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Steve’s columns will pop up on Muddy River News on Mondays and Thursdays and, of course, you’ll get your daily fix of his deep thoughts in Daily Dirt. Enjoy and please help us welcome Steve to the Muddy River News family. JRG From now on, if I’m dining out, I’m dining in by Steve Eighinger…
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Nikki Buehler was happy Friday to finally hear news out of Springfield. The Illinois Department of Public Health issued a press release Friday, stating that it is fully adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance for COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools that also was released Friday. The updated school guidance now aligns…
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NIOTA, Ill. — Glenn Smith always remained curious about what happened to Uncle Buck. “My grandmother (Bertha Harr) and my mother (Margaret Harr), ever since I was a little kid, always wondered where Uncle Buck was because he was missing an action,” Smith said. “They never had clarity. He was just lost forever, buried in…
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QUINCY – A spot once famous for fried chicken, catfish, burgers and frozen fishbowls of beer will soon be serving up hot dogs and video gaming if approved by the City of Quincy. Charles Hull purchased the property on the southeast corner of 18th and State in May. Elder’s Restaurant stood there from 1970 to…
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Kelly Mays was unanimously approved to be Quincy’s next alderman by the Quincy City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. The Council met on Tuesday this week due to the July 4 holiday. Mays was nominated by a 4-3 vote among Adams County Republican Central Committee members and that was forwarded to Mayor Mike Troup, who…
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Matt and Abby Howard are high school sweethearts who got married in July 2019 during their sophomore year at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Abby (Biswell), who graduated from Quincy (IL) High School in 2017, was traveling to the Muny in St. Louis to perform in summer theater programs when she met Matt, a…
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QUINCY — Area Distributors of Quincy recently acquired two local companies: MarLon Business Forms of Quincy and Wade and Dowland Office Equipment of Jacksonville. MarLon is the largest supplier of custom printed labels, business forms, checks and envelopes in the Tri-State area. The products are used in a wide range of packaging, manufacturing, mailing and…
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QUINCY — Record-breaking sales in 2020, combined with supply chain problems for getting fireworks out of China this summer, have led to a shortage in fireworks across the United States as the Fourth of July approaches. However, two businesses in Missouri say they have plenty of fireworks available. “We’re really in pretty good shape,” said…
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By JIM DEWEY Hannibal’s annual celebration of America’s independence is underway. The 66th annual National Tom Sawyer Days kicked off June 19 with the Hannibal Beautiful Baby contest that included Pee-Wee, Little Tot and Miss Hannibal pageants. The event is new to National Tom Sawyer Days. The next event in the celebration will be a…
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On Muddy River News This Week, furnished by Harvey’s, Bob Gough talks to State Senator Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) about the recently-wrapped up session in Springfield and the new 50th Senate District, which she’ll represent when she runs for re-election in 2022.
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The Quincy Humane Society has selected Pilar Brumbaugh, the organization’s current Community Relations and Fundraising Director as its new executive director. Brumbaugh will succeed Reggie Freel, who is stepping down at the end of July. “(Brumbaugh) brings a fresh, new perspective to the Quincy Humane Society. With the full support of the board, Pilar will…
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QUINCY — Sarah Reynolds initially declined the offer to participate in the Quincy Fire Department’s Citizen’s Fire Academy. “I said I’d have to look into it,” she said with a laugh. “I just thought the fire department was the fire department. I had no idea what they do.” She does now. Reynolds is one of…
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QUINCY — Quincy University will have two football teams playing in the same stadium starting in the fall of 2022. They will have different coaching staffs, different players, different uniforms, different leagues and will play entirely different schedules. The rules of the game will be the same except for one critical difference. No player on…
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QUINCY — The members of Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund Board learned at a Monday meeting that the pension fund portfolio had a total value of $44,226,832, a 24.4 percent rate of return for the last 12 months and an 11.3 percent rate of return for the past five years. That’s the good news. But the…
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On Muddy River News This Week, Furnished by Harvey’s, We talk to the 94th District State Representative from Quincy about the recently wrapped-up (sort of) General Assembly session and how redistricting affects West-Central Illinois.
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QUINCY — After working for 30 years as an information technology consultant, Ron Kinscherf grew tired of what he called “the rat race.” “I was tired. I was done,” he said. He quit his job in April but did not know what to do next. For years, in addition to his day job, Kinscherf spent…
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GOLDEN, Ill. — Larissa Schuster was sentenced in May 2008 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing her estranged husband, Golden native Timothy Schuster. Timothy Schuster’s brother, Ted, never figured the ordeal was ever truly over. “When (Larissa) was convicted, the state’s attorney’s office in Fresno County told us to be…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted Monday night to table discussion about a proposed residential rental property registration ordinance, choosing to spend the next 2 ½ months to study the issue before aldermen review it in September. Seven people spoke to the City Council on Monday in support of the ordinance. Mayor Mike Troup…
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QUINCY — Joe Henning is retiring as chief of the Quincy Fire Department in mid-July. He has a new job lined up, but he will remain in Quincy close to his family and remain active in our community. He also was recently named as the winner of the Adams County United Way’s Joe Bonansinga Service…
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QUINCY — Work on the creation of a roundabout in the intersection of 48th and State should begin in the late spring or early summer of next year. Jim Frankenhoff, engineer for the Adams County Highway Department, and Steve Bange, senior project engineer for the City of Quincy, met last week with representatives from Springfield…
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QUINCY — Blues in the District just wasn’t the same last year. The pandemic forced organizers to forego attempts to have live concerts in Washington Park last summer. Instead, two concerts were held in the Washington Theater, and blues lovers could watch the events on Facebook. “People still loved it,” said Bruce Guthrie, executive director…
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QUINCY — Mike Farha looked at the nearly $2 million cost for sewer replacement for a three-block stretch on Oak Street, quietly shook his head and rubbed his eyes. “The reason I voted yes for it is that it has to be done,” the 4th Ward alderman said after Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting.…
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QUINCY — A $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration’s highway safety program is making it possible to replace about 13,000 feet of guardrails in Adams County. Clevenger Contractors from Bluffs was awarded the contract. Workers have been replacing guardrails around the county since April. County engineer Jim Frankenhoff believes the work will be…
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The cacophony of engines buzzing with the bells of Blessed Sacrament Parish rolls through the morning air on Quincy’s South Side today. Drivers are getting their final warmup laps in this morning before Championship Sunday begins at 11:30 am. Here’s today’s schedule:
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The race is on! Blue skies, warm temperatures…it’s time to race in South Park. Muddy River News is here all weekend bringing you the thrills, chills and (hopefully few) spills. Come down the park. Bring your cooler and something to sit on. It’s a Quincy tradition. Here I am discussing the start of racing with…
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