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I agree with Rogers. And Yogi. And Pete … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 565 of The Daily Dirt 1. Thursday is my favorite day of the year. Not because it will be March 30, but it is Opening Day for the MLB season. When I was a wee lad, there…
Read Full Article QUINCY — April Spears of Quincy won this year’s JWCC Foundation and WGEM Career Makeover competition. She was selected from a pool of more than 40 applicants to receive a full-tuition scholarship, which includes coverage for books and fees, for a two-year associate degree program at JWCC. Spears has been a certified nursing assistant for…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Government is complex. Sometimes, more complex than it really should be. Take, for example, the case of the City of Quincy and Quincy Township debating the future of the City Hall Annex building. The City of Quincy owns the building at 706 Maine, just across the parking lot to the west of City…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Area Youth Chorus will take the stage for a free spring concert at 7 p.m. Monday, April 3, at Trinity United Church of Christ, South 24th and Cherry Lane. The QAYC is comprised of talented singers from Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. The choir will perform a variety of music from Mozart…
Read Full Article WINCHESTER, Ill. — A 19-year-old female from Pleasant Hill was killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning near Winchester. The Illinois State Police reports a 2007 white Dodge Sprinter 2500 was traveling westbound on Illinois Route 106, and a 2004 gray Ford Mustang was traveling east. For unknown reasons, the Dodge Sprinter crossed the center…
Read Full Article Ashley and Brittany discuss how they handle TikTok as parents and how they use it themselves (or not) personally. Also, air out the house and get to your spring cleaning (allergies, be damned).
Read Full Article MACOMB, Ill. — The Western Illinois University Jazz Studies Department, in partnership with the Music Business Department, will be the host of the Battle of the Bands for music makers of all genres at 7 p.m. Friday, March 31, in the University Union’s Heritage Room. High school groups of any genre can enter to win…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Illinois Arts Council Agency has partnered with the Capital Development Board’s Art-in-Architecture Program in promoting an opportunity for Illinois artists. CDB is now accepting Request for Qualifications to Illinois artists to create five permanent original public art pieces for the long-term care facility at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy. This public…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Three of the five defendants allegedly involved in the murder of Taurean Snoddy will be arraigned at 11 a.m. Friday at the Marion County Courthouse in Hannibal. Two defendants are waiting on preliminary hearings. Snoddy was found lying unresponsive in the street in the 1200 block of Lyon on the night of…
Read Full Article QUINCY — To provide meals to families in need, more than 60 ADM Quincy-based volunteers from ADM Quincy Oilseeds, ADM Quincy Animal Nutrition and Quincy Crosswinds, in conjunction with JM Huber and Ingersoll-Rand, will package 50,000 meals for local food banks. The event, titled Feed the Funnel, a trademark of The Pack Shack, will be…
Read Full Article Natatlie Wilson, 18, of Camp Point for Fail to Yield-Private Drive. PTC 145 Evelyn A Brink (81) for Disregard Traffic Control Device, PTC 185 Cass D Tasco (32) for FTA Felony Theft, lodged, 186 147
Read Full Article 2023-005177, 03/27/2023 @ 00:17:33, 4215 McMasters Ave , Hannibal Nature of Complaint Domestic Disturbance Officer Assigned 036 Uppinghouse, D M Entered By C75 Hunt, T M Adult Female Compl. Domestic (No Crime) 03/27/2023Assoc. 03/27/2023Adult Male Involve Domestic (No Crime) 03/27/2023Assoc. 03/27/2023 Public Narrative Domestic disturbance reported at 4215 McMasters Ave. 2023-005178, 03/27/2023 @ 01:05:38, 141 Communications Dr , Hannibal Nature of Complaint 911 Hang Up Officer Assigned 036 Uppinghouse, D M …
Read Full Article As a career educator in the Quincy Public School system, including four years as superintendent, I’ve seen school boards run the gamut of effectiveness. Our current board is the best board during and since my time in the district. After graduating from Quincy College, I began teaching in Quincy Public Schools in 1963. Thirty years…
Read Full Article Blessing Hospital A boy to Kevin and Tara Hamann of Quincy at 1:26 p.m. March 20.A boy to Thomas and Kathleen Dalton of Mendon at 5:17 p.m. March 20A boy to Austin and Morgan Hoewing of Hannibal, Mo., at 9:50 a.m. March 21.A boy to John and Skylar Leaver of Quincy at 11:45 a.m. March…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The first mission of 2023 by the Great River Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., will be on April 6. It is the first of six trips planned for this year. It will be the first time the homecoming will take place at Hannibal High School’s Korf Gymnasium. This will be the 63rd…
Read Full Article Meteorologist Brent Clair lets us know what is shaping up for the potential of severe weather that we are looking at on Friday.
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Parks and Recreation will offer a night hike at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 31 through Sodalis Nature Preserve as bats that hibernate all winter are starting to wake up. The program will last approximately two hours and follow a two-mile paved trail. Volunteer representatives Meagan Garey and Kristy Trevathan from…
Read Full Article Actually, Johnny Depp might work on any of these three reboots … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 565 of The Daily Dirt 1. Here are some more TV shows I’d like to see rebooted, remade or redone: 1. “ALF”: Monday nights were always a big deal in our house in the…
Read Full Article MACOMB, Ill. — Macomb Police have identified a suspect and the fatality in a shooting near the Western Illinois University campus in the early morning hours of Saturday. According to a press release, Macomb Police responded to a shooting at a house party at 1:55AM Saturday in the 500 block of North Johnson Street in…
Read Full Article Ashley Conrad and Brittany Boll give you a preview of Downtown Quincy’s newest restaurant, Platt Daddy BBQ, as it prepares to open next month. Ashley also talks to Kent Embree with the Community Foundation about their grant offerings.
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Crossing Church will hold Car Care from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, April 2. This event will serve single parents, foster parents, widows, active military personnel and veterans. The church is inviting anyone who falls in one or more of those categories to sign up to have their vehicle detailed and inspected. All…
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