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Daily Dirt for Saturday, March 4, 2023 I have three daughters — Kaysi, Sarah and Melissa. At no point, was “Little Sweetmeats” ever a possibility. Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 542 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Regular readers of this space know yours truly is always fascinated by names, whether it’s…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Chocolate Extravaganza will be held March 10-12 in downtown Hannibal. This event will offer an entire day of sweets, fun, friends and chocolate. Chocolate passports will be available for purchase. The passports include several different treats from most downtown businesses, of which you get to choose five you would like to…
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QUINCY — The Atrium on Third will be the site for The Salvation Army’s “Unmasking the Singer” fundraiser on April 28. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner by JJ’s Catering being served at 6 p.m. The opening act will take the stage at 7 p.m. Unmasking the Singer is a head-to-head singing competition…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Representatives from various organizations and agencies around the region recently attended the first Regional Behavioral Health Consortium at Memorial Hospital, with the Memorial Medical Clinic Carthage Behavioral Health team serving as hosts. Twenty-six agencies and organizations with 30 representatives were present at the consortium. This initiative was developed and led by Chaka…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal High School’s Project Graduation will benefit from a $1,000 grant from the Riedel Foundation. During Project Graduation on May 25, Hannibal High School seniors will spend the entire night of graduation at a party as a safe way to celebrate their achievements. In a press release, Riedel trustee Dr. Michael Bukstein…
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Dale Koontz Builder of Quincy celebrated 50 years in business on March 1. The custom home building and remodeling company was founded by Dale and Donna Koontz in 1973. Over the last 50 years DKB has been responsible for a number of subdivisions and developments in Quincy, including Cambridge Estates, Tuscany Fields and Wildhorse for…
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Kevin L Venice (35) St Louis Mo for Criminal Damage to Property at 906 Hampshire NTA 162 Ricky Risenhoover reported a package was stolen from his porch on 2/1/23 162 Christopher Pollard, 24, of Quincy for Fail to Yield-Left Turn. PTC 122 Bruce Bias, 72, of Quincy for Improper Left Turn. NTA 155 Anthony Runnels,…
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2023-003726, 03/02/2023 @ 00:14:07, Warren Barrett Dr S Arch, Hannibal Nature of Complaint Traffic Stop Officer Assigned 039 Lakenburger, C M Entered By C74 Harp, A L Adult Female Involve 03/02/2023Adult Female Suspect 03/02/2023 Public Narrative Traffic stop on Warren Barrett at South Arch for an equipment violation. Driver was issued a warning for defective lights and citations for no proof of insurance and no…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. – Dot Foods has announced changes across its executive team as several longtime company leaders take on new responsibilities. Dot’s new Chief Executive Officer is Dick Tracy, the youngest of founders Robert and Dorothy Tracy’s 12 children. He joined the family business in 1991 and has served as the president of Dot Foods…
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Ever invested serious time and money towards achieving a goal, only to find out you could have just done it the lazy way and gotten the same result? Were you relieved? Disappointed? Mildly infuriated? Did you hurl a chair at the wall? It wasn’t quite enough for me to turn my desk chair into a…
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QUINCY — Evidence gathered at the scene of a fatal shooting and from other locations has been sent to the Illinois State Police Crime Lab in Springfield. Quincy Police sent an update to local media Friday morning regarding the investigation into the shooting death of Feb. 23 shooting of Rebecca Bliefnick. The 41-year-old mother of…
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CANTON, Mo. — Douglas B. Palmer, president of Culver-Stockton College, has accepted the position of president of Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. He will conclude his tenure at C-SC on June 30 and begin his new role in July. Palmer, C-SC’s 27th president, joined the institution in 2020 after having served as Provost at Walsh…
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ELGIN, Ill. — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker visited Streamwood High School in Elgin to highlight a new teacher pipeline initiative aimed at addressing chronic shortages in the state’s most understaffed districts. The proposed Teacher Pipeline Grant Program will direct $70 million per year over the next three years to the 170 school districts with the…
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Blessing Hospital A girl was born to Richard W. Gertez Jr. and Mayme L. Gertez of Perry at 7:11 p.m. Feb. 14.A girl was born to Christopher D. Benner and Holly Gloodt of Mendon at 7:10 a.m. Feb. 16.A boy was born to Kurtis and Caitlyn Schuster of Quincy at 1:55 p.m. Feb. 21.A boy…
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Ashley, Bobby and Frankie engage in some light-hearted banter as local events have been rather somber these days. And Bobby bugs the crap out of Ashley.
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QUINCY – The 2022 United Way of Adams County ‘Starts with You’ campaign officially concluded at its annual meeting Thursday night at Town & Country Inn and Suites with an announced final total of $1,131,059 in pledges. United Way invests in 18 Adams County partner agencies – all of whom rely on UWAC funding for their vital…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Casey Dooley recently joined the Memorial Hospital team. Dooley specializes in family medicine and will begin seeing patients at Memorial Medical Clinic Bowen at 209 E. Fifth St in Bowen. Dooley received her bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Illinois-Springfield and her master of science in physician assistant…
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On 02/20/2023 at 6:44 PM Aaron M. Stratton of Quincy struck a deer on 700 N Ave. No injuries were reported and damage to the vehicle was over $1500.00. On 02/22/2023 at 4:40 PM Marie K. Bravo of Rushville was traveling on US 24 westbound when the vehicle she was operating went onto the right…
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QUINCY — The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center has partnered with John Wood Community College, Knapheide, Illinois Manufacturers’ Association and the Illinois Defense Network to present the “Future of the Workforce: Training and Retaining” symposium on March 15-16 at John Wood Community College and Knapheide in Quincy. Participants will learn about viable solutions to overcome workforce…
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Daily Dirt for Friday, March 3, 2023 Just stay on the bus, folks. Stay on the bus … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 541 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Let’s face it. None of us are getting younger, but that shouldn’t mean we force ourselves into some kind of moribund existence.…
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NORMAL, Ill. — It took nearly all of the two-and-a-half hours the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team had between Class 2A state tournament games Thursday to come to grips with the fact the Raiders weren’t coming home as champions. Once the Raiders accepted that reality, they finished an incredible two-year run the most fitting…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — Deep in the history of Pike County near Barry, Ill. is a site that was once a township named New Philadelphia. Founded in 1836, the town was the first platted and independently registered by a free African American before the Civil War. His name was Frank McWorter and he came from Kentucky…
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