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Predicting Pettit before the ink is dry on the contract

February 24, 2022 — by J. Robert Gough, Publisher

Pettit isn’t straight. He is an openly gay man. His husband, Paul Sager, was with him Wednesday night when the Quincy School Board approved his selection, along with other members of his family.

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: LGBTQ, Quincy Public Schools, Quincy School Board, Sayeed Ali, Todd Pettit

Inaugural class of recipients of Legend Award recognized by Quincy School Board

January 27, 2022 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Four long-time employees of the Quincy School District comprised the inaugural class of recipients of the Legend Award, which was presented by Quincy School Board members at its Wednesday night meeting. The board recognized four men who died during a nine-day span last fall. Sayeed Ali, president of the board, presented surviving family […]

Filed Under: Local Matters, Quincy Tagged With: Legend Award, Quincy School Board, Sayeed Ali

‘Totally incredible’: Quincy School Board all smiles after positive financial report

November 24, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — The Quincy School Board had several reasons to be in a good mood when it met Tuesday night. It was the board’s last meeting before celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. It also heard a report from the finance committee that had long-time board member Carol Nichols gushing, The finance committee, which met Monday, heard […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: Carol Nichols, Quincy School Board, Roy Webb, Ryan Whicker, Sayeed Ali

Eight-person committee formed to search for Webb’s successor as superintendent

October 19, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — An eight-person committee has been formed to search for Roy Webb’s replacement as the superintendent of the Quincy School District, and the deadline for candidates to apply is Nov. 5. Sayeed Ali, president of the Quincy School Board, returns to the committee. He was part of a seven-person committee in 2015 that eventually selected […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: Quincy Public Schools, Sayeed Ali, Shelley Arns, superintendent search

Muddy River News This Week: Sayeed Ali, Quincy School Board

June 4, 2021 — by J. Robert Gough, Publisher

On Muddy River News This Week, Furnished by Harvey’s, The Quincy School Board president talks about getting through a school year dominated by pandemic procedures and moving forward.

Filed Under: Muddy River TV+, Noteworthy, Top Stories Tagged With: Quincy Public Schools, Sayeed Ali

Executive director of Quincy Chamber of Commerce becomes first Black woman to serve on Quincy School Board

June 3, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — LaTonya Brock, executive director of the Quincy Chamber of Commerce since 2017, was sworn in Thursday morning to become a member of the Quincy School Board. Brock will replace Mike Troup, who stepped down from the School Board after winning the mayoral election in April. She will complete the remainder of Troup’s term, […]

Filed Under: Noteworthy, Quincy, Top Stories Tagged With: LaTonya Brock, Quincy School Board, Sayeed Ali

Teachers ‘felt valued,’ agree to three percent raise in one-year contract

May 19, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — The Quincy School Board’s unanimous vote to approve a one-year contract with the Quincy Federation of Teachers and Educational Support Personnel for the 2021-22 school year came at about 6:40 p.m. The teachers’ union followed with its own approval less than an hour later.  Seventy percent of the union’s 652 members turned out […]

Filed Under: Community, Noteworthy, Quincy, Top Stories Tagged With: Brandi Many, Quincy Federation of Teachers, Quincy School Board, Sayeed Ali, teacher contract

Only three bargaining sessions needed for School Board, teachers union to reach agreement

May 18, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Sayeed Ali and Brandi Many got their assignments done early this year. Negotiators for the Quincy School Board and the Quincy Federation of Teachers and Educational Support Personnel reached a tentative agreement last Thursday on a one-year contract. Ali, the Board president, and Many, the teacher subgroup president for the teachers union, signed […]

Filed Under: Community, Noteworthy, Quincy, Top Stories Tagged With: Brandi Many, Quincy Federation of Teachers, Quincy School Board, Sayeed Ali

Tenure on School Board helped steer Troup toward mayoral run

April 29, 2021 — by David Adam, MRN Editor

Before taking over Monday as mayor, Troup attends final School Board meeting QUINCY — Mike Troup says becoming Quincy’s mayor was “never on his bucket list,” but he believes his six-year tenure as a member of the Quincy School Board helped prepare him for his next venture. Troup attended his last School Board meeting on […]

Filed Under: Illinois Politics, Quincy, Top Stories Tagged With: Mike Troup, Quincy Mayor, Quincy School Board, Sayeed Ali

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QUINCY — The U.S. Attorney General has brought a civil action against Quincy attorney Don Schuering, asking for $961,000 in unpaid taxes from 2009-18. The complaint also calls for federal tax liens to be enforced against property — a residence and an office — Schuering owns. Schuering would be … ...Read Full Article about U.S. Attorney General files civil suit against Quincy attorney for failing to pay nearly $1 million in taxes

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Assistant coach on state championship basketball team arrested, charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse

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QUINCY — An assistant coach on Quincy Notre Dame’s girls basketball state championship team was arrested Thursday and is lodged in the Adams County Jail on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Quincy Police Department began an investigation involving a possible inappropriate … ...Read Full Article about Assistant coach on state championship basketball team arrested, charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse

‘We wanted somebody who really had touched all of Quincy’: Scholz to receive Exchange Club’s Golden Deeds award Friday

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QUINCY — It’s probably easier to list all of the community activities Chuck Scholz hasn’t participated in and all of the awards he hasn’t been given. Scholz, 68, is best known for his three-term stint as the mayor of Quincy from 1993-2005, but he’s been a board member, trustee, chairman or … ...Read Full Article about ‘We wanted somebody who really had touched all of Quincy’: Scholz to receive Exchange Club’s Golden Deeds award Friday

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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — A Mount Sterling man recently was indicted on federal drug charges. Agents with the West Central Illinois Drug Task Force, in conjunction with a SWAT team with the Illinois State Police and sworn personnel from the Brown County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant … ...Read Full Article about Mount Sterling man facing federal drug charges; jury trial to begin July 5 in Springfield

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