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QUINCY — The working facility plan proposed by the Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools (QCES) last week would cost $1.21 million per year less than maintaining all four Catholic elementary school buildings as pre-K through eighth-grade facilities, according to a document made public Friday. The document, published on the QCES website, also said that figure doesn’t…
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QUINCY — A downtown Quincy retail fixture is closing on Sept. 28. After 110 years, Roy Bennett Furniture at 311 Maine will close with a going-out-of-business sale. Laura Wright, Roy Bennett’s great-great granddaughter, said her family has sold the building. “I am honored to have been the fifth generation active in a business so deeply…
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QUINCY —The YMCA of West Central Illinois Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Curtis Sethaler as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective Nov. 1. Sethaler will succeed Rick Shover, who has been serving as interim CEO. “We are thrilled to welcome Curtis Sethaler as our new CEO,” said Todd Moore, Quincy Family…
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QUINCY — A man recently walked into a couple of taverns for karaoke in Quincy and sang the Spinners’ 1976 hit, “It’s a Shame”, at both places. The crowds were really impressed as the man seemed to hit every note perfectly. They were more shocked when they learned the singer was GC Cameron, lead vocalist…
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New local bank program provides convenience to parents, teaches financial responsibility to children
QUINCY — At a time when Americans have $17.8 trillion in household debt, it’s crucial to have a solid understanding of personal finances. It is perhaps even more important for the next generation of consumers to have the skills to navigate such fickle financial conditions. A new program at a local bank seeks to do just…
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Adams County Board Chairman Kent Snider and Sheriff Tony Grootens sit down with MRN’s J. Robert Gough to discuss their plan to place school resource officers from the sheriff’s department into the county schools.
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UPDATE: Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said on Saturday the citywide boil order is no longer in effect. Twenty-four samples of water taken to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency all “came back fine,” Troup said Saturday night. QUINCY — A boil order has been issued for all City of Quincy water utility customers. The boil order…
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QUINCY — After enrolling the institution’s largest freshman class in 50 years in 2023, Quincy University has seen a slight dip in 2024, with total enrollment down by three percent. However, a press release from the university on Friday noted this year’s freshman class is 22 percent larger than the class that graduated in May…
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Luke Niederhauser from Dot Foods talks about corporate and employee recruiting for the area’s largest private employer. Rober & Phillips and Mercantile Bank sponsors Business Spotlight.
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QUINCY — Oral arguments in the appeal case for convicted murderer Tim Bliefnick will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 16 by Zoom. Becky Bliefnick, who had three sons with Tim Bliefnick, was found dead by her father in her home on Feb. 23, 2023, after being shot 14 times. She was 41. Tim Bliefnick was convicted…
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UPDATE: Quincy Public and Parochial Schools are dismissing because of the city’s water situation. Schools will dismiss 3 hours early. 11am – The Academy, 11:25 am: QHS, 11:41 am: QJHS, 12:15 p.m.: Elementary. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the city was awaiting word from the Illinois EPA on how to proceed with the boil order…
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QUINCY — The November death of the owner of Quincy’s Steak ‘n Shake franchise at 3819 Broadway has led to the decision to close the restaurant this month. Todd Dugal, the restaurant’s general manager who said owner Paul Ledgard had “taken me under his wing” for the past five years, posted on Facebook on Wednesday…
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QUINCY — The Gem City Summer Concert Series is returning to Lincoln Park next summer. Whitney Mintert spoke to the Quincy Park Board during the public input portion of Wednesday night’s monthly meeting. At the same time, concert organizer Scott Edlin was the host of a dinner thanking the sponsors of the series this past…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man facing six felony charges, including attempted murder and armed violence, filed two pro se motions with the Adams County Circuit Clark in March claiming he was defending himself in a December 2023 stabbing incident. He wanted his case dismissed, but his attorney at the time chose not to adopt those…
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QUINCY — A lone trumpet hummed the familiar, somber tune of “Taps” Wednesday morning as members of American Legion Post 37 fired their rifles into clear blue skies overhead, signaling the end of a ceremony to commemorate the events that took place on September 11, 2001. Dozens of police officers, firefighters, local government officials and…
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QUINCY — Oral arguments in the Gavin Masters appeal before the Illinois Appellate Court Fourth District on Tuesday afternoon focused on the standard of review for a post-conviction petition. Masters, 26, received a 115-year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections in December 2015 after an Adams County jury convicted him of first-degree murder in…
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I had to choose my mode of transportation to attend a journalism conference in Chicago last week. I hate driving to and in Chicago, and I have always enjoyed taking the train. When I used to take it regularly for work, it was relatively reliable. I love flying, but when heading to a conference downtown,…
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QUINCY — Christopher Gill was prepared to hear negative feedback from parents of elementary school students on Tuesday at Quincy University’s Connie Niemann Center when they learned of the Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools’ (QCES) proposal for a new working facility plan. That’s OK, he says. “That’s why we’re calling it a working plan,” Gill, chief…
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QUINCY — A trial for the former owners of a Quincy business facing two theft charges has been pushed back again. St. Louis attorney Justin Summary appeared by Zoom for a Tuesday morning motion hearing before Judge Tad Brenner in Adams County Circuit Court. Summary said his clients, Andy P. Reardon, 58, and Michelle M.…
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QUINCY — A quick reaction by a Quincy man to a dangerous situation may have saved a person’s life last week. Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, read a letter of appreciation at the beginning of Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, recognizing the swift response by Steven Fuller on the morning of Sept.…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted Monday night to have an ordinance drafted to end the city’s electrical aggregation program. Several aldermen noted during the Sept. 3 meeting that they were receiving complaints from customers who were automatically enrolled in the aggregation program, having their electric supply service switched to Constellation. City officials said…
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QUINCY — A rewritten resolution that authorizes giving $25,000 from the city’s Economic Growth Fund to the Quincy Society of Fine Arts got the two extra votes it needed from the Quincy City Council on Monday night. After voting to permanently table the original resolution, aldermen voted 8-6 to approve a revamped resolution. Director of…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Board of Public Works General Manager Darrin Gordon doesn’t want to deliver the bad news, but in this case, he believes he must. “We’re going to tell everyone the good news, the bad news,” Gordon said. “We just have bad news to bring.” The news is that Hannibal residents could soon…
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Murder suspect claims ineffective assistance of counsel; attorney files motion to withdraw from case
QUINCY — Three weeks after a Clayton teen charged with first-degree murder filed a pro se motion claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, his attorney filed a motion to withdraw. Wyond L. Bynum, Jr., 19, wrote in his motion filed on Aug. 16 in Adams County Circuit Court that his attorney, Victor Smith of St. Louis,…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department is investigating multiple reports of a male exposing himself at various locations in Quincy during the past two weeks, committing lewd acts in the view of juveniles and showing them inappropriate photos on his phone. Victims report that the suspect’s vehicle has stopped at locations ahead of their path,…
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