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Contessa M. McNair (28) for Child Neglect, lodged 186 Taylor A. Bayles (27) Quincy, Illinois FTA Aggravated Battery, lodged 148 Ryan D. Johnson (38) Quincy, Illinois FTA Domestic Battery, DWLR, Unlawful Use of Account, lodged 101 Thomas R. Young (55) Quincy, Illinois for FTA Criminal Damage, lodged, 180 107 Troy L. Hodges (27) Quincy, Illinois…
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QUINCY — The sister of Becky Bliefnick testified on Tuesday afternoon that Becky sent her a text in 2021, telling her that “if something ever happens to me, make sure the No. 1 person of interest is Tim.” Tim Bliefnick, Becky’s estranged husband, is on trial this week in Adams County Circuit Court for the…
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QUINCY — A Quincy man who testified he had been in a “dating type of relationship” with Becky Bliefnick since January 2020 said he saw her for the last time on the night of Feb. 21 and talked with her on the evening of Feb. 22 — hours before she was found shot to death…
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QUINCY — The Salvation Army Quincy Area Command will have change in leadership beginning June 28. Capts. Rich and Linnea Forney, serving as corps officers in Elgin, will replace Majs. Trevor and Shelly McClintock as The Salvation Army Quincy Area Command Leaders and Senior Kroc Officers. The McClintocks have received appointments as divisional commanders at…
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I often write about marital trials, but I am writing about a marital phenomenon this week. Experienced by many, talked about by few. Between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m., a sleepy fog hangs over the bed. We transform into uninhibited, sometimes violent, often drooling and always snoring people of the night. As the…
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QUINCY — Adams County Assistant State’s Attorney Josh Jones painted a picture of the last moments of Becky Bliefnick’s life, describing fear, panic and death and accusing Tim Bliefnick of shooting her 14 times. Jones presented the prosecution’s opening statements before a jury of six men and six women Tuesday morning. Jones described the crime…
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QUINCY — Miss Quincy 2023 Shelby Rose recently recognizing Foster Care Awareness Month by donating 168 24-hour notice bags to foster children served by Chaddock Foster and Adoption Services. Rose and a team of volunteers filled the bags on Saturday, May 20, at Chaddock. The duffel bags were filled with hygiene items and other essentials…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — An Arkansas woman is dead and a Palmyra teenager is in serious condition after a crash on U.S. 61 Monday night five miles north of Hannibal. A report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows a 2023 Mazda, driven by Lori Cumpston, 51, of Fayetteville, Ark., was going to the wrong way…
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QUINCY — Physical therapist KJ Whittaker has joined the staff of XCEL Physical Therapy, 804 State. Whittaker has more than 26 years of experience and has worked in west central Illinois and northeast Missouri since 2003. Whittaker treats patients with all diagnoses related to physical therapy. He specializes in outpatient orthopedics with a focus on…
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QUINCY — Quincy University’s Oakley School of Business held an awards ceremony on May 2 in the Hall of Fame Room in the QU Health and Fitness Center. The program featured comments from Brian McGee, QU president, and Cynthia Haliemun, dean of the Oakley School of Business. Faculty in the Oakley School of Business presented…
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QUINCY — Quincy Art Center is offering 19 classes this summer for children and adults, including loom weaving, knitting, “The Art of Dominoes,” acrylic painting and more. The Art Center summer class schedule kicks off during the second week of June with “More Than Plain Weave: Methods in Loom Weaving” for high school students and…
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GALENA, Mo. – There are many reasons to avoid cutting low when mowing hay, but money is the main one, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Tim Schnakenberg. Schnakenberg recommends a height of 4 inches for cool-season grasses like tall fescue, bromegrass, orchardgrass and timothy and 8 inches for native warm-season grasses. Typically, legumes such…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted to execute a grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation for $12,971,382 as part of fourth phase of Quincy Regional Airport’s runway reconstruction project. U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced last week that $14.2 million in federal funding…
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QUINCY — What’s Germanfest without beer? The Quincy Brewing Company, 110 S. Sixth, will be adding a local touch to the event for the second year in a row in South Park on June 2-3. Jim Robesky, head brewer at Quincy Brewing Company, said the brewery is providing for the second year a Munich Helles lager. “It’s…
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Ashley talks to Kyle Jacoby and Ben Klingner with the Quincy Park District about all of the summer programs getting ready to start. So when you’re tired of your kids whining about being bored in two weeks, send them to the parks!
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Before you ask, yes these are all legitimate films … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 616 of The Daily Dirt. 1. There are bad movies. We’ve all seen some, the kind when they’re over we realize that we just wasted two hours of our life. Hey, the title sounded intriguing and…
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QUINCY — A six-man and six-woman jury was selected Monday to hear testimony in Tim Bliefnick’s first-degree murder case beginning Tuesday. Bliefnick is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion in connection with the Feb. 23 shooting death of his estranged wife, Rebecca Bliefnick. Jury selection lasted about 8…
Read Full Article Mandi V Higgins (46) of Quincy, reports the theft of her license plate from her 1997 Ford Mustang while it was parked at 1031 Vermont. 178 Logan M. Wand (21) of 2851 Elm for Operating Motorcycle on One Wheel at 12th and Harrison. PTC 161 Eric E. Vahle (47) of 918 Jersey for PTR-DWLR at…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A Hannibal man has been arrested and charged with first-degree assault and second-degree murder in connection with the Jan. 25 death of Taurean Snoddy. Robert J. O’Connell, 36, was arrested Friday, May 19 by detectives with the Hannibal Police Department on a warrant issued by the 10th Judicial District of Marion County. O’Connell…
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Do you find you have less emotions as your phone and social media dominate your time and control your human interactions? Or are you a social media rage poster? Are your emotions heightened in response to those you don’t agree with? I see the pendulum swinging between those two extremes for most people. For me,…
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