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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A Pittsfield High School student and a 68-year-old woman from Pittsfield were killed in a Tuesday night crash involving three vehicles on Illinois Route 106. The name of the 68-year-old woman has not yet been released. Superintendent Todd Fox confirmed the death of Reese Ramsey, a freshman at Pittsfield High School, in…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — The best time to prune fruit trees in Missouri is midwinter, according to University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist Debi Kelly. “There are many reasons to prune fruit trees, and you want to do it before bud break in the spring,” said Kelly in a press release. She held a workshop on…
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QUINCY — Adams County Board Chairman Bret Austin’s attempt to fill a vacancy on the board hit a snag Tuesday night. Theresa Bockhold resigned from her District 7 seat at the board’s January meeting and Austin moved Tuesday night to fill the position by nominating businessman Adam Booth. Austin said there were two candidates who…
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Optic nerve atrophy (ONA) is the result of various pathologies of the visual organ, in which the corresponding nerve is damaged. The optic nerve transmits visual signals from the retina to the brain, and when damaged, it causes a significant decrease in visual acuity, which may even lead to blindness. The main cause of ONA…
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Culver-Stockton College Two Rivers Regional Council of Public OfficialsAdams County Health DepartmentAdmiral Coontz Recreation Center, Clemens Training Facility and Special Olympics Basketball Hannibal Municipal Court, City Hall and Board of Public WorksBrown County School DistrictBushnell-Prairie City CUSD 170Canton R-V School DistrictCentral CUSD 3-Camp PointClark County R-1 School DistrictCommunity Unit School District 4-MendonDallas City ESD 327Hamilton…
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QUINCY — As people waited outside Courtroom 2B in the Adams County Courthouse for the trial of Bradley Yohn to resume one afternoon in July 2023, a different group of people started to line the second-floor hallway. Most of the people were with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department or the courthouse staff. However, one man…
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If you watched MRN Editor David Adam’s interview with convicted murderer Tim Bliefnick, you could tell Bliefnick wanted the opportunity to tell his side of the story. So we gave it to him. We understand that not everyone will agree with this decision. Bliefnick was found guilty of killing his estranged wife, Becky, in May…
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QUINCY — Six out of 10 primary candidates hoping to earn a spot on the ballot for the Apr. 1 municipal election appeared alongside one another Tuesday night to discuss Quincy’s housing issues at a forum sponsored by the Safe and Livable Housing Committee held at First Christian Church. Both Republican primary mayoral candidates —…
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Daily Dirt for Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 I’m not sure what is most interesting today, the J.J. Watt food choices, the Crayola crayon news or that Paris Hilton is turning 44 … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,200 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Some of the best-known athletes have had some…
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Camilla G. Kapek, 51, 936 S. 7th for Domestic Battery. Lodged 102Joshua K. Hickerson, 21, 4315 Robert St. for Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle and Operating Motor Vehicle with Suspended Registration. NTA 161Nicole R. Keltz, 26, 509 McAnulty St., Golden for Operating Motor Vehicle with Suspended Registration and Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle. NTA 124Jacob E. Sly,…
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Many of us assume that any law surrounding gambling would apply across the board in a country like America. This is however not the case. The laws around gambling (and many other areas, in fact) are a bit like a patchwork quilt, with state-specific laws governing each region. With 50 states across the USA, keeping…
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QUINCY — Not being selected as the chief of the Quincy Fire Department in 2021 was a wake-up call for Steve Salrin. “I think I took things for granted based on my position within the department and how long I’ve been there,” Salrin said. “I took that, kind of ran with it and regrouped a…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Winiban Irigoyen, a warehouse employee lead at Dot Foods’ Mount Sterling headquarters, recently won the 2024 RefrigiWear Warehouse Hero of the Year Award. This award honors people who demonstrate exceptional leadership, productivity, attitude and ingenuity in the warehouse industry. This marks the second consecutive year a Mount Sterling Dot employee has…
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QUINCY — Dr. Lawrence Volz has joined the department of surgery. at Blessing Health. An Air Force veteran, Volz received his medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb., and completed residency at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. Volz is skilled in robotic surgery. In a press release, Volz said, “I…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — MECO Engineering board members Scott Vogler, Max Middendorf, Jim Bensman, Don Jenkins, Kevin Garnett and Steve Tarte recently announced the addition of Ryan Huseman as an associate owner of MECO Engineering. Huseman, formerly of Quincy, Ill., lives in Kirksville. He has extensive experience in a variety of projects under the scope of…
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CANTON, Mo. — The Theatre Department of Culver-Stockton College’s production of “Staged Readings” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, through Saturday, Feb. 15, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, in the Mabee Foundation Little Theatre/Black Box in the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center. Admission is free to all C-SC…
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Joan Agnes Drummond, age 86, of Quincy, died on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 1:45 p.m. in Bickford Cottage. Joan was born on October 21, 1938 in Quincy, a daughter of Claus and Florence Brinkman Kroencke. On October 7, 1961 she married Arthur Frank Drummond in Quincy. He survives. Joan was a 1956 graduate of…
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MILAN, Ill. — Each year, a variety of establishments attempt to make news by predicting annual garden trends. I’m conflicted over these reports because, on the one hand, they are fun ways to see what types of new things are on the horizon. Yet on the other hand, many of the trends are elaborate and…
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CHICAGO — As the jury in the corruption trial of the United States versus Michael Madigan and Michael McClain that began on Oct. 8 enters its third week of deliberation, jurors are processing the relationship of two men who seemingly have been there for each other for more than four decades and how it will…
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QUINCY — Director of Administrative Services Jeff Mays promises he’ll have a brief presentation for the Feb. 18 meeting of the Quincy City Council that goes into the history of the state grocery tax, what kind of revenues the city has received from it and what kind of revenue impacts it may have if the…
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QUINCY — A local radio personality apologized for a gesture she made — putting an imaginary gun to her head and pulling the trigger — during the Quincy City Council’s Jan. 27 meeting. The gesture was captured during a live recording of the meeting on the City of Quincy’s Facebook page. “I stand here tonight…
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March 16, 2025
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