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Trenton B Kersey (22) of Quincy, arrested for Peace Disturbance at 6th and Payson. NTA 130 Travis J Holman (40) of Quincy, arrested for FTA Parking on Land of Another at 2614 N 12th. NTA 153 Evan L Orr, 37, Quincy for violation of bail bond in the 400 Block of State. Lodged. 157 Carter…
Read Full Article 2021-023780, 11/21/2021 @ 09:06:24, Huckleberry Park , Hannibal Nature of Complaint Park Patrol- Huck Officer Assigned 076 Munday, D L Entered By 2635 Bounds, H W Adult Compl. Extra Patrol-Business 11/21/2021 Public Narrative Huckleberry Park Patrol 2021-023781, 11/21/2021 @ 09:15:46, Veterans Rd US-36, Hannibal Nature of Complaint Traffic Stop Officer Assigned 037 Wealer, M P Entered By C71 LoCoco, B A Public Narrative Traffic Stop-Car was stopped and…
Read Full Article Many of our comedic geniuses earned their tributes before cable, before satellite, before streaming (whatever that is) … let’s all sit back and enjoy. Welcome to Vol. 135 of the Daily Dirt and today’s three thoughts. 1. If any specific type of TV program could be considered the most popular it would arguably be the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — City Hall will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. City Hall will reopen Monday for regular business hours. Central Services will be closed Thursday and Friday. Garbage and recycling will not be picked up on Thursday. The route normally picked up on Thursday will be picked up…
Read Full Article CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Ada Bair, chief executive officer at Memorial Hospital in Carthage, received the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network’s highest award for exemplary and visionary leadership in rural healthcare, the Presidential Award, during the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network’s annual conference on Nov. 18 at the I-Hotel and Conference Center. As a registered nurse…
Read Full Article QUINCY — John Wood Community College’s Workforce Development Center, 4220 Koch’s Lane, will be the site of a forklift class from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 1. The class is open to the public. No application is necessary. People are required to make a reservation to attend. This course consists of classroom and hands-on…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Kelly Eddington’s painting, “Like Father Like Daughter,” was named best of show at the 2021 Mary S. Oakley and Lee Lindsay Artist Showcase at the Quincy Art Center, 1515 Jersey. Award winners were announced at a reception on Friday. Submission for the showcase was open to artists 18 years of age and older living…
Read Full Article We’ve all been in the situation when after meeting certain people we know we’re going to have to put them in their place sooner than later. Today’s Daily Dirt will help the next time that happens. Welcome to the three thoughts that make up Vol. 134: 1. Ever find yourself looking for the perfect comeback…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy University’s music department will be the host of a Saxophone Day for high school students from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Connie Niemann Center for Music at QU’s North Campus, 18th and Seminary Road. The day will bring together local high school saxophone players to form a saxophone choir. Participants will spend…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County is offering Christmas candlelight tours of the Gov. John Wood Mansion this year. This popular Quincy tradition allows visitors to step back in time and enjoy the beautifully decorated Greek Revival home of John Wood, Quincy’s founder. Pandemic restrictions are forcing the tour group size to…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Regional Medical Group recently hired Dr. Ihtesham Qureshi, a neurologist. Qureshi earned his medical degree at Mamata Medical College, India. He went on to complete his neurology residency at Texas Tech University of Health Sciences Center at El Paso, Texas, where he served as chief resident. After his residency, Qureshi completed…
Read Full Article I sincerely hope we get to hear Dick Vitale again. He is the subject of the first of today’s three thoughts in Vol. 133 of the Daily Dirt. 1. For as long as I can remember, the start of the college basketball season meant hearing and watching longtime analyst and former coach Dick “Dickie V”…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Tom Boland Ford recently had a special promotion for customers during October, raising $2,400 for the Life.Light.Hope cancer patient assistance fund at Hannibal Regional Hospital. The funds help local cancer patients of the James E. Cary Cancer Center and Hannibal Regional Infusion Center receive the treatments and resources they need during their fight…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Regional Medical Group recently hired Dr. Richie Goriparthi, who earned his medical degree from Zaporozhye State Medical University in Ukraine. Goriparthi earned his master’s in surgical skills and sciences from the University of London in the United Kingdom. He later graduated from general surgery residency training at Brown University in Rhode…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — A Hannibal man was arrested Thursday and charged with burglary. The 10th Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County issued a warrant Thursday for Shawn L. Dowling of Hannibal, charging him with burglary. At approximately 7:59 a.m. Wednesday, officers with the Hannibal Police Department responded to a burglary in the 7000 block of…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal officers assigned to the Anti-Crime Enforcement Squad made arrests on Wednesday in Hannibal and Frankford involving the transport and sale of methamphetamine. As part of the investigation, a traffic stop was conducted Tuesday in the 4000 block of Market Street of Hannibal. During the stop, officers located a large amount of…
Read Full Article Barb Rowell, who directed the Quincy Community Theatre for nearly a quarter-century and led the transition from a small neighborhood facility to a fully-functioning community theater, has died. She was 85. From the Quincy Community Theatre: “All of us at QCT were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Barbara Rowell, Managing Artistic Director…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Regional Medical Group recently added internal medicine physician Dr. Priyanka Yerragorla to its team. She earned her medical degree from Zaporozhye State Medical University in Ukraine and completed her residency at Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York. “Internal Medicine is where we build a great longitudinal relationship with patients and their families.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Transitions of Western Illinois recently received a three-year grant of approximately $573,287 from the Illinois Department of Human Services to provide mobile crisis response services to the counties of Adams, Hancock and Pike. “The mental health agencies in the counties of Adams, Hancock and Pike currently offer telephone crisis services and walk-in crisis…
Read Full Article Instead of linking to an Associated Press or Chicago Tribune story on why Illinois Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board removed former Adams County Sheriff Brent Fischer from his post in September, I thought I would just let our readers judge for themselves. On May 6, 2021, The Office of Executive Inspector General (OEIG) opened…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy University’s campus ministry and choral departments will be the host the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Francis Solanus Parish, 1721 College Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments in the parish hall will follow. “Lessons and Carols is an ancient service…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is joining with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and nearly 200 local police and sheriff’s departments to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket” and “Driver Sober or Get Pulled Over” throughout the Thanksgiving holiday. “We want our community to understand that it’s up to them to make the smart decision to drive sober Thanksgiving weekend and every day,” Sheriff Rich…
Read Full Article MACOMB, Ill. — You’ve likely heard of hazelnuts, perhaps even used them in some delightful dessert or savory dishes and garnishes. If you give my children a choice between peanut butter or a chocolaty hazelnut spread, the peanut butter jar remains unopened. About 40 percent of global hazelnut production goes into making one product –…
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