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SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers will head back to the Capitol on Aug. 31 to consider changes to the legislative maps that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law earlier this year. Those maps, which set the new boundaries for the 118 state House and 59 state Senate districts for the next decade, were passed based on survey…
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MENDON — The Friends of Unit 4 Fall Festival, honoring local military, veterans and first responders, is set for Sept. 11 at the Adams County Fairgrounds. A trap shoot begins at 1 p.m., with sign up at noon. Also offered is a barbecue contest, bags tournament (sign up at 1 p.m., games at 2 p.m.),…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital and Hancock Village recently hired Nathanel “Nat” Hall as its chief human resources officer. Hall brings more than 25 years of experience in human resources management and training. He previously worked as chief human resources officer for Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation. He also worked for Bristol Bay Industrial, LLC,…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Auditions for Quincy Community Theatre‘s production of “Beauty and the Beast” will be Sept. 18-19. A large cast of actors, singers and dancers are needed. QCT is looking for men and women age 16 and older to fill many roles, as well as one child for the role of “Chip.” Many may associate the roles…
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QUINCY — “Behind the Mask: An English Garden Party” is a fundraising event at 4 p.m. Sept. 11 that will benefit the Adams County Suicide Prevention Coalition, a coalition of agencies and interested people whose mission is to prevent suicide. Funds raised will support the coalition’s mission and provide funds for suicide prevention efforts in the…
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Robert E Virden (36) Homeless for Trespassing at 649 Harrison Dr. NTA Erica C Wittner, 18, 232 S 11th for Trespassing and Vandalism at 630 1/2 Maine. NTA Corbin Smith (22) and Donna Smith (51) homeless for trespassing. NTA Shannel Mayfied-Knox (34) 2525 Elm for obstructing identification. NTA Aja Harper (40) Augusta GA for operating an uninsured vehicle and…
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Daily Dirt for Aug. 20, 2021Vol. 42 of the Daily Dirt will try and explain some of the principal differences in what separates baby boomers from ensuing generations. Welcome to today’s three thoughts: A. Many baby boomers like myself feel fortunate if we can turn on their home computers. Others will never understand the intricate workings…
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A doctor and member of the Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education says state regulators are threatening his medical license over his criticism of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandate. Dr. Jeremy Henrichs works at Carle Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Champaign, which is division of Carle Hospital in Urbana. He is a sports team physician at the…
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QUINCY — Friends of the Castle, Inc., will hold the organization’s annual meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 14 on the lawn of the Villa Kathrine, 532 Gardner Expressway. Social time will begin at 5:30 p.m. Topics to be covered will be the state of the organization, financial health, election of board members and visitor statistics.…
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QUINCY — Urologist Dr. William Severino, certified by the American Board of Urology, has joined Blessing Health System. After earning his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, he completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in urology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. Severino…
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CARTHAGE — Quincy Medical Group and Memorial Hospital in Carthage are partnering to provide kidney care to local patients. The new service will be offered at the Memorial Medical Building, 1450 N. Co. Road 2050. QMG nephrologist Dr. Dan Evans will begin offering care to patients beginning Friday, Aug. 20. Evans has been with QMG…
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Statewide payroll jobs up significantly for second consecutive month; unemployment rate down in July
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Thursday that the unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 7.1 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased 35,400 in July, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and released by IDES. The June monthly change in payrolls was revised from the preliminary report,…
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Missouri payrolls added exactly 15,000 non-farm jobs in July as the unemployment rate ticked down 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted data from the federal Bureau of Labor Standards shows. The state’s labor force of 3.08 million, however, declined by 177, and overall employment, which includes self-employed people and farm labor, grew by 4,462 for the month.…
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SPRINGFIELD — A capacity crowd packed into the Illinois State Board of Education room on Wednesday as many more stood outside the building to protest the state’s new indoor mask mandate in all public and nonpublic schools. “I’m so tired of hearing how resilient our kids are. Resilience is something you choose,” said Ruby Johnson,…
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QUINCY – There may be a few more tweaks to go, but it look like an ordinance establishing a process to register rental properties in the City of Quincy may move out of committee on September 1. At a meeting of the Residential Rental Property Registration Committee held Wednesday afternoon, a revised version of the…
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The John Wood Community College Board of Trustees heard a report from JWCC President Michael Elbe regarding the official groundbreaking ceremony of the Orr Multipurpose Agriculture Facility at its meeting Wednesday night. The event will be held on August 24, at 10:00 a.m., at the JWCC Agricultural Education Center in Baylis, IL. “The official groundbreaking…
Read Full Article Robert L McKim (44) 902 N 6th for Driving While License Suspended at 6th & Vermont. NTA Michael A. Nommensen (24), 2044 Spring for New Adams Co Warrant for Child Pornography. Cash bond Carolyn Lepper (34) 1025 N 5th for improper driving at 8th and Maine. PTC Tresea Harrison (56) Pittsfield, IL for operating uninsured vehicle at…
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Daily Dirt for Aug. 19, 2021 By Steve Eighinger Muddy River News Minister of Culture Next to Major League Baseball (specifically, the Cleveland Indians), the music of Rod Stewart, watching “The Walking Dead” and old westerns, I think my favorite conversation topic is who should — or should not — be in the Rock and…
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CAMP POINT, Ill. — Central’s teachers spoke. Central’s School Board listened. Six days after voting 3-2 to ignore Gov. JB Pritzker’s mask mandate for students, teachers and staff — regardless of vaccination status — the Central School Board reversed course Wednesday night. It voted 7-0 to make masks mandatory in all four school buildings in…
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MENDON, Ill. – The Community Unit School District No. 4 School Board didn’t muster the votes to overturn its decision to remain mask optional. On August 4, the Board voted 5-2 to defy Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s decree that masks would be required for all students, teachers and staff for Pre-K to 12 students across Illinois…
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The Doctor of Love is ready to operate He’s ba-a-a-ack! Stevie Love, the Doctor of Love and the lovelorn, has come to the screens of the Muddy River News.As always, the potentate of passion is here to help, to make a house call for the heart. Let’s get right to the mailbag and see how the…
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QUINCY – A smaller crowd turned out at Wednesday night’s Quincy School Board meeting a week after the Board voted to follow Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive order mandating masks at Illinois Pre-K through 12 schools. And while most members of the 25 or so person crowd remained defiant and didn’t wear masks at the meeting,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – After 100 minutes of comments from patrons of the Hannibal School District, the school board maintained its policy of masks optional for students during the upcoming school year. More than a dozen people spoke on both sides of the issue but in the end, the board voted 6 to 1 in favor…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Nearly empty meat aisles are a burden producers, processors and consumers don’t want to face again. To prevent that, the Missouri Department of Agriculture awarded $16.7 million to keep 150 meat and poultry processors throughout Missouri going strong. The Missouri Meat and Poultry Processing Grant helped bring 27 businesses into state-inspection status. It also…
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