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GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — The Pike County Sheriff’s Department and West Central Illinois Drug Task Force recently arrested three people on methamphetamine related charges. Deputies with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop at 8:11 p.m. Monday in the 300 block of West Quincy Street in Griggsville. Subsequent to an investigation, the driver,…
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QUINCY — Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department are involved in a possible standoff near Second and Maple Wednesday morning. Vehicles with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department have blocked off Maple Street at Third Street. More to come.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Fire Department needed approximately 15 minutes to control a structure fire Wednesday morning that a fire investigator said was accidental and caused by multiple space heaters overloading an electrical circuit. Firefighters were dispatched at 2:51 a.m. Wednesday by 911 to respond to a fire at 721 Ben Lomond. The initial…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Toys for Tots of Northeast Missouri provided toys for 600 children on Tuesday during Distribution Day in Hannibal at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center. About 285 low-income families qualified for Toys for Tots assistance in Marion, Ralls, Pike, Shelby, Monroe and Lewis Counties. During the distribution, Salvation Army also provide food baskets. …
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SPRINGFIELD – Minimum wage workers in Illinois will see a boost in their hourly pay to $12 per hour starting Jan. 1, while tenants in affordable housing units will be allowed to keep pets. Those are just some of the more than 300 new laws that take effect in the new year. The minimum wage increase is…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Wright’s Furniture & Flooring in Hannibal held a special promotion in October to help raise funds for local breast cancer patients. Wright’s matched a percentage of furniture sales from the event, donating more $6,800 to the Life.Light.Hope cancer patient assistance fund at Hannibal Regional Foundation. All contributions to this fund stay local, providing valuable resources to…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department, in conjunction with Stifel and Hy-Vee, is participating in Project Christmas Cheer. Between Tuesday and Christmas Day, officers with the Quincy Police Department will take to the streets armed with Hy-Vee gift cards donated by Stifel and Hy-Vee. Officers will be on the lookout for people who need…
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Caitlin R. Dietiker (22) was arrested on warrants for FTA O.V. Shoplifting, FTA O.V. Peace Disturbance X 2, FTA O.V. Improper Passing,Adams County warrants for FTA Operating Uninsured Vehicle, FTA Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid Accident, FTA Possession of Controlled Substance X 2, and FTA Retail Theft and Missouri warrantsfor Probation Violation, Delivery of…
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2021-025659, 12/21/2021 @ 00:45:08, Broadway N 10Th, Hannibal Nature of Complaint Information Officer Assigned 023 Wilt, L N Entered By C75 Hunt, T M Adult Male POI Warrant-In State 12/21/2021 Public Narrative Information at Broadway and 10th. 2021-025660, 12/21/2021 @ 01:30:55, 2069 Industrial Valley Park Rd , Hannibal Nature of Complaint Property Damage Officer…
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QUINCY — Transitions of Western Illinois recently renegotiated its contract with the Illinois Veterans Home to comply with an executive order signed in October by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that prevents companies contracting with the state from paying disabled workers less than the minimum wage. Executive director Mark Schmitz says the order will help many of…
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Daily Dirt for Dec. 22, 2021I’d be legitimately excited about a night featuring nothing but westerns … welcome to today’s three thoughts in Vol. 165 of the Daily Dirt. 1. If I had my way …– I would reinvent how network (ABC, NBC, CBS) television is presented to the public. For example: Monday would…
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One of the Illinois legislature’s biggest failures during the pandemic has been its complete abdication of responsibility over the management of the pandemic itself. Lawmakers have let Gov. Pritzker run the state’s response via executive fiat for nearly two years. The result has been a disaster for democratic norms. Regardless of whether you agree with…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College is launching a Master of Arts in Counseling degree program designed to develop the knowledge and skills needed to become a professional advocate in the field of mental and behavioral health counseling and child advocacy networks. The program, beginning in the fall of 2022, features specialty tracks in clinical mental…
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QUINCY — Dr. Namratha Ramavaram, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, has joined Blessing Health System and is seeing patients at the Blessing Health Center, 4800 Maine. After earning her medical degree from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem, N.Y., Ramavaram completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the University of Arkansas…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Gardening is an activity with many rewards, said David Trinklein, state horticulture specialist for University of Missouri Extension. “One of them is the satisfaction of sharing your plant knowledge with others. The Master Gardener program was initiated to do just that,” Trinklein said. Its motto, “helping others learn to grow,” emphasizes service…
Read Full Article Troy Bakalyar (42) was arrested for Improper Backing. PTC -145 Kimra McGraw (29) was arrested on a warrant for FTA Criminal Trespass. Lodged -121 Criminal Damage to Vehicle On 11/12/21, Lapatrick Durking, 1012 Maine, Apt. 1 reported that his2010 Cadillac was damaged overnight. Unknown suspects. Report -185 Recovered Bike On 11/30/21, A white Mongoose mountain…
Read Full Article 2021-025630, 12/20/2021 @ 07:14:48, Huck Finn Shopping Center , Hannibal Nature of Complaint Traffic Stop Officer Assigned 022 Benn, D J Entered By C52 Holley, B P Adult Female Driver 12/20/2021 Adult Male Suspect Interfere /Resist Arrest Cleared by Arrest-Adult 12/20/2021 Suspect Warrant FTA State Cleared by Arrest-Adult 12/20/2021 Suspect Warrant FTA State Cleared by Arrest-Adult 12/20/2021 Suspect Warrant FTA State Cleared by Arrest-Adult 12/20/2021 Suspect Warrant FTA State Cleared by Arrest-Adult 12/20/2021 Adult Victim- Interfere /Resist…
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On any political map, Illinois is a reliable blue state that has elected Democratic governors four of the last five elections and last backed a Republican presidential candidate before Michael Jordan was winning championships in Chicago. But as that political streak again gets put to the test in the high-stakes 2022 gubernatorial campaign, Democrats are…
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QUINCY – Farm & Home Supply has announced the company has acquired three Big R Stores located in Lincoln, Springfield, and Taylorville, Illinois. Plans are to turn the Lincoln and Taylorville locations into Farm & Home Supply stores. The Springfield Big R at 2804 N Dirksen Parkway will be temporarily closed and will eventually be…
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Student sections are usually creative and entertaining. Now, it seems, they are clairvoyant. Or maybe I am. During Saturday night’s Quincy High at Quincy Notre Dame basketball game, the QND student section broke out newspapers to pretend to read while the QHS starting lineup was announced. It’s a traditional welcome for many student sections, reading…
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A day that includes a trip to Walmart is a day well-lived … welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 164 of the Daily Dirt. 1. I love going to Walmart. Absolutely love it. I love all the stuff, plus the “interesting” people. My wife and children are just the opposite. They don’t…
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More than $253,000 was distributed today to 56 local nonprofit organizations that benefit from an endowment fund at the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri. These year-end grants bring the Community Foundation’s 2021 total to more than $1.6 million. The nonprofits were celebrated and recognized during an open house hosted at the…
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QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners sent a request to the Quincy City Council to approve at its Monday meeting the expenditure of $9,000 to the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police to assist on conducting a police chief search. Alderman instead chose to send the request fo the police aldermanic committee.…
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