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QUINCY — The Adams County Board is banking on an increase in assessed property value to maintain its revenues without raising taxes themselves. The Board unanimously approved a 0.79659 cent tax rate at Tuesday night’s meeting. While it is technically a slight decrease from last year’s 0.81188 rate, an expected 4.2 percent increase in equalized…
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Julie A. Kramer, 69, of Costa Mesa, CA and formerly of Quincy, IL , passed away unexpectedly at her home on November 29, 2022. Born in Quincy, IL March 13, 1953, she was the daughter of Floyd H. and Dorothy(Fengel) Kramer. Julie graduated from Quincy High School Class of 1971. She moved to CA in…
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QUINCY — A Springfield man who is defending himself in a November 2021 sexual assault case decided Tuesday morning he now wants to defend himself in two other felony cases. Bradley Yohn, 35, appeared in Adams County Circuit Court before Judge Tad Brenner for a status hearing in two cases. He was charged Oct. 15 with…
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Aaron D Agnew (41) 1421 N 5th for adams Co warrant Possession of Methamphetamine at 521 Vermont Lodged 143 Mckenna K Livengood, 27, Homeless, Leaving the Scene of a Accident and Operating Uninsured at 701 Broadway St. NTA 108 Robert M Watson (31) of Quincy, arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Improper…
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2022-022743, 12/12/2022 @ 06:52:52, McMasters Ave Arapaho, Hannibal Nature of Complaint Traffic Hazard Officer Assigned 034 DeLaPorte, R T Entered By C104 Sheehan, V C Adult Involve Traffic Hazard 12/12/2022Adult Female Compl. Traffic Hazard 12/12/2022 Public Narrative Traffic hazard was reported at McMasters Ave and Arapaho. 2022-022744, 12/12/2022 @ 07:28:08, 20 Oak Ridge Pond Rd , Hannibal Nature of Complaint Juvenile Problem Officer Assigned 036 Uppinghouse, D M Entered…
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QUINCY — The City of Quincy’s annual Arbor Day tree planting ceremony took place Friday, Dec. 9 at the Jackson-Lincoln Swimming Complex, 701 N. Eighth. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup was joined by members of the Quincy Tree Commission, the Jackson-Lincoln Swimming Complex’s Board of Directors and the public for the planting of an ivory silk…
Read Full Article Married on August 26th, 1972 at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Virgil Illinois. David and Terri met through a friend who was coaching Terri’s softball team in Aurora, Illinois in May of 1971. We were engaged in April of 1972. Dave was attending the University of Illinois in electrical engineering at the time.…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Rotary Club of Hannibal recently presented a ceremonial check worth $70,000 to the city of Hannibal, representing the donation for the Rotary Pavilion. The fund-raising for the pavilion took place during the Rotary Club presidencies of Andy Straube and Heather Temple. The pavilion is a 40-foot octagon with several picnic tables…
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QUINCY — Five people have filed to run for the Quincy School Board as filings for the 2023 consolidated election have begun throughout Illinois. Three incumbents — Quincy School Board President Shelley Arns and board members Jim Whitfield and LaTonya Brock filed on Monday’s first day of filing. Two other people also filed on Monday:…
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For many Americans, giving to charities is almost as important during the holidays as celebrating with family. As a result, mailboxes often are stuffed with charitable solicitations as well as catalogs and shopping circulars this time of year. Whether you celebrate or not, giving before Jan. 1 means your gifts can be deductible on your…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Health Department’s new lab draw program will begin Jan. 3, 2023. This is cost-effective program is ideal for uninsured, under-insured and high deductible insurance plans. Lab draws will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon with no appointment necessary. People…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Concert Association’s third concert of its 2022-23 concert season is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 with the Holy Rocka Rollaz in the Roland Fine Arts Center’s Parker Theater on the campus of Hannibal-LaGrange University. Minnesota’s Holy Rocka Rollaz brings back the sound, the look, the memories and nostalgia…
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CARROLLTON, Mo. — Centenarian Wilda Cox knows hard work. She’s built barns, lugged 110-pound cans of milk, picked and husked corn by hand and bucked hay bales. But Cox endured no harder day than Oct. 31, 2022, when she sold the farm that had been in her family for more than a century. Cox was…
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On 12/05/2022 at 1:08 PM Delmar C. Delong of Beardstown received a citation for Speeding 70/55MPH Zone on US 24 and was given a court date of 1/09/2023. On 12/07/2022 at 5:42 AM Evelyn Quemma of Beardstown received at citation for Speeding 88/55 MPH Zone on US 24 @ 1200N. Ave and given a court…
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Bob Gough sits in for Ashley and talks about Muddy River’s expansion with a full-time reporter based out of Hannibal. Meg Duncan is an award-winning columnist and Hannibal native who has years of experience covering Northeast Missouri for various publications. Meg will also be covering Pike County, Illinois for Muddy River as well. She will…
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QUINCY — Kenneth Silman had been in and out of trouble with drugs and the law for 25 years. He had even been clean at one point for 3½ years, only to relapse when his father died. When he was sentenced to the RISE program in May 2021 after a conviction for possession of meth,…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council’s unanimous vote on Monday night to approve a $7.112 million annual property tax levy ordinance, creating a tax rate around 96 cents per $100 of assessed value, was called “historic” by Mayor Mike Troup. The levy is approximately $588,000 less than was collected this year. Last year’s rate was…
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Whew! Some good news for “Yellowstone” fans … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 475 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Relax, “Yellowstone” fans. There will be more episodes this season than many thought, including myself. Last week in this space I wrote about how upset I was that season five of the mega-hit…
Read Full Article Ashley M. Allen (35) for FTA Theft, Fraud, and new charges of Possession of Stolen Property and Felony Theft, lodged, 131 186 Jessica A. Liebig (31) for Operate Uninsured and Disobey Traffic Control Device, NTA 106 Nathen M. Hoover (29) for Improper Lane Usage, NTA 185. Jerrilee A. Dessarlait (73) for FTA Unlicensed and Unlicensed,…
Read Full Article 2022-022708, 12/11/2022 @ 00:20:38, US 61 Paris Gravel Rd, Hannibal Nature of Complaint Traffic Complaint Officer Assigned 023 Wilt, L N Entered By C67 Chavez, M BG Adult Compl. Information 12/11/2022 Public Narrative Traffic complaint reported in the area of US 61 and Paris Gravel Road. 2022-022709, 12/11/2022 @ 00:44:02, 4419 McMasters Ave , Hannibal Nature of Complaint Alarm – Burglar Officer Assigned 040 Hoebing, J M …
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Brandon M. Lord of Barry pled guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 6 in Pike County Circuit Court to the offense of child pornography, a Class X felony, and was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Lord, 29, also received felony probation for the offenses of unlawful possession of methamphetamine…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — A six-week criminal investigation of the theft of equipment from a local farm implement dealer resulted in the Nov. 25 arrest of an Auburn, Ill., man who had committed other crimes in three other states. The Pike County Sheriff’s Department was contacted Oct. 11 about the theft of multiple zero-turn lawn mowers. …
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Medical Supplies will celebrate its move to 6464 Interstate Court in Hannibal with a Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. and public open house at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15. The new location is east of Fiddlesticks restaurant and close to the hospital and clinics for increased customer…
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More than a hundred grassroots activists, defeated candidates and party loyalists descended on a meeting of the Illinois Republican Party’s top leaders on Saturday, voicing frustration over last month’s election results that extended the state’s one-party Democratic governance. But after four hours and nearly 60 speakers, Illinois GOP ChairmanDon Tracy survived a sometimes raucous Republican…
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