeal by Blessing Health System to block the proposed Quincy Medical Group Hospital and Birth Center to be built at the Quincy Town Center. In April, seven of the eight members of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board (HFSRB) approved QMG’s applications for both…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Michael Bell, 39, of the 800 block of North Eighth Street in Quincy, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 18, to 10 years imprisonment for distributing methamphetamine in Quincy. At the sentencing hearing in front of U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough, the government presented evidence that on Aug. 30 and Sept. 2, 2021,…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man who allegedly exchanged gunfire earlier this month while in a car on the city’s northwest side pled not guilty Tuesday morning. Chaeto Nichols, 18, was arraigned in Adams County Circuit Court by Judge Amy Lannerd. Nichols appeared with public defender Christopher Pratt. The case was placed on the March 13…
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QUINCY — Chief Bernie Vahlkamp and Deputy Chief Steve Salrin with the Quincy Fire Department couldn’t convince the Quincy City Council not to make three changes to an ordinance to adopt the 2018 series of the International Code Council model code for the city’s building code. Aldermen voted at the end of the meeting to…
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QUINCY — A new role in the family business has forced Parker Freiburg to resign from his seat on the Quincy City Council. Freiburg, a Republican in the city’s 3rd Ward, announced at the end of Monday’s meeting that the Nov. 28 meeting would be his last. He said he will become an owner of Diamond…
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MEMPHIS, Missouri – In March, Scotland County Hospital’s auditors delivered a stark warning. After five consecutive years of losses, only federal COVID-19 payments received over the previous year had kept the 25-bed hospital’s bank account solvent. In the fiscal years covered by the audit, accounting firm BKD reported, the hospital lost $7.9 million — $2.3 million…
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QUINCY — How does a graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary College in St. Peters, Mo., end up in Quincy cooking Thanksgiving dinner at the Horizon Food Pantry? Not all of us have safety nets to catch us when tragedy strikes. After surviving domestic violence and divorcing her husband, Lauren Washburn, a St. Louis…
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Jenna Hull talks about the changes going on at the United Way and how the organization is helping to facilitate several community projects, including housing and poverty, as well as its staples like the annual campaign and The Good News of Christmas. Harvey’s Furniture sponsors Muddy River News This Week.
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QUINCY — Jeremy Wingerter, who has been the executive director of the United Way of Adams County since February 2020, has resigned to take another position out of Quincy. The United Way of Adams County Board of Directors has announced Nancy Bluhm, who was the board’s president, will serve as interim executive director beginning Friday, December…
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Sheri Busse and Sarah Davis of Emerald City Jewelers stop by to talk about getting ready for the season of giving and what they have for you at Emerald City. TI-Trust sponsors the Muddy River News Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY — Mike O’Brien says the property needs a little work, but he doesn’t believe it will take long for local business to become interested. O’Brien owns O’Brien Insurance Agency at 419 S. 10th. He also is the agent and manager of MMT O’Brien LLC, 1001 State Series, which recently spent $705,000 on Oct. 13…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Andy Dorian is leaving his position of director of Central Services for the city of Hannibal to become the director of campus development at Hannibal Regional Hospital. He says he isn’t leaving because he’s upset with the city administration. A July 7 letter from Dorian’s city email account to Hannibal city officials…
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