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By ANDREW HANSEN, Catholic Times Thirty miles walking. One day. From Brush Creek in Missouri to Quincy in Illinois. Six students from Quincy University (QU). All friends. A pilgrimage walk to honor the nation’s first black priest, Venerable Father Augustine Tolton. The pilgrimage started on May 6. Jesse Mose, David Spillman, Jake Terry, Matt Stefan,…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Six local fire protection districts are among the 149 recipients of $3.3 million from the Small Equipment Grant Program, according to a press release from the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal. Receiving money from the program were: the Clayton Fire Protection District, $25,962 the Liberty Fire Protection District, $25,885. the…
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Governor J.B. Pritzker has tapped former State Senator Andy Manar as his new deputy governor for budget and economy. The Bunker Hill Democrat stepped down from the Senate in January to take a role as a senior advisor in the Pritzker administration. In the Senate, Manar chaired the Appropriations Committee and pushed through a massive…
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PERU, Ill. — The Quincy Gems were no match for Ryan Eiermann, who pitched 7⅔ innings of shutout baseball as the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp won 2-0 on Wednesday night in a Prospect League game at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Eiermann struck out 12 Gems in the game. His 43 strikeouts in 26 innings lead the…
Read Full Article Budget to be finalized at July meeting QUINCY – John Wood Community College Board of Trustees approved a tentative budget of nearly $16.2 million for the next fiscal year during its regular meeting Wednesday night. Although the budget is $208,424 higher than last year, it does not include an increase in tuition. This is the…
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MARION – Miss Quincy Emma Hildebrand (left) and Miss Quincy’s Outstanding Teen Shelby Rose (right) are competing for the prestigious titles of Miss Illinois and Miss Illinois’ Outstanding Teen this week in Marion, Illinois. Hildebrand and Rose were crowned Miss Quincy and Miss Quincy’s Outstanding Teen in January 2020 at Quincy Community Theatre. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Miss Illinois was postponed. …
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Measure maintains $10 renewal fee, allows for voluntary fingerprinting to expedite renewals By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois house on Wednesday passed a Firearm Owner Identification card law change that would strengthen law enforcement’s ability to retrieve guns from those with suspended or revoked FOID cards and allow for voluntary fingerprinting to…
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Starting at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 17 through 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 18 (weather permitting) Maine St. between 6th St. and 7th St. will be closed to through traffic for repairs on Maine. Motorists are asked to drive carefully near the work zone and to use an alternate travel route during this time. The work…
Read Full Article Bradley W Rennecker (43) Barry Il for Improper Lane Usage at 36th & Maine PTC 120 Donald Jackson, 63, previously of 542 College – arrested on 06/10/21 for Failure to Register/ Sex Offender – NTA – 250 Kenneth Davis, 62, 133 S. 4th, Quincy – arrested on 06/16/21 for Failure to Register/Sex Offender – NTA…
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From the Adams County Farm Bureau
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QUINCY — After working for 30 years as an information technology consultant, Ron Kinscherf grew tired of what he called “the rat race.” “I was tired. I was done,” he said. He quit his job in April but did not know what to do next. For years, in addition to his day job, Kinscherf spent…
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill making Juneteenth, June 19th, a paid state holiday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Day marks anniversary of last enslaved Americans learning of freedom ‘Juneteenth’ becomes official state holiday Day marks anniversary of last enslaved Americans learning of freedom By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD…
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QUINCY — Nick Scull of Sandwich, Ill., now living at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, received the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Rank of Officer, during a June 12 ceremony near the Adams County World War II Memorial. Gaston Stronk, ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States, made the presentation. …
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PERU, Ill. — Starter Ryan Towers pitched 6 ⅓ innings, and the Quincy Gems took the lead for good with a three-run sixth inning in a 6-3 victory over the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp in a Prospect League game on Tuesday night at Veterans Memorial Park. The Gems have won four of their last six…
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By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate adjourned Tuesday without calling a comprehensive energy regulatory reform package for a vote. After adjournment, Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, made a statement similar to one he made June 1 after the Senate failed to call an energy bill for a vote ahead of…
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Dissolution of Marriage/Union: Nicole L Phillips and Tom Phillips Dissolution of Marriage/Union: Ian S. Haslem and Heather T. Haslem
Read Full Article Stephanie D Dancer (43) 2900 State Apt B for Domestic Battery. Lodged Mark A Smith (38) Homeless for Forgery at 521 Vermont. Lodged Bradley W Rennecker, 43, Barry, IL for Improper Lane Usage at 36th and Maine. PTC Shawna M Bunnell, 44, 500 Maine, reports on 06/05/21 her vehicle was entered and wallet with credit cards and…
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by Jim Dewey HANNIBAL – The Hannibal City Council Tuesday night gave its second and final reading to the city’s two annual budget ordinances. As noted after the June 1 meeting, the General Fund is $13,054,739 and the citywide budget with operating expenses and capital expenses is $25,489,731. Hannibal Director of Finance Karen Burditt said…
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QUINCY – The Adams County Board got its first look Tuesday night at where the spending could start out of the approximately $13 million it is getting from the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The County will receive the money over the next two fiscal years. Finance Committee Chairman Bret Austin recommended hiring…
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GOLDEN, Ill. — Larissa Schuster was sentenced in May 2008 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing her estranged husband, Golden native Timothy Schuster. Timothy Schuster’s brother, Ted, never figured the ordeal was ever truly over. “When (Larissa) was convicted, the state’s attorney’s office in Fresno County told us to be…
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Chalk one up for the little guys…or gals, in this case. Carter’s Coffee Bar gets its second location (Carter’s 2, Electric Boogaloo? I guess you have to be a certain age to get that joke, which I wear out) after some study, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But did the new Sonic going in…
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From WBEZ MT. STERLING – David Kerstein thought there must be a mistake. The prison warden told him that if he wanted to meet with prisoner Roger Latimer he had to be at Western Illinois Correctional Center by 7 a.m. He had driven five hours from a Chicago suburb. Now staff were telling him there…
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By SARAH MANSURCapitol News Illinoissmansur@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — As Illinois begins its official reopening and residents flock to state parks this summer, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources faces a severe staffing shortage, according to IDNR chief of staff Kristin DiCenso. “It’s very, very difficult to manage,” DiCenso said. “We get a lot of complaints from…
Read Full Article Richard E Bias Jr (42) 523 N 6th for FTA Shoplifting at 521 Vermont Lodged 185 Josh M Hankins (41) 630 Jefferson for Operating Uninsured Vehicle & Unsafe Backing on Roadway at 4th & Chestnut NTA 125 Strawberry F Smith (37) 2213 Ennis Ln for FTA Unsafe Backing at 530 Broadway USC 257 Damon Anderson…
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