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On a clear, windless day in September 2022, a large limb from a tree in the city easement fell. It hit my house, causing $2,500 damage to a new roof that had been put on in May 2022. A claim filed with the Risk Management department of Quincy was promptly denied. An appeal also was…
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LaHARPE, Ill. — Two LaHarpe residents were arrested Tuesday, Sept. 12 and charged with theft, a class 3 felony. Dollar General regional management contacted the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to report employees who had stolen felony amounts from the store. An investigation, in cooperation with Dollar General management, was conducted. Arrests…
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BEVERLY, Ill. — Two people in a horse-drawn buggy were sent to Blessing Hospital Thursday morning after they were injured in a crash in southeast Adams County. A press release from the Adams County Sheriff’s Department said two vehicles were northbound on E. 2600th Street, south of N. 250th Avenue, at 8:39 a.m. Thursday. A juvenile…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — In honor of Prostate Cancer Awareness month, Hannibal Regional Medical Group is offering free prostate cancer screenings from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Hannibal Regional Medical Group. An appointment is required and space is limited. Appointments can be made by calling 573-406-1641. According to the American Cancer Society,…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College recently hired 10 new faculty members in three different areas of study at the college for the 2023-24 academic year. Kim Gaither, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at C-SC, said the addition of the new instructors will further strengthen the programs offered on campus, and positions the…
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LEWIS COUNTY, Mo. — Lewis County Route P is scheduled to close as work begins Sept. 18 on the bridge rehabilitation project located over U.S. Route 61, seven-tenths of a mile south of Missouri Route 16 near Canton. All entrance and exit ramps at the interchange will remain open during the bridge closure. The project…
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Frankie Murphy Giesing turns the tables and interviews MRN boss J. Robert Gough about starting Muddy River, journalism today and growing up in Perry, Missouri.
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Pilar Brumbaugh from the Quincy Humane Society stops by to talk about the upcoming Mutt Strut and Meg Duncan is in from Hannibal and she and Ashley talk about the latest news from America’s Hometown.
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QUINCY — The sixth annual Red, White & Back the Blue Festival will be held from 2-10 p.m. Saturday in Washington Park. This festival will be dedicated to honoring local law enforcement, fire departments, EMS units and 911 dispatch. The festival is open to the public. Events throughout the day are: Throughout the afternoon will…
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All three have iconic roles to their credit … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 726 of The Daily Dirt. 1. As promised yesterday, here are my picks for the three most deserving actresses from the modern era (roughly, the past 50 years) who have never won an Academy Award: 1. Sigourney Weaver: I’ve…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park Board voted Wednesday night to approve a $566,091 bid from ATG Sports, a synthetic turf and sports stadium contractor from Festus, Mo., to install synthetic turf on the T-ball fields at the former Wavering Pool site. However, the dimensions of the fields and the amount of fencing needed for the…
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The Illinois State Fair – a multi-million dollar annual agriculture festival in Springfield – reported a nine-year attendance record this year. The state Department of Agriculture, which hosts the fair each year, reported on Tuesday that about 708,000 people attended the fair, an 11 percent increase from 2022. Department officials attributed the increase to good…
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Gov. Mike Parson prevailed on all his vetoes Wednesday when the state Senate refused to consider any of the 14 budget overrides approved by the Missouri House. The House achieved two-thirds votes to override vetoes on 10 budget lines providing raises for the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Capitol Police Department. The other successful override votes were on…
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Joshua D. Searles, 42, Quincy for FTA Battery lodged. 135Cody Fox, 35, Homeless and Brianna Nixon, 21, Homeless both for trespassing at 319 S. 7th. NTA x 2 107 / 101Melissa Martin, 51, of Wayland, Mo., for Shoplifting at 5211 Broadway. NTA 101Jamie Schroder, 44, of Quincy for Violation of Order of Protection and FTA…
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2023-016384, 09/12/2023 @ 00:12:36, Broadway Richmond St, HannibalNature of Complaint Intoxicated SubjectOfficer Assigned 031 Kuhlman-Pfeiffer, Z W Entered By C52 Holley, B PAdult MaleSuspect Drunkenness/Certain Place Cleared by Arrest-Adult 09/12/2023Adult FemaleCompl. Drunkenness/Certain Place 09/12/2023Adult FemaleContact Drunkenness/Certain Place 09/12/2023AdultVictim- Drunkenness/Certain Place 09/12/2023Public Narrative Intoxicated subject reported on Broadway. 2023-016385, 09/12/2023 @ 03:54:21, 200 Huck Finn Shopping…
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GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — A Griggsville man is in the Pike County Jail on child pornography charges. Law enforcement officials from the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, Illinois State Police and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office executed a court-authorized search warrant at 10:15 a.m. Sept. 13 at a residence in the 300 block of Chestnut Street in Griggsville. …
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Barb Holthaus of the John Wood Foundation tells us about the JWCC Wine Pull fundraiser, which is Thursday, Sept. 21 and tickets are still available. Brittany and Ashley also get together for their first Coffee Talk together for a month to give away tickets to Flo Rida and Ludacris in Normal. Congrats to Lacey Ross…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Concert Association 2023-24 concert season begins Friday, Sept. 15 with a performance by Divas 3. The group will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Fine Arts Center’s Parker Theater on the campus of Hannibal-LaGrange University. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Divas 3 features three female singers who sing the…
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QUINCY — An Adams County grand jury has indicted a Clayton man with three counts of first-degree murder in connection to the shooting death of a Camp Point man. His arraignment is scheduled for next week in Quincy. Wyond L. Bynum, Jr., 18, appeared Wednesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court with Public Defender Christopher…
Read Full Article CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College will recognize its 170th anniversary of the dedication of the college on Thursday, Sept. 14. An Academic and Cultural Event program, led by college historian Scott Giltner, is planned to commemorate the dedication of Canton’s Christian University at 6:30 p.m. in Merillat Chapel. “On Sept. 14, 1853, local townspeople gathered and…
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Daily Dirt for September 13, 2023 Have you ever seen a truly bad performance from Sam Elliott, Tom Cruise or Samuel L. Jackson? … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 725 of The Daily Dirt. 1. The other day I was starting to compile a list of my favorite films so far…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The first Pittsfield Country Fest will debut in a big way the weekend of Sept. 22-23 when legendary John Conlee comes to Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park at Pine Lakes. The two-day event will feature Madd Hoss Jackson on Friday night, with Conlee performing Saturday night. Additional performers are to be announced. Festival…
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