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QUINCY — A woman who was part of a team that beat and sexually assaulted a woman who ended up dying will get 40 years in prison for her part in the crime. Karen Blackledge entered a guilty plea Friday afternoon in Adams County Circuit Court to two counts, one of home invasion and one…
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Andrew Smith and Ray Weast talk about the new and improved R&R Golf and Smith’s purchase of the nearly 29 year old family business. Muddy River News Business Spotlight it sponsored by Cason, Huff and Schlueter Insurance.
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The much-delayed trial of a Quincy man involving the death of an infant girl is now set for July. Travis Wiley, 34, faces three counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery in the Jan. 22, 2018, death of an infant girl. He is accused of shaking the infant on Jan. 20, 2018,…
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Dear MRN, I drive down 24th Street and have noticed a lot of construction activity on the west side of the street at 24th and Lind. What is happening? Is it retail? What is happening at the old Deters Dairy building on North 24th behind the Ladies of Charity? I notice construction going on, and…
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QUINCY — Rick and Becky Gengenbacher came up with the idea to go into business with Rick’s parents, Dick and Mary Lou Gengenbacher, to sell shaved ice and help put their four daughters through Quincy’s private Catholic schools. Twenty years later, the proceeds from Gengenbacher’s Shaved Ice Shack also helped pay for college expenses and…
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QUINCY — The Two Rivers Regional Council of Public Officials reached an agreement last week with the Bel Aire Motel, 2314 N. 12th, to provide emergency shelter. The TRRC previously provided vouchers to stay at the Welcome Inn, 200 Maine, to people needing emergency shelter. However, city officials shut down the Welcome Inn on July…
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QUINCY — Quincy firefighters found a body during a fire on Quincy’s north side early Tuesday morning. Fire Chief Bernie Vahlkamp said the call came in at 3:47 a.m. and crews responded to the fire in the Fourth and Cherry area, 1021 N. Fourth. Vahlkamp said the building was a two story machine shed with…
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QUINCY — Quincy Comptroller Sheri Ray presented a first look at the city’s budget for FY 2023 at Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting. The proposed $47.2 million budget is $2 million lower than the final FY 2022 budget, but is nearly $8 million higher than the budget approved last April. Ray said the budget…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — A Tennessee man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder of a police officer after a police chase late Saturday night. Daniel B. Payne, 29, of Greenbrier, Tenn., was arrested by agents from the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 4. He is lodged in the Schuyler County Jail.…
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On Muddy River News This Week, we sit down with Paul Reitz, the CEO of Titan International, the parent company of Quincy’s Titan Wheel. Reitz joined Titan in 2010 as Chief Financial Officer, became President in February 2014, and was named CEO effective in January 2017. Prior to joining Titan, he was the Chief Accounting…
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QUINCY — The days of a truck stopping in front of your home and picking up your recyclable materials are likely ending. “Yeah, it’s probably a fair statement,” Central Services Director Kevin McClean said. “We are definitely looking for other alternatives to make things more economical, so it’s not costing the taxpayers more money than…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The implementation of what transitional President Rodney Harrison called an “integrity plan,” coupled with increased giving from alumni in the past month, has put Hannibal-LaGrange University on what Harrison believes is a path to “ensure the long-term sustainability” of the school. Asked how close the university was to shutting the doors earlier…
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QUINCY — Quincy has one of the finest public golf courses in the Midwest, and Quincy Park District officials know a major expense is coming if it hopes to maintain the 27-hole course for future generations. Finding a way to pay for it won’t be simple. Rome Frericks, executive director of the Park District, and…
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School Board approves "contingency contract" on K&L Arena; total cost of project could be $3 million
QUINCY — Calling it a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” Quincy School Board member Richard McNay laid out the rationale for the Quincy Public School District to purchase K&L Arena at Wednesday night’s board meeting. “It’s 55,000 square foot, so at $2 million… it comes out to (roughly) $40 per square foot,” McNay said. “If we tried to…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Police have arrested a Las Vegas man after shots were fired in the Shawnee Trail neighborhood Tuesday. On Wednesday, a warrant was issued in the 10th Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County charging Jerome Gaston, 23, originally of Las Vegas, with unlawful use of a weapon, and endangering the welfare of…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Jury selection for the trial of two former correctional guards charged in the 2018 death of an inmate in the Western Illinois Correctional Center will begin Wednesday. A status conference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long was held Tuesday afternoon to discuss procedures for jury selection for the jury trial…
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UPDATE: Adams County Sheriff Rich Wagner said the Adams County Courthouse was cleared and would reopen at 1 p.m. Tuesday. QUINCY — The Adams County Courthouse was evacuated Tuesday morning after a phoned-in bomb threat, and Adams County Sheriff Rich Wagner says it will remain closed until at least 1 p.m. “Courthouse has been evacuated…
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QHS junior recovering from cardiothoracic surgery gets to meet Blues star during game day experience
QUINCY — Maybe the St. Louis Blues should consider asking Hunter Hildebrand to come back for more games. The Blues had lost four consecutive games before knocking off the New York Rangers at Enterprise Center on March 10 when Hunter, a junior at Quincy High School, was a guest of the Blues thanks to Colton…
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QUINCY — The Quincy School Board has an item on Wednesday’s agenda to “consider/approve contingency contract to purchase real estate at 1600 N. 43rd.” That property is where K&L Arena is located, a multipurpose sports facility owned by Greg and Deb Shierling. Mays LLC Realtors is handling the sale of the property. The 5.32-acre property…
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QUINCY — The ownership of a business started by five brothers more than 90 years ago recently changed hands, and a prized piece of real estate on Broadway soon will be available for purchase. Turner Brothers Garage had been at 4701-4726 Broadway since 1969, but Dean Turner sold the business in January. It’s now owned…
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QUINCY — That smile on Dave Wietholder’s face was no accident. “It’s been nice to see everyone again,” said Wietholder, one of the more than 30 drivers who had vehicles on display at the Adams County Speedway Car Show over the weekend at the Quincy Town Center. “The last couple of years I was wondering…
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QUINCY — After 11 years in the music business, Rodney and Sheryl Hart have decided to sell Second String Music on the first floor of the Dodd Building on the corner of Fifth and Maine. The Harts announced their decision last month with the hope of finding new ownership by the end of the year.…
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QUINCY — YWCA Quincy recently was awarded more than half of a million dollars over the next three years from the state of Illinois to help kickstart a new program. The Gap Project will focus on getting people on the verge of becoming homeless into the organization’s housing program. This is a population that does not qualify…
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QUINCY — Trooper Jarred Hester was on patrol in Hancock County for the Illinois State Police on Dec. 19 when he saw a young female walking along the side of the road at 2 o’clock in the morning. He learned she had been the victim of aggravated domestic battery, and he suspected she was a…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Rodney Harrison, transitional president of Hannibal-LaGrange University, says $2.2 million must be raised by June 30 to get the school to the next academic year without incurring additional debt. He also said last week that the school is facing “imminent disaster.” Harrison posted a letter Wednesday about the plight of the university…
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