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Landon Stice (31) 1407 Cherry for Obstructing a Peace Officer Warrants for Fleeing to Elude a Peace Officer, FTA- Fleeing to Elude a Peace Officer, FTA- Disregard a traffic control device, FTA- Drivingwhile license suspended.\], Traffic tickets for operating uninsured motor vehicle, expiredregistration, improper use of registration and improper display of registration at 3rd and…
Read Full Article CARTHAGE, Ill. — Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating the death of a Carthage man whose body was found just outside of the Hancock County town on Sunday. The body of Darren K. McGrew, 27, was found just hours after a missing persons report was filed with teh Carthage Police Department Sunday morning. Hancock County…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Symphony Orchestra commemorates Black History Month with its “Courage and Spirit” concert at 3 p.m. Feb. 13 in Quincy Junior High School’s Morrison Theater. The performance features Illinois composer James Stephenson’s “there are no words,” written in response to the Charleston, S.C., shooting on June 17, 2015, when a white supremacist murdered nine Black worshippers…
Read Full Article The Quincy High School theater department is presenting “Dear Ruth” this week as the traditional winter play returns to the “A Building” stage. “Dear Ruth” is a play by playwright Norman Krasana in which young Miriam Wilkins (Senior Natalie Newendyke) carries a pen pal conversation with the dashing Lt. William Seawright (Senior Harrison Knapp) using…
Read Full Article Daily Dirt for Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022 Growing up, I ate plenty of meals at an F.W. Woolworth snack bar. How about you? … welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 204 of The Daily Dirt. 1. It’s been almost 40 years since an F.W. Woolworth store occupied a downtown Quincy site. While…
Read Full Article QUINCY — J. Matthew Ward, visiting assistant professor of history, will be the featured speaker for Quincy University’s Great Books program from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Feb. 23 in MacHugh Theatre (basement of Francis Hall), 1800 College. Ward’s talk, titled “The 1619 Project – Who Controls History?”, will examine the power of history and the politics surrounding…
Read Full Article Health care professionals had high hopes that rapid vaccination of our entire U.S. population would slow COVID-19 transmission and stem the disproportionately high death count in the United States. We also hoped to avoid more concerning mutations that are inevitable when viruses multiply unchecked. I lost my mother to COVID-19 in November of 2020, less…
Read Full Article JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Garden and seed catalogs have been arriving for a while now. When flipping through catalogs, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the choices. Unfortunately, you probably don’t have room (or time) to grow everything you see, no matter how amazing it seems. So how should you go about choosing what vegetables…
Read Full Article JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After a week derailed by snow and the governor’s appointees, the Missouri Senate is expected to take up congressional redistricting again next week. “I’m hopeful next week goes off without too much fanfare, but I believe we will get a map done next week,” Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz said…
Read Full Article Daily Dirt for Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 The McHotDog? Yeah, it was a real thing … welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 204 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Not every menu item launched by McDonald’s has been a success. First, I’ll look at what I consider the Golden Arches’ three biggest failures,…
Read Full Article Karen and Andy Sprague from Kinderhook Lodge talk about the Pike County business and hosting hunters, weddings and business retreats. Business Spotlight is brought to you by Cason, Huff and Schlueter Insurance.
Read Full Article MILWAUKEE — Angelica Niemann continues to use the platform of pageants to make a difference in the lives of people. Niemann, a 2015 graduate of Quincy (Ill.) Notre Dame, recently was named the first Miss Wisconsin Volunteer in the Miss Volunteer America Organization, a nationwide, service-oriented scholarship program created in February 2020 and based in…
Read Full Article Each year in February, Illinois’ governor must propose to lawmakers a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The General Assembly will then spend the next several months negotiating which proposals to include and which to scrap before sending the budget back to the governor for consideration. On Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his fourth…
Read Full Article The new executive director of QCT talks about coming out of the pandemic, looking forward to full houses and planning for a capital campaign in the not-too-distant future. Muddy River News This Week is furnished by Harvey’s.
Read Full Article SPRINGFIELD – Senate Republicans unveiled an updated package of crime bills this week that they say will help curb violent crime and provide a morale boost to law enforcement. It’s substantially similar to the package the GOP introduced three months ago during the fall veto session to little fanfare from Democratic supermajorities in either chamber of the…
Read Full Article 2022-001905, 02/03/2022 @ 00:19:20, 1614 S Arch St , Hannibal Nature of Complaint 911 Hang Up Officer Assigned 036 Uppinghouse, D M Entered By C67 Chavez, M BG Adult Male Contact 911 Hang Up 02/03/2022 Adult Victim 911 Hang Up 02/03/2022 Public Narrative 911 Hang up reported at 1614 S. Arch St. 2022-001906, 02/03/2022 @ 04:19:02, 5000 Paris Gravel Rd , Hannibal Nature of Complaint Alarm – Burglar Officer…
Read Full Article Kimra A McGraw (29) of Quincy, arrested for FTA Criminal Trespass at 7th and State. Lodged 174 Mathew R Stahr (23) of Ursa, citations for Driving While License Suspended at 12th and State. NTA 176 Clifton E Crowden (64) of Canton MO, citation for Improper Driving at 5th and Broadway. PTC 153 Brayden D Mathers…
Read Full Article Daily Dirt for Feb. 4, 2022 From bad actors to some nasty, nasty cheese … welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 203 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Today we’re offering our choices for the five worst actors/actresses in the last 25 years or so. The parameters we used included each had to…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri recently elected Lance Grady as its new board chair and welcomed Douglas Palmer and Julie Shepard to its Board of Directors at its annual meeting. Palmer is the president of Culver-Stockton College. “I am excited to join with a group of community-minded and…
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