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• NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- It wasn't necessarily a taboo topic, but the Quincy Notre Da...
• Check out these creative haircuts for the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Tournament. Got a go...
• Heat can't stop Macker hoopsters
• Quincy residents Gretchen Rosson and her friend, Reagan Reis, wanted to do somet...
• Josh Cramsey plans to take the car out for a spin this summer. Only this is no o...
• Atmosphere in downtown Quincy is balmy and festive with all the Gus Macker 3-on-...
• An honor guard rifle salute and the solemn playing of taps echoed across the Ill...
• Hannibal police say they are investigating a shooting Thursday night in the 400...
• Ray Wilson, director of the Soap Box Derby in Quincy, said this year's field has...
• Quincy resident Jonathan Cashion pleaded guilty Thursday to five federal child p...
• Both of the Quincy Park District's pools - Indian Mounds and Wavering Aquatic Ce...
• Edward Husar says silence can be a powerful tool in honoring and remembering the...
• Get ready for a potential record-setting Soap Box Derby in Quincy June 9
• As Gus Macker gears up for its 22nd year of launching summer on the streets of d...
• The Tri-Township Fire Department responded to a barn fire at about 2 p.m. Thursd...
• Staff Writer Matt Hopf is on his way to Burton to check out a barn fire. Here's...
• Unemployment rates fell at the national, state and local levels during April as...
• Be careful on the roads. Law enforcers will be out in greater numbers during the...
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works says a water main break has occurred on Count...
• Quincy School Board plans immediate search for Superintendent Lonny Lemon's repl...
• Two Iowans were killed and an Alexandria driver seriously injured Wednesday in a...
• Good morning. These are the stories we're working on for today's paper. Pick up...
• Lonny Lemon on leaving Quincy: "It's a professional career move that will be goo...
• UPDATE: Lonny Lemon said in an interview with Ed Husar that he has accepted a jo...
• Quincy Superintendent of Schools Lonny Lemon has resigned. More details to come...
• One more photo from the semi crash on U.S. 36 - go to whig.com for more of Phil...
• Here's another photo from the crash scene taken by Phil Carlson.
• Here's Phil Carlson's photo of a semi crash on U.S. 36 in Marion County. The hig...
• Ameren Transmission Co. holds open house on plans to build a 330-mile transmissi...
• Seven people were arrested Wednesday after police conducted a methamphetamine st...
• Steve Eighinger says plenty of destinations are within a short drive from Quincy...
• HANNIBAL, Mo. -- After a difficult couple of budget years, the city of Hannibal...
• Sponsors of a Medicaid reform bill say they remain optimistic about its prospect...
• Marketers say higher gas prices are better indication of true price of fuel aft...
• General Mills Inc. will cut about 850 jobs, but there is no word on whether it w...
• Red Cross promotes giving blood before Memorial Day weekend
• Good morning! These are the stories we're working on for today's edition of The...
• All students will receive free breakfasts and lunches next school year at Adams,...
• David Hill is ending his career of "doctoring" Northeast Missouri communities
• Quincy topped the must-see list for four Belgium residents visiting the U.S.
• Building Committee recommends Quincy School Board award three contracts totaling...
• An 18-year-old Quincy man is arrested in connection with an incident at Fourth a...
• Anne St. John of Trees for Tomorrow is concerned that removal of trees along Har...
• Senior Aubrey Wilson goes behind the scenes at Quincy Notre Dame's graduation on...
• Four motorcyclists were arrested at 1:30 a.m. Monday in connection to an armed r...
• Avoid the burn of melanoma: Summer is right around the corner, and for many that...
• A walk known as the Trail of Broken Promises travels through 50 towns -- includi...
• Les Sachs’ tenure at WGEM is coming to an end. The 62-year-old broadcast journal...
• The last week of the Missouri legislative session yielded a pair of bills that,...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger came up with his personal all-time top 10, culled o...
• Caitlin Lee didn't want gifts at her recent Sweet 16 party. Instead she asked fo...
• A century to the week after Mark Twain Elementary was dedicated, students and te...
• The University of Missouri-St. Louis has agreed to acquire WQUB (90.3 FM) from Q...
• Police say that after Kenneth C. Cowser, 37, was stopped for having suspended li...
• Alan Steigelman, who retires soon after 15 years in charge of finances at John W...
• A section of Oak Street, from 18th to 20th, will be closed to through traffic fr...
• The national gas price yo-yo continues its incessant swing. In Quincy, the price...
• A new law may make it legal in Illinois to leave the scene of a minor traffic cr...
• Investigators have determined that Tuesday's fire at Doyle Manufacturing was acc...
• August Dion Gregory, 44, a former Hamilton School Board member, was sentenced to...
• Workers at Quincy's postal processing facility, which is scheduled for closing n...
• Local Emergency Medical Services workers will be honored Sunday at the Quincy Ma...
• Quincy Mayor John Spring says the city will have to close two fire stations and...
• Newsroom scanner says emergency crews are responding to a crash at Fifth and Bro...
• Erik Burgess of Quincy, who supplied pills to meth-making parents, gets a 10-yea...
• Albert Howard, 30, was cited for possession of heroin with intent to deliver aft...
• Det. Mike Miller from the Marion County Sheriff's Department offers details abou...
• Video surveillance shows the suspect as being about 6 feet tall, wearing a dark...
• The Quincy postal processing center is set to close in less than two years under...
• Nine handguns have been reported stolen after an early morning burglary at the W...
• Pam Shaffer is thrilled with the Heroes for the American Red Cross campaign that...
• Nine handguns have been reported stolen following an early morning burglary Thur...
• Breaking news for racing fans: UMP Summernationals is returning to Quincy Racewa...
• Hannibal Board of Public Works board is set to vote June 7 on a trio of rate inc...
• Good morning! These are the stories we're working on for today's edition of The...
• John Wood Community College's Vice President of Finance Alan Steigelman had a me...
• The Oakley-Lindsay Center and the Quincy Gems posted a profit of $113,898 during...
• Steve Eighinger says the parts that make up the human body - your heart, skin, b...
• Jamie Cook, 30, is arrested after West Central Illinois Task Force agents said s...
• A group of local teachers picketed outside state Sen. John Sullivan's Quincy off...
• A section of U.S. 54 will close June 18 as the first of two bridges is replaced.
• "The state could organize the first major poker pool, garner worldwide popularit...
• Also, today's print edition of The Herald-Whig will have Quincy Regional Crime S...
• Good morning! Here are the stories we're working on for today's edition of The H...
• Check out video interviews with Ron Doyle and assistant fire chief Rob Tipton, a...
• The Adams County Board voted tonight to take out $1 million in tax anticipation...
• Hannibal's indoor public spaces and city vehicles will go smoke-free July 1 afte...
• A five-alarm fire destroyed a Doyle Manufacturing building near 40th and Broadwa...
• Herald-Whig Photographer Steve Bohnstedt took this short video of QFD firefighte...
• This photo by Herald-Whig photographer Steve Bohnstedt shows how thick the smoke...
• Quincy firefighters work at the scene of a fire Tuesday evening at Doyle Manufac...
• The quality of this cellphone video is poor, but you can hear an interview with...
• Colton Doyle, manager at the Doyle Manufacturing site, says: "This is over. We g...
• Fire shoots from the top of Doyle Manufacturing. More video from the scene by He...
• Stuart Rumple, production manager at Doyle Manufacturing tells The Herald-Whig t...
• More video from the scene of the Doyle Manufacturing Fire.
• Another photo from from the scene of the Doyle Manufacturing fire.
• Here's some video from the scene of the Doyle Manufacturing fire.
• The scene of a fire at 4001 Broadway.
• Lot of heavy black smoke reported as firefighters battle blaze at Doyle Manufact...
• A three-alarm blaze has been reported at 4001 Broadway. Herald-Whig staff are on...
• Who will win the modified track championship at Quincy Raceways? Vote on Stevie...
• Gas prices continue to fall in Quincy, with several stations selling regular fue...
• Rodney Hart says Randy Lockett's advice is simple -- drop everything and go afte...
• Adams County officials elected in November will have their salaries frozen at cu...
• Rural post offices got mixed news last week with word that Postmaster General Pa...
• Are you planning a Fourth of July party? If so, Staff Writer Rodney Hart wants t...
• Good morning! Here are the stories we're working on for today's issue of The He...
• Both the city of Quincy and Adams County stand to lose millions of dollars if th...
• The Quincy School Board's Curriculum Committee has endorsed a proposal to launch...
• The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum will celebrate 100 years of preserving Ha...
• Speed limits are about to drop by 10 mph on three state routes in Canton, Mo.
• Quincy Medical Group is partnering with the University of South Florida to launc...
• Do you collect something from every vacation you take? Maybe a snow globe or a s...
• Now that the high school baseball postseason has arrived, pitching becomes an ev...
• Sports writer Blake Toppmeyer shares his predictions for the upcoming softball r...
• Quincy University graduate Luke Weaver shares his inspirational story. Read Ed H...
• Good morning! Beautiful week ahead. These are the stories we're planning for tod...
• Efforts to reveal sacred mounds show cultural significance
• Participants a job fair please with opportunity to talk with so many employers i...
• About 2,300 people got the chance to cross both Quincy bridges on foot Saturday...
• Bob Ericson and John Spurrier are celebrating 50 years as members of the Quincy...
• With his gray-speckled beard, Jerry Spurgeon may have stood out among the gradua...
• Ameren Illinois finishing up environmental cleanup work in on Jersey between Ei...
• JWCC grad LuAnn Kleemeyer's life took a sharp turn when she lost a leg in a traf...
• Pike County students get a glimpse of Civil War life during a re-enactment Friday
• Looking for a new job or just wanting to change careers? We're here to help. The...
• How do you know when your car seat is too old or unusable? Check out Rodney Hart...
• Former QU women's basketball player Karlee Gengenbacher announces she will trans...
• Adams County Drug Court participants turn their lives around. Judge William Mays...
• Gregory T. Clayton, 23, of Ursa, was arrested after he reportedly got into a phy...
• It's "cruise-in" season for the Lugnuts Car Club, a nonprofit organization that...
• Culver-Stockton College has raised $8.5 million for its comprehensive campaign -...
• Good morning! Here are the stories we plan for today's edition of The Herald-Whig.
• Employees at the 18 Wheeler truck stop at U.S. 61 and Mo. 6 in Taylor, Mo., repo...
• National First Tee office meets with Kroc Center officials to talk about keeping...
• Good morning! Here are the stories we're planning for today's edition of The Her...
• The Adams County Skate Park Movement hopes to have a skate park built in Johnson...
• Camp Point Central High School students saw a demonstration Wednesday afternoon...
• A group of local day care providers met Wednesday night to formulate plans to co...
• The Quincy School Board awarded Rees Construction a $144,950 contract to reconfi...
• NEWS UPDATE: Ameren spokesman Leigh Morris estimates that everything should be c...
• Ameren spokesman Leigh Morris said that a contractor hit a 2-inch gas main on Ke...
• NEWS UPDATE: Staff Writer Mary Poletti reports Ameren has a backhoe on the scene...
• NEWS UPDATE: Quincy Fire Department Capt. Chad Hummel says it will take about an...
• Here is a photo from Herald-Whig Staff Writer Mary Poletti of the street blocked...
• NEWS UPDATE: The gas leak reported on Eighth has been confirmed at a small const...
• From Herald-Whig Staff Writer Mary Poletti: Julie Schuckman of the Early Childho...
• NEWS UPDATE: Herald-Whig Staff Writer Mary Poletti reports Kentucky has been blo...
• NEWS UPDATE: An additional unit has been called to 420 S. Eighth, where a gas le...
• Reports over the police scanner of a gas leak at 420 S. Eighth, across the stree...
• NEWS UPDATE: President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, endi...
• WHIG NEWS ALERT: Obama tells ABC interviewer he supports gay marriage, first pre...
• Illini West considers turning down federal Race to the Top funds
• Staff Writer Mary Poletti is looking to interview an area teen who wore an uncon...
• Adams County voters are one step closer to being able to voice their opinion on...
• Army Sgt. Brent Burke was convicted Tuesday of premeditated murder, felony murde...
• Timing of 'Mamms for Moms' event is no accident
• Nine-year-old Missouri girl found safe after two-hour search
• Good morning! Here are the stories we plan for today's edition of The Herald-Whig.
• Missouri preservation panel will consider nominating former St. Elizabeth's Hos...
• Doug Wilson's latest blog post features a video about Sen. Mark Kirk's progress...
• Stevie Dirt's latest blog post talks about Quincy Raceways points leader Brandon...
• Ursa, Ill., native convicted by military panel of killing his estranged wife and...
• Brent Burke has been found guilty of the murders of his estranged wife and her f...
• Ethanol super unleaded now selling at $3.54 a gallon at many Quincy gas stations.
• Adams County Finance Committee agrees to allow the county treasurer to take out...
• Former Culver-Stockton College professor Steve Wiegenstein recently released his...
• A group of local day care providers will meet Wednesday to try to formulate plan...
• Chaddock officials are asking the community to be part of a silent "event" Wedne...
• Cassidy Foley scored with one second left in the first half Monday night, breaki...
• The death of a 16-year-old Hannibal resident Austin Hampton "appears to be accid...
• An international fugitive was arrested in Timewell on Saturday after a traffic s...
• Gas prices rose at a few, but not all, local gas stations Monday morning. Are yo...
• Firefighter Justin Twaddle and Lt. Eric Becks will receive the state of Illinois...
• Quincy officers responded early Monday to the area of Fourth and Chestnut in ref...
• Three Quincy residents are scheduled to be in court today to face charges in con...
• State police will be using patrols and safety checkpoints to emphasize motorcycl...
• Lack of money is forcing the Great River First Tee to dissolve after nearly 13 y...
• The Pike County Housing Authority and Pike County Public Transit are teaming up...
• Graduate finds her future direction after mission trip to Haiti.
• Hazel Mills was this year's winner of the Golden Deeds Award.
• Dogwood was picture-perfect, despite the heat.
• Day care providers across Illinois are trying to figure out what the future hold...
• Judges and lawyers remembered the late U.S. Rep. Harold Volkmer Friday during a...
• About $29 million in road and bridge projects would be tackled in Northeast Miss...
• Kristin Soebbing and Sandy McDonald were honored with Nurse of the Year awards a...
• A Senate proposal would increase the minimum wage in Illinois to more than $10 a...
• Two Springfield women were arrested in connection with the loss of two cell phon...
• Amtrak trains traveling between Quincy and Chicago were halted Friday morning du...
• Culver-Stockton College officials will gather next week to launch a $10.4 millio...
• Wyatt Fecht worked hard to find the "lost" veterans in Carthage
• Dan Sparrow's plan to come back to Quincy finally worked, and it took 14 years f...
• Cash mobs aim is to pump money into the local economy
• Good morning! Here's a preview of the stories we plan for today's edition of The...
• Kevin Burgess, 46, and Sandra Burgess, 43, arrested in April for making meth, ar...
• Dustin Fuhrman, 21, and Colby Dedert, 22, were cited for possession with intent...
• All in the family: Sisters Audrey and Evie Miles have a chance to beat mom Jenni...
• Taylor Blythe and Harold Northup of the Illini West bass fishing team are confid...
• With the Class 1A girls soccer postseason starting in six days, QND needed a sol...
• Community leaders see a skills gap among many of their job applicants and believ...
• During the second day of Brent Burke's court martial at Fort Campbell, Ky., dete...
• A business fixture on Carthage's square is marking a milestone anniversary
• Hannibal-Marion County Emergency Management Agency is moving forward with its ph...
• About 200 students will receive degrees at Hannibal-LaGrange University's annual...
• Co-founder of Quincy-based Farm & Home Supply is being remembered being "always...
• Pittsfield City Council wants to expand special-use ordinance to include farmers...
• Good morning! Here are the stories we plan for today's edition of The Herald-Whig.
• Mercantile Bancorp Inc., headquartered in Quincy, is selling a troubled Florida...
• Airport Director Jeff Steinkamp said 756 ticket holders departed from Quincy Reg...
• Brown County students were joined for breakfast Wednesday morning by Superman an...
• Tonight's appearance by actor Val Kilmer at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Muse...
• A ferry has carried passengers across the river during the Champ Clark Bridge cl...
• Both lanes of the Champ Clark Bridge will be reopened to traffic by 2 p.m. today...
• Interest in astronomy is skyrocketing at Quincy Notre Dame High School.
• The Quincy School District plans to increase security at Baldwin Intermediate Sc...
• Harris Corp. executives say they have been contacted by several interested parti...
• A town hall meeting in Hannibal, Mo., Tuesday revealed dramatic progress toward...
• Ordinance that would eliminate smoking in all indoor public places has its first...
• Organizers hope to attract more people to National Day of Prayer celebration
• Good morning! Here are the stories we plan for today's edition of The Herald-Whig.
• The Western Big Six Conference athletic directors and principals did not act Tue...
• A 4-3 victory Tuesday night marked the first win for the QHS softball team again...
• Quincy School District to increase security at Baldwin School after an unspecif...
• The Quincy School Board voted 4-3 on Monday to approve the hiring of two princip...
• The dreams of a historian, the generosity of a once-and-future Quincy resident a...
• Harris Corp. announced plans Tuesday to sell its Broadcast Communications Divisi...
• Radio World reports Harris Corp. is getting out of broadcast communications; imp...
• Kansas bank agrees to buy Heartland Bank, an affiliate of Quincy-based Mercantil...
• Good morning!
• The Quincy School Board twice voted 4-3 Monday night to approve the hiring of tw...
• The city of Quincy is moving forward on a $1.2 million streetscape project aroun...
• U.S. Transportation secretary says he supports regional priorities such as const...
• Actor Val Kilmer will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mark Twain Museum in Hann...
• Three Palmyra residents were arrested last Friday after a Northeast Missouri Na...
• MoDOT closes Route A in Monroe County Monday due to flash flooding
• IDOT Secretary Ann Schneider has announced a six-year, $9.2 billion transportati...
• The trees may not be in bloom, but the Dogwood Festival still will blanket Quinc...
• Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn wants to increase the cigarette tax as a way to curb smo...
• Two Quincy natives who have achieved fame in the business arena will judge a con...
• Grees may not be in bloom, but the annual Dogwood Festival will cover the city t...
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• A group of Quincy residents is attempting to raise $100,000 to build a skate par...
• PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Zoe Preservation Society is slowly breathing new life — a...
• First quarter home sales were up 16 percent in Adams County from last year.
• Ray Heilmann has been QND principal for the past 17 years. Before that, he was a...
• Sandy Waterman has a double dose of business experience.
• Welcome home for Honor Flight vets was proud moment
• The May 26-27 festival already has 37 vendors, but organizers welcome more.
• Several Quincy businesses were visited this week, and the stores signed a "Synth...
• The owners of the Quincy City Center Hotel have placed the property at 201 S. Th...
• A Peoria man was arrested Thursday after West Central Illinois Task Force agents...
• Three Hannibal men have been arrested in connection with property being spray pa...
• Three people are arrested after Hannibal police said crack cocaine, heroin, mari...
• A Quincy resident and Camp Point man were apprehended after police said a loaded...
• Titan International Inc. reported record sales and gross profits during the firs...
• Shoes help tell story of National Victim's Rights Week
• It'll only be a week, at most, but people in Missouri's and Illinois' twin Pike...
• A meeting between i3 America and officials from the city of Quincy was canceled...
• Jessica Kindhart is the 17th John Wood Community College Community Certified Nur...
• Gideon Smith figures he can play 100 consecutive holes in eight or nine hours as...
• Three people are arrested after police located a man wanted for participation in...
• A year-long Lewis County drug investigation resulted in the arrest of six people...
• Ami Moss and the Unfortunate will bring a mix of Indie with a 1930s jazz flare a...
• Palmyra has hired a coach with a state championship background as its new boys b...
• Matt Schuckman says the Mid-State Six needs a savior, and it hopes the Western B...
• Oil pipeline company Enbridge offered more details of its proposed Flanagan Sout...
• Love shopping at consignment sales? Just Between Friends will hold its first eve...
• The Gene Grawe Fund distributed $250 each to 450 Quincy families offset some of...
• The first of the cottages in a $4.1 million addition at Good Samaritan home are...
• Quincy's postal processing facility and all rural post offices in the region wou...
• Steve Eighinger says women don't realize how much restraint men have to show in...
• For Anastacia Brooks, it was a homecoming. For Quincy University, it was a chanc...
• Washington Theater will be open to visitors numerous times this spring and summer
• Clock said to have belonged to the real-life Becky Thatcher returned to its home...
• Agreement on $1.2 million streetscape project in Quincy moving forward
• Bridge the Gap to Health Race is a success story, organizers say
• "Protecting our rural post offices is about more than just maintaining brick and...
• Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is all but conceding that his Wh...
• Cheerful Home Child Care and Early Learning Center is seeking a new executive di...
• Quincy and i3 America could be closer to an agreement to install fiber-optic cab...
• St. Peter school children experience life of Father Augustine Tolton during stor...
• A Quincy woman and former Adams County Drug Court participant was sentenced Tues...
• The owner of the Diamond Motel was arrested Monday along with five other Quincya...
• Limits to money for student transportation in Illinois concern rural education l...
• National Crime Victim's Rights Week is a good time to focus on people who often...
• A private trust is pulling back from plans to work on an animal shelter with Pik...
• Rev. Bob Morwell is organizing a team of people to return to Joplin, Mo., site o...
• Hannibal church provides quiet end-of-life setting
• Quincy man receives four-year prison sentence Monday for manufacturing meth, whi...
• Chicago resident sentenced Monday to four years in prison for participating in a...
• court-martial of a Ursa, Ill., native accused of killing two women more than fou...
• The Western Big Six and the Mid-State Six high school athletic conferences are e...
• Have you bought a home in the past few months? Senior Writer Doug Wilson is writ...
• Mendon School Board is considering a proposal to permanently reinstate the golf...
• Hannibal Regional Hospital Foundation's "Heart to Heart" campaign will benefit f...
• Bankers have found something they like in Quincy over the past year.
• Fishing for Freedom Quincy is need of local fishermen to serve those who serve t...
• Aldermen and Quincy city officials are being tight-lipped about likely changes t...
• Payson Seymour Elementary students are meeting the Feinstein Challenge
• Pittsfield couple share secret to 75 years of marriage
• Quincy School Board targets sports practices in high-heat situations
• Good Samaritan Home has scheduled an informational meeting to discuss plans for...
• Honorees at YWCA's annual Women of Achievement dinner expressed their thanks eve...
• The Rev. Jim Trutwin's journey has been rewarding, but he's comfortable knowing...
• In a room full of attorneys and people in the legal system, James Stewart had a...
• Author Michelle Bain on Friday brought her story -- along with some of her featu...
• Hannibal Regional Hospital's Auxiliary honored Machele Hosley as volunteer of th...
• Police in Alton, Ill., are warning people to beware of two Missouri tree trimmer...
• The armed man who was shot by Marion County sheriff's deputies last month will h...
• You are disappointed you didn't win the largest jackpot in history. But there's...
• Effective July 1, a copy of a death certificate will cost $16. Public Health Adm...
• By recycling printer cartridges, cellphones and small electronics, St. Peter Sch...
• HANNIBAL, Mo. -- A burgeoning neighborhood association will host a volunteer bli...
• "The Salvation Army emergency shelter is important to Quincy and Adams County be...
• Led by Ashley Hibbard, health market manager at the Harrison Hy-Vee in Quincy, v...
• Former Gems Chris Serritella and Bryan Lippincott are putting up huge numbers th...
• Illini West School Board continues to look for a building site and has amended t...
• Student nurses and advisers aim to build relationships and teach health promotio...
• With all the things that have become universal experiences, why aren't people in...
• Thursday's Palmyra City Council meeting also was the scene of a showdown between...
• Western High School students created a tin can wood stove to heat a greenhouse -...
• Palmyra Elementary School principal Sharon Underwood will leave the district Jun...
• With VIDEO: The former attorney for Christopher Piersee, who is trying to withdr...
• The Quincy School Board voted 6-1 Wednesday to reject all bids submitted for a p...
• Teachers and other staff in the Hannibal School District will get their first ba...
• Less than a month after it decided to remove Zach Keene as its girls basketball...
• Zach Keene is still out as the girls basketball coach at Illini West High School...
• The Quincy School Board Wednesday put its stamp of approval on a 25-cent increas...
• JWCC tuition going up $3 per credit hour for the 2012-13 school year. Are you a...
• Music, TV icon Dick Clark has died. What are your fondest memories of the "Ameri...
• Hannibal's fifth annual Senior Expo will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at t...
• The Warsaw Community Coalition is teaming up again with the Warsaw High School E...
• The Moodys will share the story of Adams County's country schools at a program S...
• The fifth annual Mardi Pals in the District is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday in...
• The Flower Children team in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life of Mari...
• Each year when Steve Eighinger drops his tax check in the mail, he has this sens...
• Tuesday's Hannibal City Council meeting was the scene of a heated debate over th...
• NuFIT for You owner Angie Asmann likes to accent an emphasis on lifestyle when i...
• The price to eat lunch in Quincy's public schools is likely to go up. The School...
• The Quincy University women's basketball team suffers another blow when sophomor...
• The Quincy University women's basketball team has added three players to its 201...
• Pittsfield has been named a Tree City USA Community for the first time by the Ar...
• The Adams County Health Department has been receiving an increased number of cal...
• Ah, the life of being an nonmechanical man. Rodney Hart says it's not easy being...
• A group of volunteers is making sure the Liberty school district doesn't lose pa...
• Administrators at Quincy High School are hoping to offer a leadership course for...
• Randall "Randy" Shepard, the former Palmyra High School teacher accused of havin...
• Firefighters responded late Sunday to a structure fire at 101 Church in Hannibal...
• Review special moments, browse recent albums and buy your favorite photos from t...
• The status of the Newcomb Hotel in downtown Quincy has not changed, even though...
• Four people were injured at 12:50 p.m. Saturday in the collision of a van and ca...
• Oral arguments for two 4th Appellate District cases to be heard at Quincy Univer...
• PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Hear an interview with Sarah Ginster and view photos of Ella Ca...
• VIDEO: It's been only three months since Ella Cain was critically burned in the...
• Rodney Hart says the Cast Iron Dogs of Boscobel are finding a final resting plac...
• Federal health care laws will cost Illinois billions of dollars, according to se...
• At least two Adams County residents were recently bilked out of more than $10,00...
• A Quincy man who got into a bar altercation last June, three days after graduati...
• A fire at 816 Jackson shortly after midnight has displaced a family of three.
• VIDEO: Twenty-nine juniors and seniors from QND brushed up on their Spanish-spea...
• Missouri's 20-year state rail plan, in its latest proposed iteration, calls for...
• Austin's Army is a group of about 15 retirees who come to St. Francis School at...
• House fire at 816 Jackson displaces three Friday morning
• Student arrested in connection with latest threatening note found at QJHS
• Click for VIDEO: Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B's Operation STOP enforcem...
• A Quincy man was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Correctio...
• The city of Quincy has agreed to pay a $4 million settlement to an accident vict...
• Simmetry Communications has confirmed an agreement to sell certain operating ass...
• "Dirt" is an eye-opening and original look at the history of the Quincy Raceways...
• City department heads and elected officials told Quincy aldermen Wednesday night...
• Honorably dismissed were Charles Call, Alicia Steinmann, Terri Lehr, Galen Conkr...
• A Hull man was arrested about 7 p.m. Wednesday at his residence on multiple char...
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• Two Quincy residents were arrested Tuesday for gun and drug counts after investi...
• The Quincy Park District will be moving its offices from the Emerson Community C...
• A New London man has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender fol...
• A Canton man accused of stealing from Culver-Stockton College when he was employ...
• The Lewis County C-1 Board of Education's efforts to fill a board vacancy took a...
• Follow along tonight with Staff Writer Matt Hopf as city officials and departmen...
• An Indianapolis-based property management company planning to buy the Carson Apa...
• PALMYRA, Mo. -- A volunteer leader with the Buddy Pack feeding program at Palmyr...
• Steve Eighinger says the 2008 presidential race was full of spice, but this year...
• Nathan A. Rife, 21, of 642 Monroe, was sentenced to four years on a charge of bu...
• Palmyra police officers and Marion County sheriff's deputies were on the lookout...
• Terry Myers of ADM Alliance Nutrition was named the 2012 winner of the Joe Bonan...
• Simmetry Wireless, the area's only locally owned and operated cellular company,...
• Santorum is out. Were you a supporter? What does this mean for Gingrich and Ron...
• NEWS ALERT: Rick Santorum suspends his campaign for president, making Mitt Romne...
• Kenneth Kirchner, who will turn 79 on Friday and is known around town as "Old Do...
• The city of Quincy plans to complete $3.75 million worth of street projects this...
• A silent march in memory of Florida shooting victim Trayvon Martin will be held...
• State Sen. John Sullivan, D-Rushville, told an audience in Liberty Monday night...
• Armond Moore, 32, of Quincy was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for un...
• The last of five people involved in a methamphetamine bust near Sixth and Jeffer...
• An armed suspect who was shot last month by two Marion County sheriff's deputies...
• Adams County Public Defender Ed Downey says he'll miss representing defendants i...
• Not that Rodney Hart is in favor of disrupting a college class, but he has disco...
• Former Palmyra High School teacher Randall "Randy" Shepard, 40, who is accused o...
• A Hannibal man was taken into custody Friday night after a brief foot chase in t...
• A man spotted urinating at the corner of Sixth and Broadway in Hannibal at 1:35...
• An overturned semi has Mo. 151 south of Madison in Monroe County blocked as of 9...
• The Quincy Public Library will host a grand re-opening of its renovated space at...
• Matt Bailey won Sunday night's UMP Super Late Model feature at Quincy Raceways,...
• Jailers and authorities say strip searches are necessary to protect inmates and...
• Near-perfect conditions put farmers into the fields weeks ahead of schedule.
• Lynn Fisher and her husband, Kevin, were among an estimated 250 on hand Friday e...
• Unusually warm weather caused unusually early blooming of dogwood trees in the Q...
• Five arrested early Thursday morning at the Quincy Inn and Suites
• Warren Barrett Drive was closed Friday morning for two hours after a truck overt...
• A Quincy man already facing seven methamphetamine counts who jumped out of a pla...
• A $1.4 million state grant will improve an intersection that serves NTN-Bower Co...
• Water main break leads to lawsuit against city of Quincy
• An IRS spokesman visits Quincy to remind people about the EITC
• Knox County Community Center to debut with ribbon-cutting, open house events
• Quincy man gets probation and six months for cooking meth, which caused his resi...
• The "Heptathlon of Wellness" is not a new Olympic event but a project involving...
• A crew from ServPro of Quincy spent part of Thursday morning cleaning Upper Moor...
• A Quincy woman is sentenced to two years probation and four days in jail for ste...
• Two Quincy men were arrested on meth charges after police searched residences at...
• Utility customers in Hannibal can look forward to a trio of Hannibal Board of Pu...
• Have you put on a new roof, built a fence or deck, added landscaping or updated...
• Quincy resident Shawn Steele was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for t...
• Fire destroyed a single-wide mobile home at 3931 Halfpap Lane Wednesday night. N...
• The Kroc Center will host a community-themed United Good Friday Service at 6 p.m...
• Beth Milito, an NFIB official visiting Quincy on Wednesday, watched history in t...
• The parents of a LaPrairie woman who died after a high-speed chase with law enfo...
• There is good news for patients at Blessing Hospital, particularly from a culina...
• Three Quincy residents arrested Wednesday on meth charges
• Quincy Police are reporting a check scam in area
• A dump truck and an UPS truck collided at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday injuring one drive...
• It may have looked like a “Duh?” moment to most people, but President Barack Oba...
• Rodney Hart says perhaps the family of Philip Diaz simply didn’t understand the...
• A dump truck and an UPS truck collided Wednesday, snarling traffic on North 24th...
• Steve Eighinger says there is a group of young people in Quincy he hopes to have...
• A Hamilton driver sustained minor injuries at 2:07 p.m. Tuesday in a two-vehicle...
• A Payson driver told police he fell asleep at the wheel at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday w...
• Two Quincyans were arrested Tuesday in connection to a loss of more than $16,000...
• Marion County voters overwhelmingly approved the renewal of a three-eighths-cent...
• In his quest for his first full term on the Hannibal City Council, Third Ward Co...
• Hannibal will go smoke-free later this year after Proposition 1's indoor smoking...
• Kevin Lionberger is the winner in Hannibal's contested Third Ward City Council e...
• With 100 percent of precincts reporting in both Ralls and Marion County, the smo...
• Romney goes 3 for 3 with Wisconsin win
• Hannibal Proposition 1, indoor smoking ban, passes with 1,642 votes yes to 1,296 no
• Voters in Monroe County and Ralls County have approved a pair of ballot question...
• Voters in Monroe County and Ralls County have approved shifting a portion of the...
• Romney wins GOP presidential primary in Wisconsin in addition to Maryland and Wa...
• E.H. Smith and Neil Jennings have been elected to the Lewis County C-1 Board of...
• Romney wins GOP presidential primary in District of Columbia
• Clark County voters pass continuation of road sales tax, 756 yes to 226 no
• Revere, Mo., C-3 school annexation proposal passes 179-43
• Mitt Romney tightened his grip on the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday...
• Motion to dismiss plea in Ian Barksdale death denied
• A 27-year-old Hamilton (Ill.) Iraq War veteran was killed at 1:47 a.m. Sunday wh...
• The case involving the drowning of a 6-year-old boy in Knox County is still bein...
• The Pittsfield High School class of 1954 produced no doctors or lawyers, and onl...
• Cape Air passenger numbers for Quincy Regional Airport are up by 240 boardings i...
• An item that appeared in The Quincy Herald-Whig was mentioned during a segment o...
• The Quincy City Council votes 9-5 allowing the city to reapply for FERC prelimin...
• The annual car auction held by Sullivan Auctioneers east of Hamilton had more th...
• OAKLAND, Calif. -- A suspect has been detained in a shooting attack at an Oaklan...
• A Quincy woman found guilty of financially exploiting her stepmother is ordered...
• NEWS UPDATE: Police were responding Monday to reports of five people hurt in a s...
• NEWS ALERT: Police say they’re responding to reports of five people hurt in a sh...
• Three incidents involving drugs resulted in the arrest of two men Saturday night...
• Hannibal Clinic is partnering with the Northeast Missouri Narcotics Task Force a...
• Twenty-one Culver-Stockton College students taking courses in government and pol...
• Cape Air flights returned to C Concourse today at Lambert-St. Louis Internationa...
• Kenna Scott's education in the Quincy School District got sidetracked a couple o...
• The Quincy School District hopes to save at least $50,000 by replacing the Ombud...
• 5-year-old doesn't let alopecia areata get in her way
• United Way program aims to help people through an unpopular day: Tax Day
• The city of Quincy is proposing a $31.1 million general fund budget for the fisc...
• Sneezing, watery and itching eyes, plus varying degrees of nasal and sinus conge...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger is surprised by the fast food chain with the most "...
• Providing transportation to work is a key role for the Pike County Public Transi...
• Voters across Northeast Missouri will decide Tuesday on a slew of fiscal issues...
• Quincy attorney Richard "Riff" Scholz is being investigated by the Attorney Regi...
• Emotions continue to run high as Hannibal voters prepare to decide Tuesday wheth...
• The Palmyra R-1 School District will see a contested race Tuesday for its two op...
• The head of the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents believes a comm...
• A Hannibal driver escaped serious injury when the sport utility vehicle she was...
• Garland S. Treadwell, 47, of Hamilton was arrested Thursday on multiple drug-rel...
• Fifth Street from Hampshire to Vermont will be closed part of next week so water...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart says somehow, someway, this message from a story which...
• Quincy aldermen will consider a resolution authorizing the city to renew prelimi...
• A Class 1 felony theft charge was filed Thursday against Quincy attorney Devin C...
• The administration at Illini West High School thought highly enough of Zach Keen...
• The Associated Bank branch at 706 Maine in Quincy will be named Prosperity Bank...
• A County Market Express employee said Mega Millions ticket sales have more than...
• Quincy City Council holds 90-minute meeting with representatives of Coastal Hydr...
• Associates at Quincy store not able to comment on Best Buy's plans to close stores
• Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday that a Canadian oil transport company's pl...
• Chicago resident Jeremiah Simpson, one of 11 people accused last year of being p...
• Adams Electric Cooperative and Western Illinois Electrical Coop have begun a con...
• See Phil Carlson's slideshow from Wednesday afternoon's search that ended in tra...
• Quincy Fire Department trains by responding to a simulated chlorine leak at the...
• Next week, voters in five counties will fill two open seats on the Lewis County...
• Vendors and customers from Hannibal's longstanding farmers' market hash out idea...
• Pike County hopes to tap into grant funds for its historic courthouse
• Isabella Solaro and Katie Engelmeyer of Quincy are flying high after learning th...
• The Oakley-Lindsay Center became a tropical paradise Wednesday for the Kohl Whol...
• Isabella Solaro and Katie Engelmeyer of Quincy are flying high after learning th...
• An investigation continues into the apparent drowning death of a young autistic...
• The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed at about 12:55 p.m. Wednesday that t...
• Missing 6-year-old Colony, Mo., boy found in pond in Northeast Missouri. More in...
• Thermal imaging technology failed to locate a missing 6-year-old in northeast Kn...
• Rodney Hart has before and after photos, plus a video, of the Dr. Samuel Everett...
• A Quincy man facing up a 16-year prison sentence had a court hearing continued T...
• Steve Eighinger is honoring some of the strangest responses from celebrities and...
• Young mothers will be servers at YoungLives Tea, art show
• Work continues toward a replacement bridge over North Fork Hadley Creek on Pike...
• St. Dominic gymnasium will be transformed into a virtual music time machine on T...
• Helicopters with thermal imaging cameras used in search for missing 6-year-old
• Officials in the Lewis County C-1 School District sought Tuesday to reassure Boa...
• Missouri State Highway Patrol releases name, more information on 6-year-old boy...
• Missouri State Highway Patrol unit helps search for a missing child in the north...
• A Canadian company is moving forward with an expanded oil pipeline project that...
• The Western School District plans to treat its Barry facility after finding a br...
• The Quincy Area Vocational-Technical Center's basketball-shooting robot, "Little...
• One of Quincy's most popular entertainment events returns to the Quincy High Sch...
• Quincy police are warning residents of two recent phone and letter scams.
• Bob Ehrenberger is a professional blacksmith living near Shelbyville, Mo., and i...
• The death of a 61-year-old rural Warsaw man is under investigation after he was...
• Quincy recently honored a Civil War physician with a refurbished gravestone in W...
• Students, staff and community residents are planning a rally for 11:20 a.m. Wedn...
• The Quincy City Council on Monday approved three-year contracts with the union r...
• Randy Shepard, the Palmyra High School teacher arrested earlier this month on su...
• Gallup conducted a poll last month and found that 72 percent of Americans believ...
• Union United Methodist Church in Quincy is having new windows installed as part...
• Illinois lawmakers have projected that state revenues will be $33.7 billion in f...
• President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is front and center at the Supreme...
• Security locks don't work inside the Marion County Jail. The roof needs to be re...
• The PHS mock trial team, formed in January, heads to the High School Mock Trial...
• Hannibal's diverse Third Ward will see a three-way race for its only contested C...
• For Sara Ward, the Monster of a Garage Sale is an annual rite of spring, and any...
• Members of a special search committee hope the next president of Hannibal-LaGran...
• A suspended ballot initiative that would have made it harder for Missouri legisl...
• A Memphis, Tenn., man was injured in a Friday afternoon accident east of Taylor.
• A Bethalto woman was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday afterno...
• A Quincy man faces charges of aggravated child pornography after police conducte...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger is not a native of Illinois and is always intereste...
• The Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools Foundation and the Quincy Notre Dame Foun...
• Megan Ervin was crowned Miss Quincy for 2012. Other winners in Saturday night's...
• NEWS ALERT: Rick Santorum is the winner of the Louisiana Republican presidential...
• John Wood Community College hosted its annual J-Dubb Day on Friday at the 48th a...
• One of Quincy's best known voices has been silenced. Longtime WGEM newsman Bob T...
• Janet Scoggan has a beautiful white cat with greenish-yellow eyes. How she found...
• Construction crews are installing a new roof at the Quincy Public Library to cap...
• Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford wants to reunite people with unclaimed property.
• Quincy University is offering local educators reduced rates to use its Health an...
• A Friday morning accident in Pike County injured a driver and his passenger.
• A mid-Missouri man was sentenced to life in prison Friday afternoon in connectio...
• Blessing Hospital's Cancer Program has been recognized for its comprehensive ser...
• NEWS ALERT: The Marion County Sheriff's Office says the ramp from eastbound U.S....
• A local family this week donated 19 iPads to St. Dominic School, and the high-te...
• Illinois MAP deadline leaves some students in the cold —
• Is this your missing cat? Read more on Staff Writer Rodney Hart's blog, "Hart of...
• A severed fiber optic cable in McDonough County disrupted Comcast cable service...
• VIDEO: Liberty AD refuses to believe that brain tumor will slow him down —
• Liberty Athletic Director Brett Miller talks about the circumstances surrounding...
• A man wanted on a Missouri warrant was arrested early Friday, but not before fle...
• House moving to cause parking restrictions Friday and March 26 in Quincy —
• Due to last-minute cancellations, The Herald-Whig has 3 booth spaces available a...
• Before appearing at Westminster Abbey, Rev. Mike Rayson will be in Quincy — http...
• The Western School Board cut 11 full-time and three part-time teachers for the 2...
• WATCH this week's Sports Writers on the Web, with your favorite Whig Sports Guys...
• Sixty-six positions are being affected or eliminated by the Quincy School Distri...
• Follow the proceedings at tonight's Quincy School Board meeting and join in the...
• OLC staff members selling sponsorships, special events for Gems 2012 season
• Checking out food label should be part of your nutrition plan
• The squirrels and Steve Eighinger both have no clue what's going on with the wea...
• Turnout under 23 percent in Adams County; some confusion reported related to red...
• NEWS ALERT: Boyd wins three-way race for Pike state’s attorney —
• NEWS ALERT: Bentzinger wins three-way sheriff's race in Tuesday's primary - http...
• NEWS ALERT: Pike County voters overwhelmingly approve conceal-carry ordinance
• NEWS ALERT: Zanger grabs most votes in District 7; Bockhold, Venvertloh grab oth...
• Adams County Board Chairman Mike McLaughlin appeared to secure another term afte...
• Reporter Matt Hopf says voter turnout today in Adams County appears to be around...
• Front-runner Mitt Romney won the Illinois primary with ease Tuesday night
• Joe Zanger, Duane Venvertloh and Theresa Bockhold win GOP nominations in five-ca...
• NEWS ALERT: Voters in the Quincy School District on Tuesday approved a proposal...
• With all 10 precincts reporting McLaughlin, Kerkhoff and Degitz win in Adams Cou...
• Quincy School District working cash bond issue passes with 58 percent of the vote.
• With 100 percent of votes in, QPS working cash bond has 3,836 yes votes, 2774 no.
• With 48 out of 52 precincts reporting, Quincy Public School working cash bond is...
• From reporter Matt Hopf: Adams County had a lot of support for Santorum with 48...
• Hopf: With 9 of 11 precincts reporting in District 7, Zanger is leading with 26%...
• Hopf: With 8 of 10 precincts reporting, McLaughlin is leading with 27% in Distri...
• In District 3 for Adams Co. Board Republican Primary McLaughlin has 27%, Kerkhof...
• From reporter Matt Hopf: In District 7, with 4 of 11 precincts reporting, Zanger...
• NEWS ALERT: Mitt Romney wins Illinois GOP Presidential Primary, read more here:...
• Hugs greet soldier on his return home from Afghanistan
• NEWS ALERT: Gasoline prices in Quincy today reached $3.99.9.
• Human remains discovered by kids riding bikes in Iowa could be connected to Adam...
• An informal Pike-Calhoun alliance works to promote the sites and activities in b...
• The owner of the Newcomb Hotel will receive a 20-day notice from the city of Qui...
• Chaddock has been reaccredited for another four years by two separate accreditin...
• The bargaining unit representing Quincy police officers and supervisors has reac...
• A Hannibal man was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty...
• Prairie Power Inc. will close its Pearl and Pittsfield facilities effective June 1
• A pilot was killed and his wife seriously injured Sunday afternoon when a plane...
• The Western School Board takes another step in its deficit-reduction plan with s...
• Quincy Notre Dame's pom pon squad won the Class A state championship in Saturday...
• A Quincy police officer on patrol spotted smoke coming from the eaves of the bui...
• For the sixth time in two weeks, a threatening note has been found at Quincy Jun...
• The Missouri Department of Corrections' Puppies for Parole program trains and so...
• Fire was reported in the upstairs portion of the former Century 21 building at 4...
• Exchange Club looks for nominations for its 60th annual Golden Deeds Award
• New president says JWCC needs to address enrollment, budget
• Check out some video from today's St. Patrick's Day parade on the whig.com multi...
• Caucuses held Saturday in Missouri turn contentious
• Time for a new slate of three-day weekends
• County singer and songwriter Josh Thompson headlines the annual Quincy Firefight...
• Some voters in Adams County will see a few changes when they go to the polls Tue...
• A pre-St. Patrick's Day encounter in Washington Park
• A former Palmyra High School teacher arrested on suspicion of having sexual rela...
• NEWS ALERT: A man was picked up by Quincy Police for allegedly walking naked at...
• Five Republicans are on the ballot for three seats on the Adams County Board for...
• It's become an annual rite of passage, a time when basketball rules the collecti...
• Jobs are being created in Illinois and Missouri, but at a modest pace, according...
• The Quincy Police Department is warning residents of home repair fraud after an...
• Mary Poletti reprinted a poem by Robert Winthrop, of Hannibal, titled "The Old W...
• A Quincy man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for having methampheta...
• "When Worlds Collide 2" features local hip hop, rock and metal artists playing a...
• The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners removed the "interim" tag from E...
• Highway construction and auto safety would get a boost in a federal highway bill...
• Listen to Don O'Brien's mom break down the NCAA Tournament bracket on WGEM Sport...
• Pleasant Street off of Highway 61 in Hannibal will be closed from 9-10 a.m. Thur...
• WATCH LIVE: On his last full day of freedom, Rod Blagojevich will do what he lov...
• Longtime WGEM news anchor Les Sachs has announced he will retire in May.
• Local residents are being asked for help identifying three suspects who have bee...
• Illinois government workers will hold an informational picket at Third and Maine...
• Mary Poletti writes about a typo sent on Twitter by a Washington TV station whil...
• Check out Steve Eighinger, Rodney Hart and Tom Van Ness as they break down the A...
• Alton Vannice spent a lifetime planting a seed and watching it grow. Now his fam...
• A tractor-trailer carrying flammable liquid overturned early Wednesday in Lincol...
• Quincy-area residents spent time outdoors Tuesday enjoying summer-like weather...
• $25,000 Riedel Foundation grant will fund local scholarships
• Hawaii Republicans gave Mitt Romney a big victory in their caucus Tuesday, softe...
• Mitt Romney won the Republican caucus in American Samoa on Tuesday, picking up t...
• Santorum sweeps Alabama, Mississippi primaries — Read more here:
• NEWS UPDATE: Rick Santorum will win Mississippi GOP primary, CNN projects.
• Santorum wins Alabama, leads in Mississippi — Rick Santorum won the Alabama prim...
• NEWS ALERT: Santorum wins Alabama GOP presidential primary
• NEWS UPDATE: Rick Santorum has grabbed an early lead in Alabama's primary electi...
• NEWS ALERT: Early exit polls — Romney leads Mississippi; Santorum leads Alabama,...
• ELECTION 2012: Mississippi voters cast ballots Tuesday in a Republican president...
• Amy Hibbard never really thought a lot about using her seat belt, but she is gla...
• Illinois Veterans Home residents will pay higher fees starting this summer, foll...
• Mitt Romney hoped to seal his status as the Republican presidential front-runner...
• The Adams County Ambulance Board has approved a $200 increase to its base rate o...
• Check out Steve Eighinger, Rodney Hart and Tom Van Ness as they break down the c...
• Officials with the Adams County Ambulance Service met with the County Board Fina...
• Girls Scouts from past and present gathered Monday afternoon at Great Debate Boo...
• This may sound like it came from the Department of Duh, but there's a certain el...
• Cardiology and cancer patients will benefit from a couple of recent fundraisers...
• The Adams County Ambulance Board has approved a $200 hike to its base service ra...
• Don't forget to sign up for The Herald-Whig's College Basketball Tournament, whe...
• The yellow-capped church on Broadway is a familiar sight to many Hannibal reside...
• Did Ray Pfanschmidt kill his family and a boarding school teacher near Payson 10...
• Allison Lawler, a junior at Quincy High School, told the Quincy School Board Mon...
• A Quincy woman was sentenced to probation for taking $40 from a man and failing...
• A Plymouth man is scheduled to be in court Tuesday on theft and drug charges
• The Western Community Center YMCA should open its doors in May.
• Another man has been charged in connection with a December crash near Paloma tha...
• Doug Wilson says a story on gun rights from the Christian Science Monitor has a...
• The squealing of tires led Quincy police to stop a pickup truck at 11th and York...
• Hannibal will play host for the second time to a statewide firefighters' convent...
• A psych patient being taken from Quincy to Peoria briefly escaped the van in whi...
• Two Marion County Sheriff's deputies shot an armed suspect Sunday morning after...
• An armed suspect was shot by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies after a chase thro...
• Voters will be asked March 20 to allow Quincy schools to issue $6.2 million in w...
• Special needs children flourish in new swim program offered at QU
• Eighinger: A lunchtime topic to debate would be what we like to eat at lunch
• Rockin' A Arena in Palmyra to host rodeo benefiting Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Hannibal History Museum awarded grant funding to continue work on permanent disp...
• Tornado deaths add urgency to safety message
• NEWS ALERT: Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential delegate vote at Wyo...
• NEWS ALERT: Rick Santorum has overwhelmingly won the Kansas Republican president...
• WHIG NEWS ALERT: The Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design is scheduled to c...
• Many Quincy parents this week had a choice to make. After threats were discovere...
• 60 volunteers read for 15 minutes each in 78 classrooms at Hannibal's five eleme...
• A Palmyra High School teacher has been arrested on suspicion of having sexual re...
• Improvements to U.S. 61/24 in Palmyra will proceed this spring, MoDOT announced...
• Staff Writer Matt Hopf reports the Quincy City Council will go into executive se...
• The mild winter the region has experienced has given road crews a reason to cele...
• NEWS ALERT: University of Illinois basketball coach Bruce Weber was fired today.
• Carl and Monica Maples aren't most people. The Liberty couple are quiet, but whe...
• NEWS ALERT: The burn ban for the City of Hannibal has been lifted, according to...
• Three men with law enforcement experience seek the Hancock County sheriff's job...
• President of the Illinois State Bar Association says his group fully supports ca...
• Two IDOT employees say simply reacted when they saw a man choking last week
• Authorities believe they may be dealing with "copycat" threats after two notes w...
• One goal of the meeting, the first Missouri Corn Growers Association session hel...
• Fowler teen involved in crash Dec. 16 near Paloma cited for felony driving under...
• The 200-plus people involved Gold Medal Moves weight-loss program are on pace to...
• A Knox County man was arrested Tuesday night after a vehicle and foot pursuit by...
• Workers from Schlipman Construction demolished the dilapidated seating area on t...
• Wednesday was "Spread The Word To End The Word" day to let people know using the...
• Steve Eighinger still has Joshua Ledet at the top of his American Idol list, but...
• The Illinois Department of Transportation is working on a long-range rail plan a...
• A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Quincy man on child pornography cha...
• Two people were arrested on drug charges after raids conducted by the West Centr...
• The U.S. Postal Service's plan to close more than 200 mail processing facilities...
• Quincy School District officials are investigating another threatening note foun...
• Steve Eighinger wlll be at the Quincy Raceways show at the Quincy Mall this week...
• A fire ruled of undetermined cause damaged a house at 926 Center Wednesday morni...
• Blessing Hospital has been honored for its innovation, improvement and visionary...
• After spending a year building its unique full-day kindergarten program, the Han...
• The first of three major contemporary Christian concerts this year in Quincy is...
• Hannibal Fire Department is responding to a report of a structure fire at 10th a...
• Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are trying to make the most of a mixed Super Tuesd...
• Mitt Romney edged out Rick Santorum to win the Alaska GOP's presidential prefere...
• NEWS ALERT: Mitt Romney wins Ohio, projects CNN.
• NEWS ALERT: Mitt Romney wins Idaho, according to CNN.
• NEWS ALERT: Santorum will win North Dakota caucuses, CNN projects.
• Updated delegate count: Romney 288, Santorum 106, Gingrich 73, Paul 52. Magic nu...
• NEWS ALERT: CNN projects Santorum the winner of Oklahoma on Super Tuesday.
• UPDATE: Rick Santorum has won Tennessee's Republican presidential primary.
• NEWS ALERT: Santorum the projected winner in Tennessee according to CNN.
• Sarah Palin talks to #CNN on chances of her name being put into nomination in ev...
• NEWS ALERT: Mitt Romney rolled to primary victories in Virginia, Vermont and hom...
• NEWS ALERT: Newt Gingrich notched a home-field primary win in Georgia.
• NEWS ALERT: Mitt Romney has easily won a poor turnout election in Virginia.
• A Lawrence, Kan., woman pleaded guilty last week and received a 50-year prison s...
• The Hannibal Fire Department has implemented a burn ban for all residents within...
• Man accused of robbing a Casey's General Store at gunpoint last fall pleaded gui...
• U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s mother, Betty Anne McCaskill, wrote a letter to Dem...
• WATCH LIVE NOW: President Obama is announcing new mortgage relief for members of...
• WATCH LIVE NOW: Obama holds news conference, unveils housing plan
• Traffic is down to one lane on northbound U.S. 61 between Palmyra and Hannibal u...
• Are you planning to check out the Golden Windmill Follies? Find out more and WAT...
• The Quincy Revolving Loan Committee on Monday approved two loans to help a salon...
• Three firefighters received honors from Monday at the Quincy City Council meetin...
• After convening a special meeting Monday night, the Quincy School Board quickly...
• Quincy Bayview Bridge will be reduced to one lane of traffic March 12-30, as bri...
• The aging Champ Clark Bridge connecting Illinois' and Missouri's twin Pike count...
• The trial setting for Calvin Duane Pettey, who is charged with first-degree murd...
• Thirty employees at Quincy's Gardner Denver company will lose their jobs by May...
• For the second straight year, the Quincy High School rifle team is the best in I...
• Two members of the Lewis County C-1 Board of Education resigned last week after...
• Do you remember the Goodside murder in 1976? Learn more info from a woman recall...
• Downtown Hannibal will play host to its second Chocolate Extravaganza Saturday
• Bill introduced in the Illinois House would allow utilities to remove trees 25 f...
• Numerous Northeast Missouri communities' residents receive SSDI payments at a hi...
• A Quincy, Ill. woman suffered moderate injuries in a two-car accident Saturday a...
• EIGHINGER: The Monkees ruled radio and TV for much of a five-year period that st...
• Gail Covalsky has turned her sewing hobby into a business
• Mitt Romney won Washington state's presidential caucus straw poll on Saturday, c...
• Quincy Notre Dame High School to get tougher about student attire
• Local dissatisfaction with the Charter Communications has been mounting since it...
• Political candidates facing a tough fight in this election year got plenty of lo...
• The Quincy School Board has scheduled special meetings for the next two Mondays
• Answers to reader questions: Yard waste collection begins soon
• HART: Telling is the first step in many child abuse cases
• People who swim on Saturday mornings at the Quincy YMCA are supervised by a life...
• Eager visitors, 100 vendors kick off annual home improvement showcase
• A Memphis, Mo., man died Friday when his semi-truck overturned near LaPlata.
• No one was injured in a collision at about noon Friday between a Quincy Transit...
• Temperatures this week may have us thinking spring is here, but Mother Nature pr...
• The Illinois Department of Agriculture wants more information about a hog confin...
• Large snowflakes, and lots of them, blew across Quincy during a sudden snow flur...
• A Quincy Transit Lines bus was involved in a two-vehicle crash at Sixth and Jers...
• "Preserving the American Dream" is the theme of the 2012 Dogwood Parade, in reco...
• Democrats were arriving at the Hannibal Inn and Conference Center today for the...
• A $12.2 million Army Reserve Center is taking shape on Quincy's north side.
• Authorities say a man threatening to jump from a roof of a building on North Fif...
• Staff Writer Ed Husar says one of his favorite places in Quincy is a store where...
• Students say they're wild about WILD -- the Western Interactive Learning Design,...
• Volunteers are hoping an "Empty Bowls" project will raise more than $10,000 to s...
• The Quincy Family YMCA hopes to raise $85,000 through this year's Strong Kids ca...
• NEWS ALERT: The Quincy School District is offering a reward for information lead...
• Two gun control bills passed out of legislative committees Wednesday in the Illi...
• Conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who was behind inves...
• QND reaches into its alumni ranks to replace longtime Principal Ray Heilmann.
• Quincy Notre Dame High School has announced that Mark McDowell, a 1995 graduate,...
• Culver-Stockton offers storm spotter training March 15
• Kelly's Run, now in its 30th year in Quincy, expects a record number of runners
• Kristie Kemner, a speech therapist at Quincy Medical Group, says she has seen so...
• Blocks of homes in Harrisburg were flattened by overnight storms Wednesday that...
• NEWS ALERT: Multiple fire crews battling house fire in rural Marion County. At t...
• Quincy man who swallowed a bag of meth pleads guilty to unlawful participation i...
• NEWS UPDATE: One person was trapped in a vehicle Wednesday afternoon after a veh...
• NEWS ALERT: A car is overturned on Broadway between Ninth and 10th Streets, one...
• Legislation in the Illinois House was defeated Tuesday that would have allowed c...
• Gasoline prices have reached $3.80 a gallon in Quincy, up 12 cents this week aft...
• Nonprofit hospitals in Illinois hope a meeting today will end with an agreement...
• Do you know anyone with a Leap Day birthday? — Today, an Illinois state legislat...
• The rising cost of education and the critical need for trained health care profe...
• Joshua Ledet was Steve Eighinger's favorite coming into this week and did nothin...
• ELECTION 2012: Mitt Romney scored a hard-won, home state triumph in Michigan and...
• Mitt Romney has narrowly won the Michigan Republican presidential primary.
• ELECTION 2012 Mitt Romney wins Michigan Republican presidential primary.
• ELECTION 2012: Mitt Romney wins Arizona Primary, according to CNN.
• Who do you think will win the close primary in Michigan tonight? Mitt Romney, be...
• ELECTION 2012: Preliminary results from exit polling in Arizona and Michigan sug...
• ELECTION 2012: Nearly all polls have closed in Michigan, where voters were helpi...
• ELECTION 2012: Republican rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum collided Tuesday...
• Mitt Romney hoped to avoid an embarrassing home-state loss in Tuesday's Michigan...
• Even when business is relatively slow, The Sweetest Thing Bakery and Donut Shop...
• NEWS ALERT: Hospital says a third student wounded in Chardon, Ohio, school shoot...
• Brandon Boyles of Palmyra pled guilty last week to keeping exotic animals in vio...
• Actor Val Kilmer will visit the Mark Twain Museum May 2 to discuss his film now...
• Missouri legislators and legislative hopefuls lined up today to be among the fir...
• HART: A young man got into trouble last week, and one of the charges is indeed "...
• Pike County's bottom line changed from black to red in the past fiscal year.
• Quincy Schools Superintendent Lonny Lemon is not selected for Moline superintend...
• Mast Productions — a Payson business marketing grain handling equipment to farme...
• NEWS UPDATE: Former Spring Lake Country Club General Manager William Todd Marler...
• Former Spring Lake Country Club General Manager William Todd Marler was sentence...
• A Lewis County woman was arrested Monday after law enforcement officers say she...
• ELECTION 2012: Regardless of the outcome of Republican presidential primaries in...
• NEWS UPDATE: A Cleveland hospital identified the slain student in an early morni...
• NEWS UPDATE: Gunman in Ohio high school shooting this morning is described as a...
• News Update: Authorities say one student dead in high school shooting near Cleve...
• Scotties Fun Spot is one of four finalists up for the "Best Roller Skating Cente...
• School districts in Northeast Missouri are facing an easier transition than prev...
• NEWS UPDATE: Officials now say FIVE students were wounded in a shooting at their...
• NEWS UPDATE - Watch LIVE Video: Officials say students were shot at a northeaste...
• NEWS ALERT: Suspect in custody in shooting at Chardon High School in northeaster...
• Winter just isn't what it used to be. At least the 2011-2012 version has been am...
• A Palmyra driver sustained minor injuries in a one-car accident at 10:50 p.m. Sa...
• Photo Editor Phil Carlson spent Saturday with the QND girls basketball team. Che...
• QND girls basketball team completes its season with a decisive victory, earning...
• Here's a sneak peek of the front page of Sunday's sports section of The Quincy H...
• Here's a look at the front page of Sunday's Quincy Herald-Whig:
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger looks at some crazy and outdated laws still in effe...
• A proposed $2.7 billion cut to Medicaid spending could mean a significant drop i...
• Diane Glaub, who is finishing her seventh year as principal of Quincy Junior Hig...
• Nathan Zimmerman walked into a recent college interview ready to stand out from...
• A Quincy resident was cited for driving under the influence after a one-vehicle...
• A two-vehicle crash late Friday night resulted in one person being cited for num...
• The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team made it look easy Saturday night at...
• The only thing brighter than the sunshine at Saturday’s Law Enforcement Torch Ru...
• There is truly a historic group of female athletes passing through QND right now...
• A community partnership is hoping to bring home an unlikely Scotland County expo...
• Pinterest, which launched last year and is commonly used for home and cooking id...
• The Cardinals' 2011 World Series trophy tour came to the U.S. Cellular office in...
• A Quincy father and son were arrested Thursday night after police said a large a...
• A Quincy man suffered serious injuries to his hands after Adams County Sheriff's...
• For one girl turning 10 years old, this birthday party will have no gifts, but s...
• The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum has received $14,000 in grant funding fro...
• People in three West-Central Illinois counties have the opportunity to be a hero...
• Blessing Hospital has launched a new program to try to help its patients better...
• More than anything, John Cornell would like for more school-age groups to use th...
• More than 250 U.S. postal processing facilities, including the one in Quincy, wi...
• The Mendon School Board is taking the first steps to find a new superintendent t...
• U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin visited two very different sites in Quincy on Thursday, sa...
• WATCH VIDEO: Runnin' with the Devils - Sports Writer Matt Schuckman talks with Q...
• Quincy's postal processing center will send outgoing mail to Columbia, Mo., for...
• Quincy’s postal processing center will send outgoing mail to Columbia, Mo., for...
• Quincy University today announced it has received its largest-ever gift from a l...
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works board heard Wednesday that it will cost an es...
• The Quincy School Board plans to announce $1 million in cuts next month as the f...
• Adams County will not pursue seeking a proposal from an Ohio company to take ove...
• The Quincy School Board decided tonight to proceed with a $193,000 plan to upgra...
• Have you noticed more businesses in downtown Quincy? Find out more about what is...
• To read the lawsuit filed by the parents of Brianna Baker, a LaPrairie woman who...
• NEWS UPDATE: ‘Our rendezvous with reality has arrived’: Quinn calls for facility...
• The Quincy School Board will decide tonight whether to move forward with a propo...
• After running out of money two weeks ago, the North East Community Action Corp.'...
• Doug Wilson's Political Blog: The Rev. Franklin Graham was questioned about Pres...
• NEWS UPDATE: Gov. Pat Quinn formally announces plan to close 14 major facilities...
• NEWS ALERT: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says Illinois' Medicaid system is "on the br...
• LIVE: Governor Quinn on the state budget now.
• The parents of Brianna Baker, a LaPrairie woman who died after a high-speed chas...
• The Quincy School Board's Finance Committee recommended Tuesday that a $6 millio...
• The parents of a LaPrairie woman who died after a high-speed chase with law enfo...
• There have been 43 different presidents, and Steve Eighinger says quite a few ha...
• Two Quincy School District officials stood before a large crowd Tuesday night to...
• Tuesday's Hannibal City Council meeting was the scene of a contentious debate ov...
• The Quincy City Council concurred Tuesday night with the Plan Commission's recom...
• A Hannibal man is being held on suspicision of attacking a 62-year-old man with...
• Fourteen jobs will be eliminated at Quincy's Archer Daniels Midland facilities t...
• Chris Hand is quick to admit she is lucky to be alive. Now in her early 40s, Han...
• To tackle a mushrooming problem with drugs in the area, the LaGrange Community Y...
• Ed Knight, a veteran firefighter, has teamed up with his son Chad to create a be...
• TUESDAY FIRE: "Thank God for smoke detectors," King said. "If I wouldn't have he...
• Watch video from the early morning two-alarm blaze on South Sixth on whig.com. A...
• Smoke detectors alert family to early morning fire on Sixth in Quincy that escal...
• It took the QND girls a little longer than normal to take control Monday night i...
• Rodney Hart asks: Do you have to be crazy to jump into a freezing pond? Well, it...
• Rick Santorum used Sunday’s Face the Nation interview to back away from comments...
• Two Louisiana residents were injured in a one-car accident at 10:30 p.m. Sunday...
• Quincy Public Library finding innovative ways to serve patrons by offering se...
• Driver injured in crash on Monroe County road
• Quincy residents have a chance to see a plans for the proposed riverfront connec...
• Keynote speaker focuses on gardening -- lasagna style
• Jill Reffett feels like her whole life has been preparing her to be director of...
• QND to keep offering German language instruction
• Steve Eighinger says the way history seems to work can be wildly entertaining
• Administrators at Illinois school districts, community colleges and universities...
• Quincy Area Vo-Tech students hope to start building a winning hardcourt traditio...
• Letter bought on EBay sheds new light on New Philadelphia settlement
• Mingle, shop and be pampered. What more could a lady want?
• A combination of being power-tool challenged and cost conscious sent Pat Lanza's...
• See video from today's Kiwanis Charity Auction and Blessing Wellness Day.
• HART: Cancer patient has a hard time sitting back as benefit looms
• Community action agencies in Northeast Missouri, West-Central Illinois brace for...
• Law enforcement members honored by Exchange Club for roles in chase, shooting
• Lewis County Sheriff's deputies apprehended a Canton resident Friday who had bee...
• A Mount Sterling attorney has been accused of putting a undercover drug buy vide...
• The owner of the Riverside Smoke House and Grill in Canton, Mo., plans to open a...
• The seventh annual Big Dam Film Festival features a series of short films, as op...
• One of five people arrested after a methamphetamine and cannabis investigation i...
• The Northeast Missouri Economic Development Council will move ahead with develop...
• It wasn't as if Gary Bushmeyer wasn't having a good time Wednesday night when hi...
• The three Democrat candidates for Pike County State's Attorney responded to seve...
• Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that will allow Chicago to install cameras...
• U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock said in a Roll Call interview that he does not shy away f...
• The Western School Board is interested in participating in the Race to the Top p...
• QHS exchange student wins grand prize in organ/tissue donor poster contest
• Quincy modified driver Michael Long placed fourth in Wednesday's feature during...
• Donated items and services valued at more than $40,000 will go on the auction bl...
• A Carthage resident turns 104 on Monday, but she got an early celebration Wednes...
• Spring enrollment at John Wood Community College is down 15 percent from a year...
• The Quincy School Board went behind closed doors Wednesday to begin hammering ou...
• FBI was assisted by Quincy Police Department in serving search warrants this mor...
• Staff Writer Matt Hopf has the highlights of the Adams County Ambulance annual r...
• Ameren officials expect the final costs of a two-year environmental cleanup oper...
• Doug Wilson's Political Blog: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is promoting legislatio...
• Competing transportation bills are creating a stir in Washington and sparking fe...
• Quincy Plan Commission members recommended that the city allow temporary outdoor...
• The Adams County Board approved a resolution tonight that will allow various gov...
• Competing transportation bills are creating a stir in Washington and sparking fe...
• Lonny Lemon, superintendent of the Quincy School District for the past four year...
• Lovelace family from Palmyra named Herald-Whig Farm Family of the Year for 2012
• The Adams County Ambulance Service continues to feel the crunch of cash flow pro...
• The Adams County Finance Committee agreed to forward a proposal for employee lif...
• A court martial has been set for May 2 for a Fort Campbell soldier charged with...
• Culver-Stockton College is making plans for a third edition of its Extreme Dome...
• Richard Cottrell shares his mid-19th-century mansion with tourists from all over...
• The Quincy School Board will decide next week if the district should try to snag...
• The Quincy City Council approved a bid Monday night to replace heating and air c...
• The No. 1-ranked QND girls basketball team defeats Hillsboro 63-26 to advance to...
• Palmyra softball coach Joe Brandenburg will announce his retirement from the pos...
• Motorists are being warned to use caution tonight when traveling in the West-Cen...
• A Hannibal man has been taken into custody on a Marion County warrant in suspici...
• Fire destroyed a house at 11070 Anthony Drive Sunday afternoon, according to the...
• Snow Monday morning slickened roads and caused headaches for motorists, but acci...
• Budget woes in Washington D.C. and in Springfield, Ill., dominated the speakers...
• Dr. Stilianos Efstratiadis, an interventional cardiologist at Quincy Medical Gro...
• Culver-Stockton College has seen a 119 percent increase in donations from alumni...
• Steve Eighinger has a few ideas about who he would invite to a tasty lunch
• The Quincy Public Schools Foundation is making progress in its quest to raise $4...
• Missouri Farm Bureau Vice President Todd Hays wants people to understand the rel...
• Whitney Houston dies, was pop music queen until drug use, tumultuous marriage ra...
• City officials hoping to have water service restored at 26th and Maine by aroun...
• Romney wins caucuses in Maine
• A Mount Sterling woman will be competing with some of the stars of the quilting...
• Water main break means boil order in area of St. Peter School
• Rodney Hart says that in Calftown, there is no easy answer to that ever-eternal...
• First-time contract talks between Pike housing authority, Local 965 headed to me...
• Jaycees chili cook-off to benefit drive to construct Hannibal community college...
• Advocates of flood-control plan for the Mississippi and Illinois rivers are hopi...
• A group of Quincy University students just got back from Europe, and many alread...
• Leaders at religious employers in Quincy reserving judgement on change in birth...
• By unanimous vote Thursday, the Illinois Senate approved legislation to speed up...
• Jobs and the economy continue to be the focus of area leaders as the nation cont...
• The dam-driven rhythms of Mark Twain Lake last year largely echoed last summer's...
• American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Adams County kickoff ceremony was held...
• 8th Judicial Circuit likely won't be in pilot program for cameras in courtrooms
• An Illinois lawmaker is making another attempt to change portions of the state's...
• Illinois Senate wants to speed up a report on the regional offices of education.
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart writes that an incident involving a gun and the woundin...
• The recession and the dire financial situation of the state of Illinois continue...
• The Lewis County C-1 School District will keep a public comment period on its Bo...
• There are basically three goals for Saturday's YWCA of Quincy-sponsored Cake-A-P...
• The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners agreed Wednesday night to match...
• Gasoline was selling for $3.50 per gallon in Quincy today, and motorists were no...
• The QND girls basketball team (27-1) is gaining national recognition, cracking t...
• Quincy man gets probation, jail time for incident involving gun, shooting
• Rodney Hart "Hart of the Matter": I was a music video junky, back when MTV actua...
• Officials from the Hy-Vee store at 1400 Harrison recently presented a new intera...
• Kitchen equipment in the vacant restaurant space at Quincy Regional Airport will...
• Steve Eighinger writes about football: I'm in my third day of withdrawal.
• Want to win free gas for a year? Go to any County Market Express and buy a singl...
• Partial tax refunds for 472 properties have been sent out to most of a group of...
• Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted another six weeks of winter on Groundhog Da...
• A lawsuit challenging the Illinois law that bars people from carrying loaded fir...
• Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victor...
• Rick Santorum's narrow win over Mitt Romney in Colorado stunned political analys...
• 30% of Colorado reporting, Santorum currently in the lead.
• Voters in LaBelle approved Tuesday a $2.5 million bond issue to fund a new water...
• NEWS ALERT: Rick Santorum wins Minnesota Republican presidential caucuses.
• Santorum is currently leading in Colorado.
• Missouri Primary Update: Knox County numbers in, Northeast Missouri reported
• Former Sen. Rick Santorum jumped ahead Tuesday night in Minnesota's Republican c...
• Missouri Primary Update: Scotland County numbers are in.
• Missouri Primary Update: Marion County numbers are in.
• NEWS UPDATE: Rick Santorum has won the Missouri Republican primary, a nonbinding...
• NEWS ALERT: Rick Santorum wins Missouri GOP Primary. For more news and county vo...
• Missouri Primary Update: Voters vote yes to LaBelle water system. All other numb...
• Missouri Primary Update: Shelby County numbers are in.
• Missouri Primary Update: Pike County numbers are in.
• Missouri Primary Update: Ralls County numbers are in.
• Missouri Primary Update: The numbers are starting to come in for Monroe County.
• Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesda...
• LIVE RESULTS: Missouri Primary according to CNN.com.
• A Quincy woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of aggravated battery of...
• Rodney Hart on "Hart of the Matter": A bunch of people do it every year in Hanni...
• The New Philadelphia archaeology project has gotten more national attention — th...
• The Mendon School Board is exploring the possibility of seeking a physical educa...
• Quincy University is giving students and community residents a chance to learn a...
• Stan Krutmeier stopped his tractor on a hillside Monday afternoon and fed his ca...
• Speaker of the House John Boehner said Congress gets along “90 percent of the ti...
• A Quincy man has been arrested for soliciting two boys to perform a sex act Mond...
• A Quincy man was lodged in the Adams County Jail early Tuesday morning on multip...
• Former Spring Lake Country Club General Manager William Todd Marler had his sent...
• According to a league-wide memo from commissioner Jim Naumovich, the GLVC has re...
• Rodney Hart on "Hart of the Matter": We caught the Rock of Ages show at the Fabu...
• "City/County Beat": The Illinois Municipal League released its legislative agend...
• Quincy Tea Party will host three speakers starting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Turne...
• Two Kirksville, Mo., runaways are allegedly to have stolen a car in Missouri, hi...
• One man was stabbed early Monday morning in a fight between two cousins at 10th...
• Ag literacy efforts in Adams County got a financial boost this morning thanks to...
• New federal guidelines will bring a smorgasbord of changes to meals served at sc...
• As Gov. Jay Nixon proposes sharply raising the taxes Missouri casinos pay, small...
• Teen employment in Illinois last year dropped to its lowest level in more than 4...
• Pam Potter and Dan Sherman were honored by the Quincy Catholic Elementary School...
• Making local school districts pick up the employers' portion of teacher retireme...
• As the big game nears, here are 10 ways to help maximize the enjoyment of the wa...
• If you didn't want to watch the Super Bowl game today, what would be your other...
• The new Tri-State Black Chamber of Commerce held their first event — part meetin...
• Crash on Broadway near Quincy Mall injures two
• Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevad...
• NEWS ALERT: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won the Nevada Republican...
• Want to follow the action live from the KHQA/Subway Shootout? Go to Blake Toppme...
• On the Street: Hannibal Polar Plunge raises $9,500
• More than 700 people watched as 18 couples competed in the second annual Dancing...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart says sometimes we need a clearer picture before jumping...
• Quincy area employers got a glimpse Friday of a certificate system that could he...
• The Quincy Days Inn is for sale for $1.6 million. The hotel at 200 Maine is list...
• NEWS ALERT: The Dow Jones industrial average has closed at its highest level sin...
• Knapheide Manufacturing has added 40 workers since Jan. 1, and will hire about 6...
• Hannibal native @Jared Keim earns a golden ticket to Hollywood last night on Ame...
• Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum spent this morning campaigning i...
• Construction has started on a $4.5 million senior apartment complex near 48th an...
• The Missouri State Highway Patrol's DWI saturation patrols in Marion and Ralls C...
• NEWS ALERT: Rick Santorum is in Hannibal, Mo., this morning, check back for cont...
• Blessing Hospital has made impressive strides over the past three years in reduc...
• A vacant house at 1224 Lind was reported at 4:20 a.m. Friday morning.
• A vacant house at 1224 Lind was reported on fire at 4:20 a.m. Friday morning. Mo...
• Simon Cowell, the one-time face of Idol and now trying resurrect his first-year...
• Athletic director and football coach Bill Connell says QND's move to the West Ce...
• Ronda Oswalt, the former Blue Ryno Foundation employee accused of stealing thous...
• The Washington Theater Commission gave its first presentation to a community gro...
• The city of Quincy on Thursday announced a major change in management of two dep...
• The Quincy Society of Fine Arts will suspend this year's Arts/Quincy Riverfest,...
• Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will visit Hannibal Friday.
• Quincy Area Convention and Visitors Bureau plans to introduce a Father Tolton dr...
• Hannibal may pay off the bonds used to develop Stardust Drive's robust retail di...
• STATE OF THE STATE: Gov. Pat Quinn called for tax cuts, greater spending for edu...
• A heavily traveled bridge on Missouri Route MM just west of Hannibal will close...
• Warsaw couple already in the Hancock County Jail on unrelated burglary counts ha...
• State of the State: Quinn says reforms make Illinois better place for business
• The Missouri portion of the Mid-America Port Commission had elections this week...
• The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Adams County has established a tra...
• 'I am fortunate to be here,' Kahoka woman says after heart attack: Airlifted to...
• Gov. Pat Quinn said job creation would be the centerpiece of today's State of th...
• Find out what others remember most about last year's historic blizzard!
• What a difference a year makes: Historic snow of 2011 now just a year-old memory...
• Mitt Romney wins Florida GOP primary; Gingrich to fight on
• Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon offered enthusiastic support Tuesday for a proposed $1.9...
• Brent Burke issued a response to the wrongful death suit filed last month in Har...
• 'Wednesday is for the dancers': Weekly Hannibal dance gives seniors outlet to ex...
• Rodney Hart on "Hart of the Matter": IT’S ALL HYPE and show as the Super Bowl lo...
• A recent state audit found several repeat findings involving bookkeeping practic...
• Quincy aldermen approved a resolution Monday night to move forward on about $357...
• The Quincy School Board votes to refinance $11.49 million in outstanding general...
• The 1-year anniversary of the biggest snowstorm to hit Quincy is Wednesday. What...
• A vacant building believed to be about 150 years old was destroyed after an over...
• The Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools Foundation will honor Pam Potter and Dan...
• Quinn faces hurdles as legislative session looms: It's tough when lawmakers seem...
• New teacher ranking system in Quincy Public Schools puts less emphasis on senior...
• 2011 ended up being a quite a year for Adams County Sheriff's Sgt. Joe Lohmeyer...
• Efforts to limit public school teachers' tenure appear poised to resurge in Miss...
• Son joins father's medical practice
• It's all about the budget for Illinois legislators who return to the statehouse...
• Ameren Illinois customers will be able to check out individual delivery charges...
• Wastewater plant in line for $357,000 in renovations
• Scotland County Hospital opened its new Surgery Center earlier this month, which...
• West Central Illinois Task Force arrests five Quincy residents in several drug...
• Maywood woodworking company awarded low-interest loans
• Down Country is hosting its second "Rhinestones and Rodeo Art Auction and Dance"...
• A Canadian company is proposing a oil pipeline that would cut through the heart...
• A Payson man convicted in December of breaking into a Quincy church and stealing...
• Results are still being tabulated for Missouri's annual winter Point-in-Time hom...
• The Hannibal Free Public Library has received a federally funded grant to implem...
• The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday declined to strike down new state legisla...
• A Quincy woman was sentenced Thursday to probation for her role in intimidating...
• NEWS UPDATE: Mendon man escaped Thursday afternoon from his vehicle with minimal...
• NEWS ALERT: William Beebe, of Mendon, Ill., escaped Thursday from his vehicle wi...
• A Palmyra High School teacher has been put on paid leave as school district offi...
• Jobless rates up in Quincy-Hannibal region on seasonal slowdowns
• The Community Foundation of the Quincy Area distributed more than $21,000 in gra...
• When Whitney Woollard was asked to be the keynote speaker for The Crossing's fir...
• Growth and optimism were the watchwords at the Historic Quincy Business District...
• The city of Quincy has been awarded a $100,000 state grant to promote a "Safe Ro...
• Town and Country Bank, a subsidiary of Town and Country Financial Corporation in...
• The Missouri Gaming Commission has renewed the gaming license of Mark Twain Casi...
• Springfield banking company will acquire Associated Bank branch in Quincy
• Watch the President speak now in Cedar Rapids on Livestream.
• WATCH LIVESTREAM: President Barack Obama will visit Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, f...
• Two Chicago brothers alleged to have masterminded a major Adams County drug cons...
• Rodney Hart writes: Tuesday in Quincy, seven people were arrested in connection...
• Herald-Whig staff writer Steve Eighinger has a few thoughts about how Valentine'...
• Doug Wilson, Herald-Whig Staff Writer: Obama's speech draws applause and fire fr...
• The Washington Theater Commission is set to address community organizations abou...
• Mark Twain Lake's visitor center will display a traveling military tribute begin...
• The Mendon School Board has approved a school improvement plan for Unity Middle...
• Seven Quincyans were arrested on meth charges after police searched two residenc...
• Quincy University has switched to a local payroll company to handle employee pay...
• The city of Galesburg is starting to develop its own “fix or flatten” program th...
• U.S. Cellular builds new cell site in Quincy
• NEWS UPDATE: Gov. Mitch Daniels' GOP response to the State of the Union Address...
• President Barack Obama, having watched his Republican adversaries pound him for...
• Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama called Tuesday...
• Now a word from our President, WATCH LIVE on Whig.com.
• WATCH the Livestream of the State of the Union HERE: President Barack Obama is p...
• Two Minnesota residents were arrested Monday in the Walmart parking lot at 3650...
• Rodney Hart on "Hart of the Matter": The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled camera...
• Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 37 of Quincy presented the Adams C...
• Two Quincy men were arrested Monday in connection with a Clayton residential bur...
• Restoration efforts on a two-century-old clock at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home an...
• Mary Baxter Logan has plenty of stories to tell about Nauvoo's grape-growing and...
• Adam Rapp, an Adams County man, has been invited to sit with First Lady Michelle...
• LaPrairie teen killed in Beardstown crash during chase; driver arrested
• Staff Writer Edward Husar is working on a story about families who like to play...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart laments the lack of ice in Quincy this winter on his bl...
• NEWS UPDATE: Sen. Mark Kirk checked himself into hospital Saturday. Tests reveal...
• NEWS ALERT: The Office of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk says he suffers a stroke and u...
• A LaPrairie teenager died early Sunday morning after a one-car crash at Eighth a...
• Seinfeld debuted in 1991. I don’t know many people who feel neutral toward this...
• Steve Eighinger asks: What could have been better — a couple of NFL playoff game...
• Lori Courtney is the new volunteer coordinator for Blessing Hospice and Palliati...
• The recent cold snap in the Quincy area might have been uncomfortable for humans...
• Icy roads contributed to several Sunday morning accidents across the area.
• Gary Ellerman of Mendon is a living, breathing example of how the Access Health...
• The 34th annual Miss Hannibal and third annual Miss Mark Twain scholarship pagea...
• People told Shauna Sharp of Payson she couldn't work at welding or go to college...
• Last week's announcement that Illinois has nearly $8.5 billion in overdue bills...
• Every so often Staff Writer Steve Eighinger likes to peruse the list of holidays...
• The Historic Quincy Business District is set to launch a smartphone application...
• Shining a spotlight on veterans and their sacrifice turned into a rewarding crea...
• NEWS UPDATE: Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary. The fo...
• NEWS ALERT: Newt Gingrich wins the South Carolina Republican primary, defeating...
• Newt Gingrich bid for an upset Saturday night in the South Carolina primary, the...
• NEWS ALERT: As polls closed across the state, exit polling showed the former Hou...
• Get updates from the South Carolina Primary on the Herald-Whig's Election 2012 p...
• Three Liberty Boy Scouts are collecting items for families who lost everything d...
• Two Hannibal men were seriously injured in a Thursday night accident on U.S. 36.
• A broken water main and a broken sewer main wreaked havoc near 25th and Hampshir...
• When she hands off her Miss Hannibal crown tonight, Emily Wood will still hold t...
• The Quincy Police Department has more than 100 bicycles in a storage area, along...
• An open house will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the proposed site of the...
• Hannibal Regional Hospital provided the area with more than $15.6 million in “co...
• Federal lawsuit filed against LaGrange, police officer for dog shooting
• Shortridge Construction faces fines from OSHA over safe work rules
• The cause of the Jan. 3 fire in Hamilton that claimed the life of 5-month-old gi...
• The late George J. Iles, a Quincy native, would have enjoyed seeing "Red Tails,"...
• Titan gets three-year contract to supply Caterpillar with tires
• Hannibal man faces felony drug charge
• Two Hannibal men were seriously injured in roll-over accident
• Simon calls for Illinois to link community colleges' state aid to student perfor...
• Illini West asking for public's help with finding building site
• Sullivan, Freses campaigns top region's fund-raising reports
• Police closed a block of Hampshire at 25th Street Friday morning due to a water...
• Sewage backup cancels classes at St. Peter School
• Police have identified man arrested in standoff Thursday night as William Rodney...
• Just when you think American Idol could not get any better, Steve Eighinger says...
• The Adams County Health Department's dental clinic will operate with two full-ti...
• Hannibal School District teachers and other staff take steps toward setting scho...
• State Sen. John Sullivan dropping out of Legislative Tuition Waiver Program
• Rick Perry is telling supporters that he will drop his bid today for the Republi...
• Erica Mitchell says she's ready for her next challenge as Miss Adams County Fair...
• Hancock County authorities arrest four in investigation of burglary spree
• Shooting incident Jan. 14 in Curryville leads to arrest
• Steve Eighinger says the Season 11 premier of American Idol was worth the eight-...
• At least two local organizations are considering hosting public forums on the wo...
• The Western School Board is looking at ways to boost energy efficiency at the Ba...
• Before the popular Kindle Fire and similar e-readers head into the classroom, Pi...
• Five local business leaders become Hall of Famers
• Three area communities are being awarded grants to make improvements to water an...
• Customers say they're sad as Ben Franklin begins liquidation sale
• OLC planning "Kentucky Street Derby" fundraiser to help with Gems operating expe...
• Sen. Mark Kirk wants public and private sectors to work together on transportation
• Pittsfield City Council looking at ordinance to better control number of buildin...
• Hannibal Board of Public Works reviews 'aggressive' five-year plan
• Hannibal officials say pension fund has stabilized
• Nixon touts Missouri's strengths during State of State; budget shows need for cuts
• The Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team continues to hold the top spot in th...
• The clock is ticking on the Quincy University women's basketball team, 9-6 overa...
• The Hannibal City Council's open Third Ward seat will be a three-way race among...
• A Kirksville driver was killed and two other drivers were injured in a four-vehi...
• Over the past eight days, the Hannibal Police Department has taken several repor...
• Something is better than nothing when it comes to maintaining workout schedule
• Steve Eighinger says in Oblong, Ill., it is against the law for a man to wear hi...
• The Hannibal City Council voted tonight to place on the April municipal ballot t...
• The Hancock County Board Tuesday night recommended the state approve a hog confi...
• Marion County approves cautious budget for 2012; hiring freeze continues
• The Quincy School Board will soon begin the process of deciding how many employe...
• Palmyra R-1 School District looks to implement suicide prevention programming
• The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's diseas...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart is ready to give others a chance at Cornerstone's Danci...
• Officials assured LaBelle residents during a Monday night meeting at the LaBelle...
• Mary Poletti pinch hits today for Steve Eighinger for today's High 5, which is d...
• A method to recruit students that has proven successful at Blessed Sacrament Sch...
• Quincy area tourism director optimistic about 2012 and beyond
• Doug Wilson's Political Blog: A new Washington Post-ABC News poll indicates that...
• Rodney Hart believes the bar is raised for the local Dancing With The Stars comp...
• A longtime teacher at Hannibal Middle School leads a trip every year to the Crow...
• Crime Stoppers groups statewide to benefit from Schedule G tax check-off
• Preservation ordinance nearing vote; fine increases likely to be scaled back
• Minor electrical fire damages building at 901 S. Sixth
• Less than a week after Huntsman's disappointing third-place finish in the GOP pr...
• On this day in 1988, the St. Louis Cardinals football team announced they were m...
• The Bridge the Gap to Health Race has added McDonald's as a major corporate spon...
• Doug Wilson wonders why those who are “outraged” that Tim Tebow would pray on be...
• Motorists are asked to be patient as crews deal with a suspected gas leak caused...
• Christmas Bird Count yields more species but fewer birds
• Catholic Charities cuts not expected to affect Quincy office
• Snowmobilers need to place an accent on safety
• King to be honored with play Monday at First Baptist Church
• Four suffer minor injuries when truck overturns north of Quincy
• Report: Police in Illinois stop fewer motorists; Quincy stops drop 27 percent in...
• Eighinger: Please don't let bankruptcy rob me of my Hostess delights
• Bond issue would fund $2.5M LaBelle water system
• HART: JWCC trustees should give new president the reins
• Two of three arrested for meth at senior housing apartment plead, sentenced
• One of two charged in Canton fire pleads guilty, sentenced
• This photo was taken in 1962 at Sixth and Maine during a campaign to put lights...
• Both the anguish of those who cannot stand the cold and the excitement of those...
• Two people and three organizations will be recognized today during an Exchange C...
• Having a second Dancing With The Local Stars competition to benefit Cornerstone:...
• The Girl Scouts are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, and there's n...
• New Hancock County tour book series helps preserve history before it's gone
• Wind was the biggest concern overnight, with blowing snow making it hard to plow...
• Quincy could be another 1,200 pounds healthier after second Gold Medal Moves com...
• Driving condition information for Missouri is available by calling the Missouri...
• Blowing and drifting snow covered some roads this morning across Northeast Misso...
• Archer Daniels Midland to cut 1,000 jobs; impact on Quincy workers not yet known
• NEWS UPDATE: The Missouri Department of Transporation reports that one northboun...
• NEWS ALERT: The northbound lanes of U.S. 61 are closed south of Warren Barrett D...
• NEWS UPDATE: John Wood Community College trustees unanimously approved making Jo...
• NEWS ALERT: John Letts has just been named president of John Wood Community Coll...
• Six months after voting to approve a state grant to pay a full range of services...
• NEWS UPDATE: Quincy police were dispatched six times this morning while Adams Co...
• The Quincy School Board voted 3-2 with one abstention during a special meeting W...
• NEWS ALERT: Emergency crews responded to a six-vehicle crash on U.S. 61 south of...
• The Quincy School Board voted 3-2 with one abstention to approve making a reques...
• The Quincy Police Department advises that 36th Street between State and Harrison...
• A dusting of snow overnight, combined with fierce winds, provided a valuable rem...
• Ed Seger has been through this before. For the second time in his career with th...
• Hundreds of business and community leaders celebrated a long list of success sto...
• Quincy firefighters responded to a house fire at 1216 Spruce at 2:30 p.m. Wednes...
• Quincy Fire Department crews are responding to a report of a house fire in the 1...
• Demolition of a group of buildings on Broadway across from the Kroc Center is st...
• Two Quincy attorneys facing separate Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Comm...
• Several Hannibal charities are gearing up for the second annual Polar Plunge fun...
• The Miss Hannibal and Miss Mark Twain scholarship programs are seeking contestan...
• "Hart of the Matter": SO I’VE BEEN enjoying scooter rides on sunny afternoons, w...
• Steve Eighinger shares a few things that should make you proud to not only be fr...
• NEWS UPDATE: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, savoring a convincin...
• NEWS UPDATE: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, finishing out of the top three...
• NEWS UPDATE: Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says he wants to emerge as t...
• NEWS UPDATE: Texas congressman Ron Paul says his second-place finish in New Hamp...
• Doug Wilson's Political Blog: When Moody’s downgraded the Illinois general oblig...
• NEWS UPDATE: Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says his campaign is in a strong, con...
• NEWS UPDATE: Texas Rep. Ron Paul led former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman for second pl...
• NEWS UPDATE: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire Rep...
• NEWS UPDATE: Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire Republican primary according to the AP.
• NEWS ALERT: Mitt Romney jumped ahead in early returns from the New Hampshire pri...
• The Missouri Department of Transportation recently launched its online Traveler...
• Traffic is blocked at Sixth and Broadway after several vehicles were involved in...
• Missouri residents hoping to vote in the presidential primary have to register b...
• If a book is written about bravery and firefighters, Rodney Hart says Alizibeth...
• Voters in the tiny New Hampshire village famed for casting the first ballots in...
• Gas prices have jumped 20 cents a gallon in recent weeks in the Quincy area, inc...
• Matt Hopf fills in on Steve Eighinger's "I Have a Lot to Share" blog and recogni...
• Quincy police made two more arrests over the weekend in connection with an ongoi...
• A Quincy woman will have a preliminary hearing Feb. 7 on two counts of aggravate...
• Bud Martin informed school officials shortly after Christmas that he will be ste...
• The Quincy City Council turns down a request that would donate an old dump truck...
• The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners is expected to name an interim e...
• QND to equip incoming freshman class with iPads
• Hannibal Board of Public Works hopes ballot measure will tweak charter's governa...
• Woman charged as accomplice in Casey's robbery pleads guilty, gets prison time
• Livestock specialist Al Kennett hopes to 'become an expert at doing nothing' in...
• Rebid traffic signal project up for Quincy City Council vote
• Another temporary director for Central Services likely to be named in next two w...
• The former Abby Rose restaurant is reopening one afternoon a week as the Abby Ro...
• John Wood Community College trustees will have a special meeting Thursday at the...
• Pam Potter, Dan Sherman to be honored by Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools
• Rivals try to knock Romney off stride in N.H. debate
• Nominations sought for Farm Family of the Year Award
• MoDOT moves up bridge replacement schedule, citing warm winter to date
• JWCC updates website, adds new one for athletic department
• Cirque Du Soleil show 'Quidam' set for Springfield performances
• Gibble's tenure ends a month early, parts of comprehensive plan could be in ques...
• Bank lawsuit moving forward against former Cavemen owners
• A Quincy man was sentenced Friday to 8 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty...
• Adams County residents who need assistance filing tax returns by the April 17 de...
• Four face charges in connection to aggravated battery investigation
• NEWS UPDATE: Adams County Coroner James Keller said that an autopsy early today...
• NEWS ALERT: Autopsy reveals Quincy man found dead early Thursday morning died of...
• Quincy police animal control officer Mike Goehl has resigned after nine years, c...
• John Frankenhoff said the Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners was "satis...
• Quincy Regional Airport had 911 outbound airline passengers in December, the hig...
• Staff Writer Mary Poletti says we’ve heard plenty about New Year’s resolutions i...
• NECAC food pantry in New London watches traffic slow down after hours cut at ser...
• McCaskill pledges to protect Missouri energy companies from efforts to eliminate...
• NEWS UPDATE: The body of a man found at Sixth and Kentucky has been identified b...
• NEWS ALERT: The body of a man found at Sixth and Kentucky has been identified by...
• President Barack Obama’s plans to reduce the size of the U.S. armed forces and s...
• Topping the list of the most ridiculous lawsuits of 2011 was the man, convicted...
• NEWS ALERT: The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners has accepted the res...
• Proponents of Hancock County hog confinement facility want 'viable, sustainable,...
• Charred brick and wood in waterlogged piles of rubble are all that's left of 121...
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• Quincy police investigating after body of man found near storage building at Six...
• NEWS ALERT: Police are on the scene after a body was discovered along the southe...
• Dr. Bill Hollis said a Wednesday night informational meeting about a proposed ho...
• Missouri agrees to install full package of Chicago to Kansas City Expressway sig...
• Matt Hopf writes about why there no curbside glass recycling in Quincy on "The C...
• General merchandise retail chains Shopko and Pamida are merging, according to an...
• A second person has been arrested in connection to a search conducted 620 N. Six...
• Quincy police arrested two males early Wednesday in connection with a series of...
• A water main break on Quincy's northeast side has interrupted service for many c...
• A second person has been arrested in connection to a search conducted 620 N. Six...
• The Hannibal City Council gave a first reading to a bill tweaking city code on s...
• A trio of American Cancer Society Relay for Life teams will sponsor "Pink Out th...
• The Quincy City Council voted 12-2 Tuesday night to use the state's bid to buy a...
• A Quincy family hopes a 15-month-old girl recovers from burns suffered in a Tues...
• The city of Quincy will move forward with foreclosure proceedings on the Newcomb...
• NEWS UPDATE: Hamilton Police are reporting that the 5-month-old who died Tuesday...
• Lou and Jenie Barta love antiques and own Aunt Polly's Treasures, which opened D...
• Explicit directions from a grandfather helped Quincy firefighters quickly rescue...
• Follow the updates on the Iowa Caucuses and Watch Video: Romney looks to fend of...
• Jonda Rhea is searching for the people who helped her nearly three weeks ago aft...
• Facebook follower, Geri Musick, took this photo of the fire in Hamilton in the 9...
• NEWS UPDATE: One person has died in a fire in downtown Hamilton that destroyed o...
• NEWS UPDATE: "I do know that some people have been treated for injuries," Trish...
• A fire in downtown Hamilton destroyed one building Tuesday afternoon in the 900...
• A fire in downtown Hamilton, Ill., has destroyed one building in the 900 block o...
• NEWS UPDATE: The fire at 303 Ohio at 6:15 a.m. today was caused by an overloaded...
• Find out how the Iowa Caucuses work through a video and read all of the preview...
• Two Hannibal residents were arrested New Year's Eve on drug charges at an apartm...
• Thirty-eight arrest warrants in connection to alleged animal neglect were issued...
• NEWS UPDATE: A 1-year-old child was airlifted to St. John's Hospital in Springfi...
• The city of Hannibal has taken legal action against the California couple who ow...
• Reed Promotional Media RPM is adding Pam Jacobs Advertising to the company.
• Going to the grocery store is a simple errand many residents of larger communiti...
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• Quincy firefighters rescued a child this morning from the second story of a burn...
• All northbound traffic on Ill. 57 and Jefferson was stopped at 6:35 a.m. as crew...
• Quincy Fire Department and Adams County Ambulance was dispatched to a house fire...
• Five business leaders will become the newest inductees into the Quincy Area Cham...
• The Quincy City Council is set to approve a one-year contract with Quincy Recycl...
• Welcome to the world, Thomas Ray Reichert. Thomas, all 6 pounds, 9 1/2 ounces of...
• Junction Acres LLC has proposed a 5,600-sow farm at a site 1.3 miles northwest o...
• Two people were injured at 2:09 a.m. Sunday in a one-car accident on Route A, a...
• A Missouri State Highway Patrol officer was injured at 1:27 a.m. Sunday in an ac...
• A trifecta of weather events — snow, wind and no rain — ranks as the top story o...
• Saturday’s warm weather ushered out 2011, and Quincyans made the most of the bri...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger offers his own personal take on some New Year’s res...
• Ranking among the top stories of 2011 from the city of Quincy are allocations fo...
• What made news in education this year? Among the top stories, schools in both Mi...
• In the realm of business this year, top stories included Mercantile reorganized,...
• In news headlines from Police & Courts during 2011, the top stories were Philip...
• Hannibal ordinances, Shelbina fire and high-speed Internet top the stories from...
• Plans for health and fitness facilities along with new businesses top the storie...
• Continuing the Herald-Whig's look back at 2011, the new translation of the Roman...
• Topping health news in 2011 was Quincy Medical Group becoming part of the Iowa H...
• The Herald-Whig continues its look back at 2011. In transportation news, Chicago...
• The same year that brought "snowmaggedon" across much of Illinois, including a r...
• Lila Brooks Fritz, a certified nurse midwife employed by Memorial Hospital in Ca...
• A Quincy man sentenced earlier this year to 10 years in prison for a Marblehead...
• A two-vehicle collision Friday one mile west of Hannibal on Route MM sent two Ha...
• Check out what Staff Writer Rodney Hart resolves to do in 2012. Making the list...
• The Community Foundation of the Quincy Area recently distributed more than $36,6...
• The Illinois Supreme Court decision on Friday establishes that defendants have a...
• A 22-year-old Quincy woman is lodged in the Adams County Jail after being charge...
• Rodney Hart writes about New Year's Day and naked drive up on "Hart of the Matter."
• The Quincy Notre Dame Foundation is gearing up to start its 35th annual fund dri...
• New Year's Eve: Education about designated drivers has helped
• Recycling, seat belts among items addressed in new laws
• A Quincy man was sentenced Thursday to five years and nine months in prison afte...
• Rodney Hart writes: SINCE NEW YEAR’S Eve is on a Saturday night, there will be l...
• A new Associated Press-GfK poll indicates that 68 percent of respondents think 2...
• Before Ken Schuster could tell his Pana players to let go of anger, he first had...
• The first of 11 people recently indicted in a major Adams County drug conspiracy...
• It may not measure up to end-of-the-world predictions, but 2012 is looking parti...
• One of the nation's most widely planted crops -- a genetically engineered corn p...
• Carthage community developer retiring effective Saturday
• Losing weight and exercising overwhelming No. 1 New Year's resolution
• A 20-year-old Coatsburg man was arrested Wednesday by Adams County Sheriff's Dep...
• Rockridge narrowed a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to 45-40 with less t...
• Rodney Hart writes: GOTTA LOVE A video showing a kid crying over a Cubs pillow....
• Quincy man charged with sexual abuse, assault
• Blessing's donation provides Brown County with new EKG unit
• For the second time this year, a downtown Quincy store had items removed after t...
• An estimated 46.2 million Americans are living in poverty after median household...
• YMCA waiving joiner's fee, boosting healthier lifestyle
• Bill Hrudicka, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for 2nd Ward alderman two yea...
• Quincy aldermen agreed to sell a run-down property at 535 Lind Tuesday night to...
• Four of five people arrested in early November following a search warrant served...
• Rodney Hart suggests that you take this cool quiz to test your knowledge of worl...
• Hannibal History Museum closing temporarily to install permanent exhibits, plan...
• HART: Pribble hangs up pharmacist lab coat after 51 years
• Pike County has a new representative on the Mid-America Intermodal Port District.
• Part of Calhoun County's natural beauty inspired a career for Bob Church, a dist...
• New Year's Eve is on a Saturday, and that means lots of party plans for lots of...
• Clayton woman killed in crash on Adams County blacktop Monday afternoon
• 'Mega Monday' brings out the shoppers -- again
• The Pike County Board has followed through with one way to boost revenue in this...
• A wood burning stove is being blamed for a fire on Christmas morning that destro...
• Rodney Hart writes on "Hart of the Matter": ANOTHER CHRISTMAS DAY well-spent. Ho...
• German Village leaders bid Auf Wiedersehen; put out call for replacements
• Fire damages house at 509 Locust Saturday
• Cape Air maintenance facility set to open in January
• Monroe City college student designs winning pack for Orbit gum
• Christmas Commandos make present delivery a covert affair
• EIGHINGER: The most memorable presents often come in the most special packages
• Quincy tax receipts point to higher retail sales even before Christmas shopping...
• Quincy native wins online modeling contest
• Holiday shopping season enters the final day
• Free Christmas dinners will have more patrons, plenty of volunteers, providers say
• Salvation Army reaches three-fourths of goal; needs support of community
• Rodney Hart discusses the debate for the best Christmas Song Ever on "Hart of th...
• Moments after the Quincy School Board voted 5-2 Thursday afternoon to approve th...
• Police continue to investigate Thursday's robbery of the Hometown Credit Union,...
• Amid the hustle and bustle are reminders of the spirit of Christmas - the real m...
• Former Hamilton School Board member August Gregory waived his right to a prelimi...
• A motion has been filed to have a special prosecutor handle any potential legal...
• Mia Paige McNay is crowned the queen of Quincy's annual Beaux Arts Ball Thursday...
• Quincy native Sesamir Yearby needs your vote by noon Friday to win the Surround...
• Jobless rates fall in Western Illinois, Northeast Missouri
• NEWS ALERT: GOP aides say House Republican leaders have agreed to a two-month ex...
• Rodney Hart on "Hart of the Matter": Called “Courthouse Caring For Christmas,” e...
• The Bluff View Recreation Area near Mark Twain Lake will remain closed well into...
• The Quincy School Board votes 5-2 to approve a new contract with the Quincy Fede...
• NEWS UPDATE: This is surveillance photo of the Hometown Credit Union robbery sus...
• NEWS UPDATE: Bank employees told Quincy police that a man entered the building w...
• The Adams County Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services will be awarded a $56,...
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works is taking baby steps forward on developing la...
• NEWS UPDATE: Quincy Police officers are canvasing the area after the Hometown Cr...
• John Wood Community College trustees spent more than 90 minutes in executive ses...
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• NEWS UPDATE: Quincy police are on the scene at the Hometown Credit Union talking...
• Hometown Credit Union, 1420 Harrison, has reportedly been robbed at gunpoint Thu...
• The Quincy Federation of Teachers voted Wednesday night to approve the tentative...
• NEWS UPDATE: Members of the Quincy Federation of Teachers were voting on a new c...
• NEWS UPDATE: Details of the contract offer made to the quincy federation of teac...
• Figures show Gems appear to retain profit from summer
• NEWS ALERT: A meeting has concluded, where the Quincy Federation of Teachers hea...
• "It's all about the kids," Debbie Rennecker said. "That's why we're here. That's...
• Doug Wilson writes: Morry Taylor, the CEO of Quincy-based Titan International, w...
• Sonja Perry always has plenty to say about the importance of agriculture. As a n...
• Rodney Hart HAD A GREAT time at the Quincy Neighborhood Federation Christmas par...
• A sweepstakes scam has been reported in Hannibal involving a letter purportedly...
• Farmers need big winter, rainy spring to make up for drought
• Jan Smith was honored with the Theda Jansen Award tonight as the Quincy Neighbor...
• Quincy attorney Richard "Riff" Scholz is being investigated by the Attorney Disc...
• Illinois Rep. Bill Mitchell wants to boot Chicago out of Illinois, find out more...
• One killed in one-car accident in Pike County, Mo.
• It's that time of year again. Rodney Hart invites to you sing classic Christmas...
• Board President Bill Daniels said the School Board cannot vote Wednesday on the...
• Quincy firefighters say no cause has been determined for a house fire at Sixth a...
• Palmyra, Mo. man killed in Colorado traffic accident.
• The Quincy Fire Department on Monday demonstrated the dangers of dry trees at th...
• Valarie Bordenkircher said she was "a little bleary-eyed" this morning but had "...
• Blue Ryno stealing suspect's trial moved to Monroe County
• Plea agreement dropped for Casey's robbery suspect; trial date to be set in January
• Valarie Bordenkircher, president of the Quincy Federation of Teachers, says she'...
• The idea to file malpractice litigation against any contractors the city of Quin...
• With no discussion Monday night, the Quincy City Council approved a $5.694 milli...
• Matt Hopf writes about the Quincy Police Department's new ride for its DARE prog...
• A 25-year-old Hannibal mother has been taken into custody as part of an investig...
• St. Louis man arrested on drug charge in Hannibal
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• Hannibal mother arrested after 1-year-old found alone in apartment
• Rodney Hart on "Hart of the Matter": DEALING WITH A house fire is tough enough a...
• Claire Robinson has retired as community resources associate at United Way. She...
• Doug Wilson's Political Blog: CNN ran a segment Sunday that dealt with the U.S....
• NEWS UPDATE: Four occupants of a large two-story house at Sixth and Locust escap...
• Record-shattering charity drive stuns QND teacher with history of challenging st...
• Federal grant provides 10 new computers and software for QAVTC graphic design cl...
• NEWS UPDATE: At least three children escaped their burning home at 6:15 a.m. Mon...
• Three children escape house fire at Sixth, Locust
• Police fatally shot a man in Louisiana, Mo., on Saturday night after he backed h...
• QPD investigating possible scam linked to 'personal assistant' ad
• Two critically injured in Friday night accident in Adams County
• A Missouri State Highway Patrol car was damaged in pursuit of another vehicle Fr...
• Quincyan Jane Meyer, 55, has participated in Special Olympics tournaments in Gal...
• If you are a soccer fan and have a big indoor space to your disposal, you may be...
• The Illini West School Board is looking at a schedule change to help students ta...
• Illini West School Board President Tracey Anders can guarantee district voters o...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger realizes how lucky he is that his blended bunch tur...
• This week's On The Street brings tales of winning poetry, special artists, postc...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart shares the tale of how a house call turned out to be th...
• A Pittsfield man was injured in a Friday morning accident in Scott County.
• A rural Warsaw man has been arrested in connection with a storage unit burglary.
• The nutritionist who has taught Marion County schoolchildren healthy habits for...
• Organizers of a petition drive say they have obtained enough signatures to put a...
• Quincy attorney faces Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission complaint
• Organizers of a petition drive say they obtained 3,852 signatures in order to pu...
• Quincy considering litigation against hydropower contractors
• Businesses that are owed about $5 billion in past-due bills from the state are g...
• A U.S. Department of Energy grant received by the city of Quincy in 2010 will be...
• Suicide attempt thwarted by police at gas station
• Panel suggests higher fees for Illinois veterans homes; proposal sent to governor
• Monroe City boy collects signatures on Christmas cards for veterans' hospital
• Shoplifting arrests up in Quincy this year and during Christmas shopping season
• Two arrested after investigation into Canton Motel fire
• City planner falls through floor opening at Newcomb Hotel
• A 15-day-old baby from Fulton County, Ill., died of natural causes while the fam...
• The Herald-Whig's Good News of Christmas campaign wrapped up Thursday morning wi...
• Man caught looking at child porn in the Hannibal Library sentenced to 25 years...
• Two arrested in Hannibal spray-painting vandalism spree
• Memphis church hopes to draw 2,00o to 'Journey to Bethlehem' re-enactment
• Hannibal School District sees revenue dip because of late federal funds
• Contract talks for Quincy school teachers to continue Monday
• 'It's just overwhelming': Good News campaign wraps up with grateful recipients
• The Quincy Park District now has a comprehensive plan and fiscal 2012 budget.
• Quincy man sentenced to three years for third probation revocation
• Christmas means plenty of cookies around Darla Rischar's house, but so does near...
• A rural Northeast Missouri school was evacuated Wednesday morning after a power...
• The Champ Clark Bridge on U.S. 54 over the Mississippi River is now open after W...
• City to meet with county on how to proceed to recoup Newcomb Hotel loan
• The Champ Clark Bridge on U.S. 54 over the Mississippi River is now open after W...
• Former Quincy University pitcher Josh Kinney is one of 11 players to signed a mi...
• Police report overnight vandalism spree in Hannibal
• NEWS UPDATE: A Missouri driver was killed in a two-vehicle accident at 8:15 a.m....
• Members of the Quincy Plan Commission concurred with staff recommendations on th...
• Travel problems caused Tom Pajic to leave some of his luggage behind, but he bro...
• Quincy University has announced the hiring of Tom Pajic as its new football head...
• Donations big and small helped smash a four-day fundraising goal for The Herald-...
• NEWS ALERT: The Champ Clark Bridge on U.S. 54 over the Mississippi River at Loui...
• Power stations in Meredosia, Pearl on report that shows coal ash appears to have...
• An Environmental Integrity Project report lists the Meredosia Power Station oper...
• Vaughn Harshman, president of the American Postal Workers Local 77 in Quincy, sa...
• The Adams County Ambulance Service finished the year about $172,000 over budget,...
• Not all holiday songs put Steve Eighinger in a festive mood. Here are five Chris...
• The Adams County Board unanimously approved a $9.072 million tax levy Tuesday ni...
• More than 9,000 people should fly out of Quincy Regional Airport this year, whic...
• NEWS ALERT: The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to delay closure of 252 mail proc...
• Federal officials announced today that three Illinois projects will receive a to...
• YOUR TOWN: Train enthusiast and rail historian has been building massive model t...
• Tax breaks to keep big companies from leaving the state and breaks for low-incom...
• The large second-floor courtroom was packed with Spring Lake Country Club member...
• A suspect in the October armed robbery of a Casey's General Store in Hannibal wi...
• Three of 22 Quincy businesses sold alcohol to a minor, an underage volunteer age...
• Rodney Hart asks: Should mercy have been shown to the String Cheese Bandit, or d...
• A project to replace traffic controller units at five intersections within the c...
• East St. Louis (7-1) is the top seed at the Collinsville Schnucks Holiday Classi...
• A 6-1 start to the season has earned the QND boys basketball team the No. 3 seed...
• Adams County Finance Committee makes cuts to tax levy proposal
• Former Spring Lake GM pleads guilty to arson, theft counts; sentencing set for F...
• Disselhorst named executive director of Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce
• Man arrested after break-in at Hannibal hotel
• NEWS ALERT: Quincy's Ben Franklin Store at 17th and Broadway may close to make w...
• A brother and sister from Iowa were arrested early Saturday morning near Colusa...
• Read about 20 exceptional kids who are doing remarkable things in The Herald-Whi...
• Rodney Hart says he likes a simple cup of joe, read more on "Hart of the Matter."
• An animal welfare facility will be built in Pittsfield to fulfill the wishes of...
• Student-organized pep band adds to atmosphere at JWCC basketball games.
• "Pawn Stars" and truTV's "Hardcore Pawn" have been credited with making pawn sho...
• A Walmart customer is accused of wheeling a cart load of high-end electronics fr...
• Puppeteers seek to educate Knox County on Civil War heritage
• Deer hunter camo looks green to Tri-State region's businesses, farmers
• EIGHINGER: What to do in the year before the zombie apocalypse
• Process of bringing down former Hannibal YMCA building could be lengthy
• Quincy Park District commissioners expected to approve 5-year plan Wednesday — a...
• Good News of Christmas Campaign needs your help
• Titan International sales forecast strong for 2012 as company closes out record...
• Hollister-Whitney workers have new contract
• HART: QND wrestling team crashes the party -- and has a blast
• 'We need to do something in return': Students around Northeast Missouri adopting...
• Flood of 1993 barge to disappear from West Quincy strip
• A Quincy woman is sentenced to 14 days in jail and two years probation for allow...
• Tom Van Ness, coordinator for the Quincy Herald-Whig's Good News of Christmas Ca...
• An incredible number of people statewide are facing a constant, day-to-day battl...
• Wavering Aquatic Center will be one of the key items for the Quincy Park Distric...
• Thursday's gathering of women from the Quincy High School class of 1964 wasn't a...
• Jeff Spain, the director of residential life at Quincy University, wants to see...
• A 15-year-old Quincy boy is lodged in the Adams County Juvenile Detention Center...
• NEWS UPDATE: Virginia Tech says a police officer has been shot and a possible se...
• AT&T store opens on Quincy's east end; customers urged to 'test drive' devices
• Construction may start in 2012 on two projects in central business district
• Good News of Christmas Campaign: A single dad trying to overcome multiple challe...
• 3-time NL MVP Albert Pujols has agreed to a 10-year contract with the Los Angele...
• Rodney Hart of "Hart of the Matter": It’s professional sports. It’s the way of t...
• Lynn Olson is the new president and chief executive officer at Hannibal Regional...
• Wednesday saw the death of actor Harry Morgan, 96, best known for portraying Col...
• Nick Anderson was on the QU campus Wednesday interviewing for the vacant head co...
• The name of the person killed late Wednesday morning after a three-vehicle crash...
• NEWS UPDATE: Rural Quincy man was killed late Wednesday morning after a three-ve...
• An episode of Illinois Stories featuring the Civil War exhibit at the Quincy Mus...
• Rodney Hart wrote on "Hart of the Matter": TODAY IS THE 70th anniversary of the...
• A Payson man was convicted Tuesday of breaking into a Quincy church and stealing...
• NEWS UPDATE: Authorities trying to reconstruct accident, may call in Illinois St...
• NEWS UPDATE: A person that tried to rescue the driver of a white SUV that was ov...
• NEWS UPDATE: Blagojevich also fined $20,000 and required to serve 85% of the 14-...
• NEWS ALERT: Judge sentences ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich to 168 months in prison...
• NEWS UPDATE: Fatal accident at 36th & Broadway involved three vehicles. One was...
• NEWS UPDATE: Adams County Coronor Jim Keller confirms one person is dead after a...
• NEWS UPDATE: All northbound traffic on 36th Street has been halted due to a two-...
• NEWS UPDATE: Adams County Coroner Jim Keller has been called to the accident sce...
• NEWS UPDATE: Authorities say they fear someone is still in an overturned burning...
• NEWS ALERT: Two vehicle collision causes one to overturn and catch fire at 11:25...
• The Pike-Lincoln Technical Center, which serves high school students from all ov...
• Rod Blagojevich has told the judge at his sentencing hearing that he acknowledge...
• Good News of Christmas campaign: Sharon is a single mom of two young daughters w...
• With years behind bars at stake, disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
• The Pike-Lincoln Technical Center is working to rebound at a temporary location...
• As much as we say we enjoy the holiday season, there's at least part of it we co...
• Residents of the Illinois Veterans Home got a chance to speak out Tuesday night...
• Hannibal voters will decide in April whether to ban indoor smoking in the city a...
• Hannibal voters will decide in April whether to ban indoor smoking in the city....
• Rod Blagojevich's attorneys have admitted for the first time that the former Ill...
• Rodney Hart writes about a community coming together to find a lost dog on "Hart...
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works has issued a 48-hour boil notice for a neighb...
• Emergency personnel were busy responding to traffic mishaps Tuesday morning as t...
• The woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Hannibal's Blue Ryno Fou...
• NEWS ALERT: The Hannibal Board of Public Works is reporting a large water main b...
• Good News of Christmas Campaign: A woman determined to do the best she can for h...
• The state of Illinois has not yet started to solve its fiscal problems and the I...
• Adams County Chairman Mike McLaughlin, R-3, and State's Attorney Jon Barnard, a...
• The United Way of Adams County made ones the focus of its 2011 campaign, so it s...
• A Carrolton woman is being accused of driving under the influence and fleeing fr...
• Calvin Duane Pettey has a trial scheduled to start in March in connection with t...
• Ameren Illinois recognized Dot Foods Monday for its pacesetter role in the utili...
• The man accused of robbing a Casey's General Store in Hannibal will go to trial...
• A 17-year-old Hannibal boy has been arrested in connection to the alleged molest...
• A bicyclist who hit a moving car at Sixth and Maple fled the scene and sent half...
• The Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy was among the top 25 state facilities in te...
• Saints Avenue Cafe is preparing for what its owners hope will be an aggressive e...
• Paul Niemann says who some of his favorite inventors are and what he thinks they...
• Rodney Hart writes, It's not easy being graceful, on "Hart of the Matter."
• Good News of Christmas campaign: Chuck hasn't worked in recent years because of...
• Good News of Christmas Campaign in need of financial donations, volunteers
• EIGHINGER: Moronic woman saw mixture of cement, 'Fix-a-Flat' as buttocks Botox
• Birding enthusiasts to take count
• Area Red Cross chapters in step with restructuring
• The best part about reading Quincy author Sarah Anderson's new Harlequin Desire...
• Peggy Northcraft says could be "a resurgence of interest" in the Hannibal Commun...
• The QND volleyball team gave Coach of the Year Rich Meyer something he'd never w...
• Quincy Notre Dame senior Shannon Foley is the first libero to be named The Heral...
• The rear-wheel of a BNSF train car derailed 2 miles east of Golden at 3:30 a.m....
• The Newcomb Hotel has frustrated city and economic development officials for thr...
• Kendelle Palmer is looking at herself differently then she did 18 months ago whe...
• Seven of 11 Hannibal businesses pass alcohol compliance check
• Injured Quincy driver found a block away from wreck
• Fire Thursday at 1468 Hampshire displaces two
• A house fire at 1468 Hampshire late Thursday afternoon has displaced two adults....
• NEWS ALERT: A deal to revive the long-shuttered Newcomb Hotel in downtown Quincy...
• Pioneer Christmas traditions will be featured Saturday in Historic Nauvoo.
• The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will investigate a ci...
• Two offensive-minded coaches and two defensive coaches, including a Quincy Unive...
• Jessica M. Martin-Cate give her two cents on the Grammy nominations this year, t...
• NEWS ALERT: Adams County State's Attorney Jon Barnard announced Thursday that he...
• INDEECO to expand Monroe City plant, add 85 jobs
• A 48-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Hannibal in connection with the theft...
• Paperwork filed today by prosecutors in the office of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitz...
• European finance ministers deferred action on the outlines of a plan to shore up...
• Google honors “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” today, see more on "Notable in NEMO."
• Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady is predicting a big year for GOP candidat...
• Mr. Charles Scholz, 85, passed away in his home. "Where do you begin?" said Mike...
• Good News Campaign: A young single mother needs a hand to brighten the holidays...
• For every holiday classic movie like "It's A Wonderful Life" and Jimmy Stewart,...
• The president of the Quincy Federation of Teachers has given the contract negoti...
• Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady is predicting a big year for GOP candidat...
• A special meeting of the Quincy School Board will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday in...
• When Quincy aldermen arrived to the City Council meeting Monday night, an invita...
• YOUR TOWN: The idea of playing the piano never captured Tony Engels' attention....
• Raised On Radio, one of the area's most popular and best classic rock cover band...
• Robert T. Goodall, 20, a 20-year-old Quincy man, faces multiple charges after he...
• Adams County Board member John Johnson. R-4, has decided not to seek re-election...
• A judge on Monday used unusually harsh language to strike down a $285 million se...
• Good News of Christmas Campaign: Parents of a newborn child are struggling despe...
• Pike County continues to move forward with plans to replace a shuttered bridge n...
• Three churches and a restaurant were hit in a early Monday morning burglary spre...
• The Palmyra Bicentennial Public Library's speaker series will roll on this week...
• To find an example of what not to do with fire during the holiday season, Matt H...
• Paul Niemann writes about Nicholas, who wasn't an American, though a lot of peop...
• Quincy doesn't typically have many fires related to holiday decorations, but the...
• The case against former Spring Lake Country Club General Manager William Todd Ma...
• Three people sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident at 4:10 p.m. Sun...
• A Quincy man was arrested on multiple charges at 7:07 p.m. Sunday after an attem...
• Federal budget cuts triggered by the failure of the congressional "supercommitte...
• Jim Murphy, information technology director for the City of Quincy, says the wat...
• GOOD NEWS of Christmas: Fate has not been kind to Marianne, yet she continues to...
• The Veterans Home became home to -- and benefactor from -- what is now the "Endl...
• Calftown Neighborhood Watch launches following meeting
• Mendon School Board anticipates 7.6 percent increase to tax levy
• Pike County budget projects finishing year in the black
• Martha Sue Smith can't remember her hometown of Louisiana, Mo., without the chem...
• Donating used equipment to local organizations could become a thing of the past...
• VIDEO: Festive flash mob takes Quincy Mall by storm for Salvation Army
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger shares Amber and Kyle Dixon’s unique approach to fi...
• Rodney Hart: Shoppers Court reveals heinous Black Friday crimes
• Illinois, Missouri continue meth lab cleanup without newly restored federal funds
• Economic development groups cobbling together first 'Fall in Love with Northeast...
• Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is ahead in several polls that look at t...
• Are you signed up for Club Whig? If not. you missed on a great deal on gas this...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart congratulates Logan and McKenzie Kammerer on the birth...
• Even though Mary Poletti tends to get her Christmas shopping done early, she sti...
• An early Thanksgiving morning one-car accident injured a driver on Mo. 79 nine m...
• There was no electric power and traffic had to be shut down on U.S. 136 Thanksgi...
• Quincy's own World Series of Holiday Shopping opened in grand-slam fashion late...
• The Quincy Family YMCA held its 32nd Annual Thanksgiving Day Run/Walk.
• A festive mood prevailed Thursday as the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade m...
• A new tenant could move into available space in the Washington Theater as early...
• The Adams County Treasurer's Office will accept real estate property tax prepaym...
• Bank of Quincy has launched a food drive to support Ladies of Charity and the Sa...
• Steve Lindsay is keeping his fingers crossed. Lindsay is one of a group trying t...
• Austin and Rachel moved to Adams County to better their situation, but taking ca...
• Regional and state unemployment rates remained fairly steady during October as t...
• A 45-year-old Quincy man was arrested Tuesday after Quincy Police detectives sai...
• The Quincy Park District has turned down an offer from the Mississippi Valley Hi...
• Steve Eighinger: My wife and I had only been sitting down for a few minutes at t...
• Black Friday, the unofficial official National Shopping Day, is now only a matte...
• Disobeying a stop light at Eighth and State at 12:17 a.m. Wednesday led to the a...
• A Quincy man faces a home repair fraud charge after an incident dating to August.
• Local postal employees and residents panned a proposal to close Quincy's postal...
• Rodney Hart on "Hart of the Matter" says: THIS IS WHY I hesitate to do a lot of...
• The Quincy Finance Committee denied one request and tabled another to donate equ...
• Good News of Christmas Campaign: Husband's death leaves widow struggling to repa...
• YOUR TOWN: A lifelong artist, Mabel Meier hasn't let her near-blindness, caused...
• The man accused of robbing a Casey's convenience store in Hannibal at gunpoint l...
• State Rep. Paul Quinn and other regional officials were on hand Monday to welcom...
• A traffic stop at Ninth and Payson Avenue at 8:45 p.m. Monday led to the arrest...
• Scott Parker and his dog, Clyde, are alive today because of the Great Dane's per...
• Jerri Alexander is thankful after HyVee co-workers helped build a wheelchair-acc...
• The Quincy City Council approved a three-year contract with city firefighters Mo...
• Memphis driver swerves to miss deer, crashes car
• Hannibal man arrested in connection with Sunday morning stabbing of his cousin
• An investigation into a report of two intoxicated female juveniles Friday night...
• Rodney Hart wrote: Here’s an awesome article from www.dogchannel.com about treat...
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works has just wrapped up a trial of a new wastewat...
• Hannibal classroom's use of Edmodo, a secure site that is geared specifically to...
• The Herald-Whig has introduced a dynamic new format for whig.com that represents...
• Don Crim wishes a happy birthday to baseball's perfect knight, Stan Musial.
• NEWS UDPATE: Quincy Fire Department responded to a structure fire in an attic of...
• NEWS ALERT: Firefighters battling house fire in 500 block of Sycamore in Quincy.
• NEWS UPDATE: The Tri-Township Fire Department said a fire on the bluff behind th...
• Tri-Township Fire Department responding to wind-blown fire on bluff near Eighth...
• Listening to the Quincy School Board debate the direction of the school district...
• A man and four dogs were rescued at midday Thursday from a burning house at 1250...
• The Quincy Medical Group unveiled a new smoking cessation program Thursday, coin...
• Giving is alive and well in the Quincy area. This is Community Foundation Week,...
• Sebastian Francis, a Liberty High School graduate, has benefitted from JWCC beef...
• Quincy Regional Crime Stoppers officially surpassed the 5,000 tip mark recently,...
• A divided Quincy School Board engaged in a lengthy discussion Wednesday on a pro...
• Outstanding debt and interest, along with overdue property taxes accrued by the...
• The Pikeland School Board and district teachers have ratified a new two-year con...
• A divided Quincy School Board engaged in a lengthy discussion Wednesday on a pro...
• Wednesday's John Wood Community College board meeting began with Ursa resident L...
• The announcement that late models at Quincy Raceways would be sanctioned with th...
• Alexis Bellino, a Hannibal native and 'Real Housewives of Orange County' star, h...
• Historic Clemens Field should feature more of a new-age look this summer when th...
• Dunham's Sports, a national sporting goods chain, will open its first Missouri s...
• To those who say he's not sophisticated enough, Steve Eighinger says he will be...
• Titan Tire paid approximately $9 million for the former Goodyear plant in Union...
• Rodney Hart wrote: STATE’S ATTORNEY JON Barnard did not mince words when talking...
• NEWS UPDATE: Eleven people have been indicted in an Adams County drug conspiracy...
• NEWS ALERT: Eleven people have been indicted in an Adams County drug conspiracy...
• The Hannibal City Council moved an indoor smoking ban one step closer to April's...
• The national move toward healthcare reform could learn a thing or two from Pike...
• The Adams County Board agreed on a budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year Tuesday ni...
• Mike Huckabee, who spoke at Hannibal-LaGrange University Tuesday night, says he...
• The Hannibal City Council moved an indoor smoking ban one step closer to April's...
• The Quincy School Board is considering a proposed 2011 tax levy that could resul...
• Teen bicyclist in critical condition after being hit by truck in Center, Mo.
• Two candidates for the director of Central Services and director of Quincy Trans...
• The tax rate that Adams County property owners will see in 2012 should be lower...
• Bill Plemons and his partner Ron Turner took over ownership of the Red Dome Inn...
• Even though the Quincy School Board passed a resolution Monday declaring its int...
• Quincy School Board member Jeff Mays insists local taxpayers "are not miserly" a...
• The Adams County Board of Health agreed Monday night to requests from the County...
• Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. announced Monday that it has submitted a written notice...
• Quincy's long-dormant Newcomb Hotel has been idle for years, but that could chan...
• Two tractor-trailers loaded with cigarettes were stolen from AMCON Distributing...
• The Adams County Board of Health agrees to approve only merit raises, cut its le...
• The Quincy City Council unanimously approves taking out a $180,000 loan from Ban...
• After an hour filled with verbal jousting that got personal at times, the deeply...
• The president of the Illinois Senate is visiting West-Central Illinois this week...
• Titan Tire, a subsidiary of Quincy-based Titan International, has confirmed the...
• Blue Ryno employee funneled $52,000 in funds, wrote foundation checks to daughte...
• Quincy Notre Dame celebrates its volleyball team's victory in the Class 2A state...
• Rodney Hart wrote that according to a study, IF YOU GO to church, you will live...
• Mary Poletti posted a document with the proposed ballot measure language for the...
• The man suspected of robbing a Casey's convenience store with a rifle was formal...
• NEWS UPDATE: Ameren spokesperson said there was a problem with an underground ca...
• Outage near 33rd and Broadway knocks out power at Quincy Mall, McDonald's
• Unconfirmed reports say that the power is out in the Quincy Mall, McDonald's and...
• The city of Hannibal has laid the final major groundwork for the Stardust Drive...
• What's the worst example of cell phone texting etiquette (or lack of) that you'v...
• Consumers should be prepared to spend more at supermarkets and restaurants durin...
• Hannibal City Council will consider a smoking ban ordinance that Sixth Ward coun...
• Mary Poletti dropped in on one of the Pink Ladies Volleyball Club practices in H...
• The Herald-Whig has a new book available.
• 'Freedom is not free': Iwo Jima survivor wows Veterans Day ceremony crowd in Quincy
• QND volleyball team earns spot in Class 2A title game
• Quincy Notre Dame girls volleyball team beats Decatur St. Teresa 25-23, 25-20. W...
• More work awaits Illinois legislators who dealt with several big issues during a...
• A discussion about school finances erupted Thursday into a heated exchange betwe...
• A Canton teen pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with sending a message on Fa...
• Rodney Hart says this is also a huge day because it’s National Nigel Tufnel day...
• The Quincy Humane Society recently received two grants totaling almost $110,000...
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Great Rive...
• Camp Point Junior High School students gained a better appreciation for military...
• The Quincy School Board is considering a plan to issue $6.2 million in working c...
• Standing with a new metal tree in the shadow of the sparkling new Kroc Center, S...
• Are you a veteran with a story to tell? The Missouri Writers Guild is looking fo...
• Drivers will have another incentive to travel along the newly completed four-lan...
• Don Crim writes about how Joe Paterno's firing sent angry students into the stre...
• Rodney Hart wrote: AFTER READING A story about John Daly quitting at an Australi...
• Join Club Whig by texting WHIG to the number 28214 to enter. One winner of $50 e...
• The United Way of Adams County has reached 61 percent -- or more than $670,000 -...
• The public is invited to Friday's Veteran's Day ceremony at the Illinois Veteran...
• On the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year this century, two Quincy girl...
• Illinois House members voted 74-36 Wednesday to restore paychecks for regional s...
• Only a handful of Quincy Park District programs and services will see any sort o...
• Quincy University told football coach Bill Terlisner this morning that his contr...
• Quincy University will not renew the contract of football coach Bill Terlisner a...
• What is your favorite or most iconic rock music image? Jessica M. Martin-Cate su...
• Rodney Hart gets what is coming to him by Dr. Tim Morgan and his dressed up dent...
• Rodney Hart wrote on "Hart of the Matter": AFTER ATTENDING A wild and woolly cos...
• When QND state championship boys soccer team rides through the city today, they...
• What is your favorite Halloween candy? Vote in the poll on our home page at www....
• Some local schools have lower graduation rates thanks to change in legislation
• Ruth and Andrew Madoff showed little compassion for Bernie Madoff’s victims on 6...
• Mary Lynne Richards says it’s a great time to exercise outdoors and enjoy the we...
• Illinois school report cards show public schools across the state are having an...
• The Quincy City Council will receive an update on its hydropower projects Monday...
• Kohl Wholesale will receive a boost in an existing loan from the city of Quincy...
• Pike chamber leads effort to 'say thanks' to veterans
• Dress rehearsals have begun for Quincy High School's upcoming musical "Annie Get...
• Updated story on QND boys soccer team claiming 1A state championship
• The Pike County Chamber of Commerce again will offer an easy way for people to s...
• Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching and Staff Writer Steve Eighinger is thankful...
• Terry Sampson has spent a long time watching downtown Hannibal's fortunes ebb an...
• QND boys soccer team claims 1A state championship
• Quincy Medical Group holding candy buy-back event Tuesday
• Open house will let people satisfy their curiosity about Mount Sterling wind tur...
• Electronic appellate trial records program speeds process in Adams County
• 10th Honor Flight to take off Saturday; 300th WWII veteran to visit Washington
• Quincyans out and about see red Friday night -- and the Cardinals fans love it
• Quincy Fire Department Lt. Dennis Behl was surprised with the honor of Firefight...
• Jonathan Schoenakase of Quincy pled guilty Thursday in connection with not havin...
• Two rural Plainville residents wanted in connection with a stolen vehicle and a...
• NEWS ALERT: Suspects from an incident yesterday, where West Central Illinois Tas...
• Several groups from area schools were part of a hands-on Civil War demonstration...
• A pan left on kitchen stove burner caused a minor fire midday Thursday at an apa...
• A drained Tony La Russa sat behind the podium, jersey gone and a blue towel drap...
• Soon-to-be former John Wood Community College President Tom Klincar was formally...
• Search of Ralls County river camp results in three arrests on drug charges
• Two sought after meth related items, stolen vehicle found in rural Plainville
• Unemployment rates fell in Northeast Missouri and remained fairly steady in West...
• The Hannibal Police Department has released the names of the two suspects arrest...
• A Mount Sterling man was arrested Wednesday after authorities said a methampheta...
• Titan buys Huck building, reports record sales and earnings in third quarter
• Relay for Life of Adams County has been awarded the American Cancer Society's Re...
• An open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Boniface Church to r...
• A $26,000 grant to the John Wood Community College library is giving the public...
• Illinois lawmakers Wednesday overrode Gov. Pat Quinn's veto of legislation that...
• The city of Quincy has filed six-month progress reports with the Federal Energy...
• Quincy was honored Wednesday for the Trees For Tomorrow campaign with an Illinoi...
• Boil order issued in Hamilton neighborhood
• NEWS UPDATE: Julie Icke, the owner of the home where the robbery suspects were a...
• Three residents of Jonesboro, Ga., were slightly injured when their car hit a fi...
• A semi-trailer is jackknifed on U.S. 61 between the Canton exit and the exit to...
• James Road in Hannibal reopened after police apprehend two people following robb...
• Two people are in custody after authorities said a Casey's General Store on Rout...
• A Canton woman was arrested Tuesday after officers serving an arrest warrant sai...
• NEWS ALERT: Hannibal police are searching for a suspect who robbed Casey's Conve...
• A military serviceman's wife and two children have found temporary shelter after...
• Atlantic Records recording group Skillet returned to Quincy to rock out in front...
• Quincy University is planning some major improvements to its North Campus and Br...
• The Pike County Visitor Center, located at 224 W. Washington in Pittsfield, now...
• Indian Mounds Pool and Wavering Aquatic Center enjoyed their highest combined at...
• Former QU and C-SC quarterback Dustin Jacoby will make his UFC debut Saturday at...
• QND qualified for the Class 1A state soccer tournament thanks to Blake Rupp's go...
• For generations, Sterne Funeral Home has stood in its stalwart stone building a...
• Quincy Police Animal Control officer Mike Goehl would sure like to talk to the o...
• The late Helen Lucille "Lucy" Drake of Quincy was honored Monday for her service...
• Rodney Hart suggest clicking on the links in his blog for SOME VERY COOL pics of...
• Pike County is moving forward to rebuild a shuttered bridge north of Barry.
• The paramedics wanted the Pike County Board to go into closed session Monday nig...
• The Pike County Board is close to finalizing a new host county agreement with Pi...
• Illini West has a perfect score in one of the state's less desirable rankings. "...
• Bats are in the belfry at Quincy University -- or at least in the attic of spraw...
• Three men were arrested after Lewis County Sheriff's deputies said they investig...
• Several Hannibal-Quincy area runners took part in the Solutia Rock ‘n Roll St. L...
• The Farmers Bank of Liberty recently bought a former restaurant building at 4134...
• Carrie Kimber of Quincy recently overcame a training accident to qualify for a s...
• A former longtime secretary for Missouri's 10th Judicial Circuit has appealed th...
• Culver's restaurant will open today at 2442 Broadway. Culver's signature offerin...
• A suspicious vehicle check on Wismann Lane at 8:21 p.m. Sunday resulted in the a...
• A New Canton man was arrested by Quincy Police on multiple charges at 10:24 a.m....
• Eighinger: Whatever you do, please don't send me to store to pick up ... well, y...
• 'I had to make it my own': Career educator learns everything she can about cance...
• Need chestnuts to roast on an open fire? Pike couple raising, spreading word abo...
• Regional superintendents pin salary hopes on Illinois veto session
• Using hands and eyes, the cup stackers fly in Blue Devil Gym
• The Twain on Main Riverlife Festival will return to downtown Hannibal next Memor...
• Funds obtained for improve radio service for local emergency responders
• Regardless of size, Quincy-area counties and cities owed thousands in state paym...
• Rodney Hart: For two QU women, bald will be more than just beautiful
• A group of Quincy area churches will partner together Sunday to sponsor the annu...
• Downtown Quincy study shows 91 percent occupancy rate
• Robert Clayton III officially installed as judge with Missouri Court of Appeals,...
• President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the lon...
• Rodney Hart gives KUDOS TO ESPN for the E:60 segment they did Wednesday above pr...
• Obama has announced that all US combat troops will come home from Iraq by the en...
• NEWS UPDATE: Liberty Fire Department was sent to 643 E. 2400th St. at 7:55 a.m....
• Praising the patience of Pike County residents and the accomplishments of the Mi...
• Shopping novices and experts mingled and snatched up manufacturers' specials and...
• Competitors from 10 states will meet Saturday at Baldwin Intermediate School in...
• Just like businesses, hospitals and non-profits, Illinois libraries are waiting...
• Nobody was injured after smoke forced a homeowner out of 723 Spur Drive Thursday...
• NEWS ALERT: Liberty Fire Department was sent to a barn fire at 7:55 a.m. Friday...
• School will be back in session Friday at the Central School District complex, on...
• NEWS ALERT: An employee of River City Billiards in Hannibal, Mo., says a small f...
• Unemployment in Illinois rose one-tenth of a point to 10 percent during Septembe...
• Illinois unemployment climbs to 10 percent in September, despite more jobs
• Iowa Health System of Des Moines, Iowa and Quincy Medical Group announced Thursd...
• NEWS UPDATE: Due to an incident with smoke Thursday morning, an inspection of th...
• Palmyra Fire Department is responding to a structure fire on Spur Drive in Palmy...
• NEWS ALERT: There was minimal smoke damage at Central school complex and the spr...
• Heidi Gaulding is fortunate that her daughter has survived after being born with...
• DEADBEAT ILLINOIS: Jennings Bros. used to do business with the Illinois Departme...
• NEWS ALERT: Smoke is visible from a boiler room at Camp Point Central High Schoo...
• Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he w...
• UPDATE: Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril says Moammar Gadhafi has been kille...
• The hometown of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi fell today as the last vestige of...
• UPDATE: The damaged Shelbina businesses are an auto parts store, barbershop, pho...
• Libya’s information minister said Moammar Gadhafi was killed Thursday when revol...
• Fire has damaged or destroyed at least five buildings along the west side of Cen...
• Libyan transitional government officials said Moammar Gadhafi was captured and p...
• The State Department cannot at this time confirm media reports on the capture or...
• Fire has damaged or destroyed at least five buildings along the west side of Cen...
• Reuters is now reporting that Moammar Gadhafi has died of wounds suffered in his...
• The Associated Press has unconfirmed reports that Mommar Gadhafi has been captur...
• The first regularly scheduled meeting of the John Wood Community College Board o...
• Jessica M. Martin-Cate touts Halloween as the best ever and gives tips on costum...
• Spin Screed, the world's lightest-weight roller screed, invented and built in Qu...
• If all goes according to plan, Hannibal's former Orpheum Theater will become the...
• A stricter inspection program for rental properties in Hannibal is one step clos...
• Illinois Veterans Home is hosting festivities today for its Foundation Day Celeb...
• THE QUINCY FIRE Department raised $4,538 for the Blessing Breast Center by selli...
• Illinois ranks 45th out of the 50 states for its legal climate, and Cook County...
• School districts in West-Central Illinois are facing a daunting task in trying t...
• FITNESS ROLE MODEL: Amelia Johnson is a great example of someone who makes fitne...
• Quincy Junior High School is officially a "No Bully Zone."
• A fatal vehicle-semi truck crash on Ill. 104 early this afternoon has shut down...
• CPA Adam Withee of Jacksonville said the Quincy School District's financial ledg...
• Martha Sheppard walks through the herd of registered quarter horses, handing out...
• Culver-Stockton College is freezing tuition for the third straight year at $22,2...
• When the state of Illinois drags its feet on paying bills, those who have the le...
• Jessica Martin-Cate highlights an interesting plan by popular Quincy band The Gr...
• The Quincy School District plans to push forward with making plans for another r...
• St. Louis-based Innoventor will break ground at 3 p.m. Wednesday for the future...
• The city of Quincy agreed Monday night to spend $210,000 to buy an airline hanga...
• Doug Wilson writes about gambling in Illinois on his political blog.
• VIDEO: An unoccupied mobile home burned at about 1 p.m. Monday at a campground o...
• NEWS ALERT: Unoccupied trailer burned at Driftwood RV Park on Bonansinga Drive....
• Mary Lynne Richards writes about the Warrior Dash, a fitness challenge, on "Blog...
• The Quincy School District plans to push forward with making plans for another r...
• Education law experts across the country kept an eye on a federal lawsuit filed...
• Area residents who have electronics that are collecting dust can get rid of them...
• Home-improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. says it will close 20 underperforming stor...
• A reported disturbance between a husband and wife resulted in a child being hurt...
• Two Quincy men were arrested at 1:59 a.m. Monday on a charge of false impersonat...
• A Mendon woman faces multiple charges in connection to a 11:30 p.m. Saturday nig...
• Rodney Hart says going to the doctor to get your prostate checked is no fun. Peo...
• After years of fundraising and planning, the start date is today to build the Pi...
• Providing service at times of loss comes naturally to funeral directors, but whe...
• The state's backlog of unpaid bills changes depending on when you look and how y...
• Darren Mowen wonders when the state will pay what it owes to the Pike County Fai...
• The state's scramble to pay its bills has the program falling further and furthe...
• Drowning in deficits, Illinois has turned to a deliberate policy of not paying b...
• Aric Sharp does not try to sugarcoat the mounting problems tied to the state of...
• The Associated Press and newspapers statewide have put together a series of stor...
• The sudden departure of Thomas Klincar isn't the first time the exit of a John W...
• The John Wood Community College Board of Trustees has been at the center of a fi...
• The Quincy Herald-Whig wants to hear about local students who are doing great th...
• Envy among classic car owners came in lots of different colors and styles Saturd...
• James Stewart, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer from Quincy, has experienced ma...
• The United Way of Adams County has reached 47 percent of its 2011 campaign goal...
• October is National Depression and Mental Illness Screening Month. It's a time w...
• Attorneys representing Sgt. Brent Burke, an Ursa, Ill., native charged with murd...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger looks at the interaction of movies and music and ho...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart got to hang out with some very cool young people Thursd...
• A Christian school affiliated with a group of Christian children's homes has rec...
• The former Holcim cement plant north of Clarksville, Mo., could see new life one...
• University of Missouri Extension is looking into possible state legislation that...
• A 36-year-old Hannibal man has been arrested in connection to an alleged sexual...
• Local connections to Abraham Lincoln are highlighted by the development of a tra...
• The 23rd annual Pike County Fall Color Drive takes place Saturday and Sunday, Oc...
• With one state-wide educational program started by Quincy judges so successful,...
• Budding young writers at Baldwin Intermediate School got a chance Thursday to ru...
• An investigation into an Oct. 2 fire on Worman's Road led to the arrest of a Qui...
• Out of the Darkness walks are sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide P...
• Many Quincy area employers won't talk about whether they're going to hire season...
• Kindra Henze tossed a two-hitter and brought home a run with a squeeze bunt to l...
• A man was found guilty of aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery after...
• A Quincy woman was arrested Wednesday after law enforcement officers said metham...
• Prompted by complaints from crossing guards, the Quincy Police Department and th...
• The 36th annual Early Tin Dusters Color Run will bring nearly 900 pre-1949 stree...
• The Bank of Quincy has officially taken possession of properties that have falle...
• The Quincy Federation of Teachers' previous one-year contract expired Aug. 23. S...
• To find something new and exciting for this year's Autumn Historic Folklife Fest...
• Adam Booth won a one-month delay in consideration of the proposed Ridgeview Subd...
• Larry Mitchell, president of Mississippi Valley Historic Auto Museum, said the g...
• A former Adams County EMT who pleaded guilty to falsifying his timecards for sev...
• Are you a fan of corn mazes? WCVB-TV in Boston reports that a couple with a newb...
• Larry Abbey of Hannibal was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for violating...
• Every so often Steve Eighinger makes a list of people he's sure he would enjoy b...
• Do you use coupons, inserts and other money saving options? You’ll want to look...
• A Pleasant Hill man turned himself over to police Tuesday in connection to an in...
• Quincy School District officials are working on some possible procedural changes...
• A pending decision by the Spring Lake Country Club Board may delay consideration...
• In the wake of a fatality during a fire in Lewis County Monday, authorities are...
• A 14-year-old Pike County boy who claimed he had been attacked by a mountain lio...
• Damage to sidewalks after the June 27 windstorm will be repaired after the Quinc...
• Steve Eighinger writes about Rod Stewart and the Faces and his overrated/underra...
• Al Davis gets an A and the NBA gets an F in the latest edition of Don O'Brien's...
• Randy Wilcox of Loraine man is in serious condition today with injuries sustaine...
• The Adams County Board got a dire warning from Finance Committee members at Tues...
• Two news organizations have produced three videos that examine some of the most...
• Did you know Sedona, Ariz., was founded by a man from none other than the small...
• The Adams County Ambulance Board agreed Tuesday morning to not buy an ambulance...
• Revised plans for a subdivision and residential zoning just north of Quincy city...
• Rodney Hart says he had no idea that "Footloose" was being remade. So the big qu...
• Quincy woman cited after her two dogs get loose, kill three other dogs
• A Center motorcyclist died Monday night in Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., wh...
• Hank Williams Jr. has released a song offered in response to being fired by ESPN...
• A Wyaconda woman was killed early Tuesday morning when her truck ran off Main St...
• A Macomb, Ill., man was arrested early today after a Hannibal police officer not...
• Police are investigating an apparent Sunday afternoon shooting in Pleasant Hill,...
• The cause of a fatal farm fire has not yet been determined, but Lewis County She...
• Texas man makes connection to his Missouri ancestor, Mark Twain's 'Uncle Dan'l'
• Whig.com Poll Question: Scotties Fun Spot is celebrating the 75th year of contin...
• Madonna House is in the running for a valuable new website from a Springfield co...
• Quincy Junior High School students are leading a campaign to seek donations of b...
• Scotties Fun Spot is simultaneously celebrating National Roller Skating Month an...
• Hubert Nesbitt, a longtime rural Williamstown, Mo., farmer-landowner, was found...
• A Hannibal man who allegedly threatened a bank employee with a knife after he wa...
• Three Hannibal people face possible meth charges after an incident Sunday night...
• The Chicago Marathon is one of those bucket list items for many area runners and...
• All five cars used by Quincy High School students for driver's education have re...
• The architectural legacy of John Benya will be celebrated with an event Oct. 29...
• Clarksville, which is nestled along the Mississippi River, seems like an unlikel...
• Pastor Larry Connour is still trying to figure out what happened to a national m...
• LaGrange woman dead after car accident near Lewistown
• Breast cancer surviver Tammy Foster vows to voice the message she did not heed
• Eighinger: Pass the bread sticks, I'll face my fears another day, thank you
• Forecasters warn it could be another brutal winter in Midwest
• Quincy Gun Club has survived floods and relocations for 92 years
• Hannibal, Philadelphia residents charged with attempted meth production
• HART: Casey Schnack carries on Quincy family law tradition
• Blessing Information Systems Department earns recognition
• Phone call to DAR brings stolen tombstone back home to Wesley Chapel Cemetery
• Area fire departments ban burning over dry weather
• In the wake of John Wood Community College President Tom Klincar's resignation a...
• NEWS ALERT: John Letts is the interim president at John Wood Community College,...
• A new golf scramble benefit combines golf and wine tasting for a great cause.
• Madonna House will benefit from a pair of simultaneous fundraisers Saturday. Bot...
• To fulfill the requirement of a federal grant application, the city of Quincy is...
• Medicines in the home that are unused -- even forgotten about -- and easily acce...
• Do you use coupons, inserts and other money saving options? You will want to loo...
• Less than a week after his resignation as John Wood Community College president...
• U.S. agricultural exports, highway improvements, river lock expansions and regio...
• The expansion of the Panama Canal is expected to have a positive impact on agric...
• The consensus of the Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners indicated Wedne...
• Tri-State Summit speaker: 'Broadband discussion' touches economy in Missouri and...
• Attorney General Lisa Madigan, speaking at the Quincy Walgreens, says she is sup...
• Staff Writer Matt Hopf is blogging live from today's Tri-State Development Summi...
• Staff Writer Matt Hopf is blogging live from today's Tri-State Development Summi...
• With Chris Christie out, Don Crim says most prognosticators see the Republican p...
• The Quincy Public Library's next Big Read kicks off Thursday at the John Wood Ma...
• In Steve Eighinger's world, Saturday mornings in the fall are meant for sleeping...
• A New London toy company that once had a retail outlet in downtown Hannibal is f...
• Six Hancock County residents were arrested Monday on McDonough County warrants f...
• The Quincy Super 8 at 224 N. 36th is operating under a new name. The hotel unvei...
• The Jonathan Schoenakase story tends to polarize people. You either love Jonatha...
• Is Mitt Romney the best presidential candidate Republicans have? Does the countr...
• Hannibal police arrested four people on drug-related charges in two separate inc...
• Frank Calkins always dealt with the hand life gave him. It's only fitting he's r...
• Dora Dyer inherited her grandfather's love of buttons back in 1952 and has kept...
• The 39th annual version of the Pepsi Titan Little People's Golf Tournament will...
• Former QU and C-SC quarterback Dustin Jacoby will fight in UFC 137 on Oct. 29 in...
• A Missouri man was arrested in Quincy after West Central Illinois Task Force age...
• The company developing a wind farm west of Pittsfield has filed a building permi...
• Routinely offering new moms free formula in the "goody bags" they take home from...
• St. Dominic School has become the first Catholic elementary school in Quincy to...
• Fitness writer Mary Lynne Richards says autumn is a great time to hit the trails...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger offers his Top 10 picks for scary movie season. Cur...
• Carla Allen was making her list, checking it twice and coming up short. Cuts All...
• Residents of Quincy's North side can rest easy: A missing 6-foot boa constrictor...
• Jonathan Schoenakase, a Quincy man with several prior operating without a taxi l...
• Hundreds of humans and canines gathered in South Park Saturday for the 17th annu...
• One of the oldest Mississippi River bridges in the region connects Louisiana, Mo...
• Three area fire departments are among the 90 Illinois organizations that will be...
• Quincy Police Department has not reported a six-foot red-tailed boa constrictor...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart tells how a recent court case brought back memories of...
• The soybean checkoff hit the road Friday to show its support for animal agricult...
• Uncertainty in federal funding is forcing the North East Community Action Corp....
• Center Elementary School in Ralls County recently was named only the second Nati...
• Looking for local sports scores tonight? Make sure to follow scores on Twitter @...
• The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for...
• Officials from Cape Air updated members of the Quincy Exchange Club on air servi...
• State Sen. Suzi Schmidt, R-Lake Villa, has heard calls for her to step down afte...
• With a spending plan in place, the Western School Board will continue to focus o...
• Right to Life's annual Life Chain set for Sunday
• Severance agreement obtained by The Herald-Whig says JWCC President Tom Klincar...
• Fire alarm sounding led police to burglary arrest
• Neglect, board resignations lead to new surge of interest in historic Hannibal c...
• Two wanted Quincy men arrested on drug charges three hours apart
• Sturhahn Jewelers 100th anniversary celebration leads to gift give-aways
• Deborah Husar: Quincy's Native American history spotlighted this month, but on d...
• St. Francis School launches new character-building program for students
• The JWCC Board of Trustees have granted President Tom Klincar's request for an e...
• John Wood Community College Trustees have granted President Tom Klincar’s reques...
• Durbin says Amtrak 'the present and the future'; vows to oppose calls to reduce...
• About 75 people gathered Wednesday at the Parsons Center, 812 Payson Avenue, to...
• A 36-year-old Hannibal man is in jail in connection to an alleged rape Tuesday o...
• The processing of reimbursements for costs related to cleanup after the Feb. 1 b...
• A Canton, Mo., man was killed on U.S. 61 in a traffic accident about 5:30 a.m. T...
• Within hours of the discovery of a burglary at the National Guard Armory Wednesd...
• The Quincy School Board took initial steps to launch a communitywide discussion...
• The Quincy School Board voted 4-3 Wednesday to approve a slightly revised $73.2...
• An Ameren Illinois spokesman said Wednesday's power outage in Quincy was reporte...
• Jennifer Diaz, 22, is sentenced to three years for burglarizing Pop's Pizza at 1...
• Ameren Illinois is reporting that 1,353 customers in Quincy are without power as...
• The Quincy School Board opted not to take action as planned Wednesday morning on...
• Even though a change of seasons is at hand, one thing remains constant: People s...
• The Adams County Health Department and Quincy University say several cases of mu...
• A story in the Los Angeles Times claims depression in women can be helped by caf...
• The Quincy Humane Society hopes its largest fundraiser of the year, this weekend...
• Carl V. Maple, 59, of Liberty was seriously injured at 6:01 a.m. Tuesday when he...
• Driver injured in accident in front of Liberty school complex
• A follow-up on tip on a possible meth lab Sunday resulted in the arrest by Hanni...
• Babyland was once perhaps the most heartbreaking section of Palmyra's Greenwood...
• The company developing a wind farm west of Pittsfield hopes to have turbines ope...
• Applications will be accepted until Friday for people interested in the principa...
• Rodney Hart says dogs are easier than kids in many ways. You go to work, they sl...
• One person was trapped in a roll-over accident on Ill. 104 in front of the Liber...
• Demolition on the old First Bankers Trust building at 12th and Broadway was unde...
• Quincy Mayor John Spring has been elected the sergeant-at-arms or the Illinois M...
• Pittsfield High School senior Dalton Hoover gave the Quincy University men's bas...
• Two Quincy men are facing drug charges after an incident late Friday night in th...
• U.S. Savings Bonds will change starting in 2012, when online sales replace bank...
• Grace Douglas, a seventh-grader at Hannibal Middle School. is running this year...
• Would you pay a cool $25,000 to chill for two hours with an Eighinger?
• Report: Illinois sales tax on fuel drives costs up and motorists into low-tax st...
• Weather is kind to this year's Grape Escape
• Vacant properties across from the Kroc Center now owned by Bank of Quincy
• Prairie Mills Wind Farm project still moving forward but little new information
• Quincy woman's love of making, buying dolls grew into collection; dolls go on au...
• Former Canton, Mo. woman dies after Kansas car crash
• WILSON: Rural postal carrier stays on job, healthy at 84; welcomes chance to con...
• Citywide cleanup set for Saturday at Front and Delaware
• Quincy artist wins award, has work purchased by museum
• Owner reports missing boa constrictor on city's north side
• A Quincy man was sentenced Thursday to two years probation and ordered to pay ne...
• Unemployment edges up; continues improvement over 2010
• Stir created at QHS after erroneous text message urges students to leave building
• Quincy High School dealing with confusion over an erroneous email sent to studen...
• NECAC faces energy assistance funding cuts as winter heating season looms
• Teen Reach now occupying leased space in lower level of Irving School
• Fix-or-flatten changes in the works; council approval could be required to suspe...
• Hannibal's all-new early childhood center takes shape; building will feature spe...
• Appellate Court rules against Niekamp in quo warranto appeal
• Leadership changes in works after JWCC Board approves changes to contracts of th...
• Oakley-Lindsay Center running in red as it waits for insurance payments
• Marion County man dies in cornfield accident near Palmyra, Mo.
• Herald-Whig fitness blogger Mary Lynne Richards offers 10 rules of weight loss.
• New trail spur connecting South Park, St. Charles Drive, result of cooperation
• Blessing moves forward on hospital patient tower project
• Pittsfield aldermen approve lease with US Cellular for water tower antenna
• Authorities respond to fatal accident reported in cornfield near Palmyra
• Hannibal's Main Street sidewalk project to narrow in scope
• Long-awaited residential flood buyouts becoming more concrete for Hannibal homeo...
• Polished, altered Mark Twain tribute album released today, feted with release party
• White Oak Road house fire Tuesday cause was electrical
• Steve Eighinger: When it comes to culinary habits, why fix what ain't broken?
• Line of credit cost Quincy School District $33,036 in interest
• Three area institutions named 'military friendly schools'
• Maryland teen brings farm safety message to Pike County high school students
• Business Manager Bud Martin told the Quincy School Board's Finance Committee Tue...
• At least two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on I-72 near Hull abo...
• Two injured in two-vehicle accident on I-172
• West-bound traffic on I-72, about 3 or 4 miles west of Barry, is blocked after a...
• The Way We Were Walking Tour in Nauvoo has been awarded the Illinois Governor's...
• Do you know the owner of this dog that was found wandering near 80th and Ellingt...
• Rondey Hart tells us about Ginger the dog, who was found wandering near 80th and...
• The Quincy School Board's Policy Committee is recommending the district formaliz...
• Palmyra Mayor Loren Graham offers his perspectives on revitalizing his city's Ma...
• A bookstore has opened in the Quincy Mall in space the Waldenbooks store occupie...
• Former Missouri Highway Patrol trooper and Shelby County resident Dustin Berry h...
• Michaael B. Winfield of Mount Sterling has been arrested and charged with crimin...
• The Quincy branch of the Bank of Springfield plans to move to a downtown locatio...
• JWCC numbers are down this semester. Fall enrollment figures released Monday sho...
• Adams County Assistant State's Attorney Jennifer Cifaldi recently received the M...
• The Quincy School Board will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Sept. 28 to discus...
• A vehicle stop at 9:05 p.m. Sunday led Hannibal police to arrest Nathaniel P. Wo...
• The Quincy Regional Emergency Services Training Center may not be used as much a...
• The children's department at the Quincy Public Library is now open in the York S...
• Investigation into the fire in the basement at 1414 N. 14th at 4:57 p.m. Sunday...
• A process that was seven years in the making culminated with a day-long celebrat...
• Check out the latest edition of The Herald-Whig's 20 under 40 publication. See i...
• Sunday's dedication of the 98,000-square-foot Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc C...
• Amtrak funding plan would cut local routes; few expect 60 percent funding cut to...
• Chocolaterie Stam co-owners Tony Bowman and Bobby Tatman let Mary Poletti tag al...
• Downtown Hannibal's newest business, Chocolaterie Stam, sells fine European choc...
• Corey Roth of Hannibal, arrested earlier this month on robbery charges, faces ne...
• The United Way of Adams County's 75th anniversary campaign is off to a rousing s...
• John Wood was a monumental figure in Quincy's history, but Willard Keyes was ano...
• A “high school to college success report” from ACT shows Quincy High School grad...
• Quanada sent out a press release in regard to the news that juveniles are being...
• The Quincy Processing and Distribution Center is being studied by the U.S. Posta...
• The Quincy sorting facility is one of 252 nationwide and nine in Illinois on a l...
• Adams County attorney John Clark has announced his intention to run for the Demo...
• Claudia Buckman is retiring Oct. 3 as the director of NECAC's Family Planning Cl...
• A recent report in the Health Affairs journal indicated that minimal increases i...
• Senate Bill 1652 was vetoed by Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday. Quinn said the higher c...
• Remains found over the weekend in Pike County are human
• The 2011 Bridge the Gap to Health Race raised a record $75,000. All proceeds fro...
• The case against Calvin Duane Petty of Hannibal, who is accused of killing his f...
• Looking for a new job? Like sales or talking to people? Check out this ad and le...
• Mary Lynne Richards knows she shouldn’t eat desserts very often, but depriving h...
• The new TV season is here, but before we get attached to any of the new programs...
• Something prompted 5-year-old Mackenzie Harper student to walk down the street a...
• Have you made the switch (or are contemplating the switch) to a hybrid vehicle i...
• Larry Ehmen has been named Republican Central Committee Chairman, replacing Rand...
• U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has joined a number of lawmakers in urging th...
• Fitness blogger Mary Lynne Richards says don’t deprive yourself of dessert, just...
• Bank of America, the nation's largest bank, will cut 30,000 jobs over the next t...
• A 14-year-old Quincy boy faces multiple charges in connection to driving a stole...
• The Quincy Mall will host a job fair from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
• An 18-year-old Quincyan was arrested Monday night on a charge of aggravated crim...
• Two Northeast Missouri farmers intend to use $350,000 in low-interest loans to i...
• An Amtrak train headed from Quincy to Chicago struck a truck trailer Tuesday mor...
• Rodney Hart has posted a photo of what is believed to be the antenna tower itsel...
• Residents of a pair of nationally recognized historic neighborhoods in Hannibal...
• A Canton man was thrown from his motorcycle as it overturned at 5:45 p.m. Monday...
• About a year ago, Jeff Steinkamp, Quincy's city engineer, was tasked with gettin...
• The Quincy City Council approved a bid authorizing repairs to windows and doorwa...
• Quincy High School has once again failed to make adequate yearly progress on No...
• A hard thing to grasp, forgiveness. Especially for the people responsible for Se...
• Fire heavily damaged a mobile home at 2500 Crescent Lane in Quincy Monday mornin...
• Floating World War II memorial, museum heading to Meredosia
• Adams County State's Attorney Jon Barnard said assault charges will be filed in...
• 24th Sharathon fundraiser set for Sept. 15-16 on WGCA
• Woodrow Burt, president of Hannibal-LaGrange University, plans to retire on Augu...
• Quincy remembered the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11 with a moving two-hour cer...
• Shooter arrested at scene of incident Sunday at Sixth and Payson after being sub...
• One person suffered minor injuries after a shooting at Sixth and Payson this aft...
• Home renovations up nationally, repairs up in Tri-State region
• Deck expansion wins Quincy woman grand prize in Lookin' Good contest
• 'This disaster changed America ... we can honestly say it has changed the world'
• Superintendent says protocol was followed during "hazing" incident
• Don O'Brien asks: Outside of winning a state championship, what's better than go...
• Smoke on the River: Paradise for barbecue lovers
• Renewable fuel source blooms on Augusta farm
• Water main break near 30th and Lindell
• Abbie Noble "had to look past" the day's tragedy when she gave birth to her daug...
• While terrorists struck the twin towers, costing thousands of lives, Mandy Brumm...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart breaks down the Quincy morning commute for his big-city...
• The Quincy Exchange Club announced at Smoke on the River tonight that Army Spc....
• Highest bid gets first slide ride at Kroc Center
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart wonders how judges keep their cool during sentences som...
• City Council set to consider $420 per unit repair on Quincy Paper Box
• Win free food and drinks for picking the right teams. Check out our contest page...
• Lisa Goughnour, a teacher at Quincy Junior High School, said that every history...
• The latest day in court has been delayed for the former director of Hannibal's B...
• After spending time in big cities and overseas, Sara Platt has come home to Quin...
• A Quincy woman was sentenced to four years probation for her part in a brutal Ap...
• Quincy resident John King was sentenced Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison for poss...
• It is perfect weather to run or walk outside, but the news that Reese Witherspoo...
• The city of Quincy is set to dedicate an artifact from the World Trade Center Su...
• The empty former St. Elizabeth Hospital at 109 Virginia in Hannibal has a new ow...
• Win free food and drinks for picking the right teams. Check out our contest page...
• Former mayor of small Northeast Missouri town urges Senate to continue housing t...
• Jami Lynn Schneider, 34, and Robert E. Harris, 39, of Hannibal face drug charges...
• Laura Kent Donahue said she wants to "get back to work" and sees the Adams Count...
• Adams Electric focuses on wind power, and damage, at 72nd annual meeting
• Tina M. Howe of LaBelle, Mo., has been arrested on a charge of the manufacture o...
• Hannibal native returns home with West Coast band to close out Music Under the S...
• Cemetery walk highlights 175 years of Versailles history
• Free posters from Quincy company stir memories of 9/11
• Closed, restricted bridges boost travel time for farmers, increasing costs
• If you haven't had a chance to see the inside of the Washington Theater in downt...
• Alderman Paul Havermale, R-3, said he has been contacted by residents who were n...
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• Quincy property owners who paid property taxes to Ellington and Melrose township...
• Two Hannibal men — Ryan K. Brace, 19, and Corey L. Roth, 22 — have been arrested...
• Steve Eighinger has seen Football Season rise to a level of importance for most...
• Lynn "The Chatanooga Choo Choo" Haddock, who is referred to as "America's winnin...
• Local college football teams get an A and the University of Notre Dame football...
• Logan Kelle said snuffing out Luke Mayfield's penalty kick was "probably the gre...
• A sign advertises the upcoming Fall Festival, slated for Sept. 23-25, as part of...
• The two-hour parking limit signs on Main Street are about to disappear after the...
• Three Quincy Fire Department facilities will receive repairs after the Quincy Ci...
• Enrollment dropped at QND by 19 students from a year ago, but enrollment at Quin...
• Former state Sen. Laura Kent Donahue of Quincy plans to announce this week that...
• A one-vehicle accident Sunday morning north of Stoutsville claimed the lives of...
• The long-delayed "Mark Twain: Words and Music" CD, celebrating Twain's life in m...
• Laura Willing, longtime executive director of Care Net, said a second site will...
• Search efforts for a missing Quincy boater are slowly being curtailed more than...
• Skillet is scheduled to return to the Oakley-Lindsay Center for an Oct. 25 conce...
• Have you ever lost your voice? Really, truly and utterly had it vanish? A voice...
• Steve Eighinger writes on his blog, "I Have a Lot to Share," about how Cal Ripke...
• Past a handful of houses, a gym that resembles an old airplane hangar and an aba...
• Executive Director Terry Sampson said the chamber took possession Thursday of th...
• Will Spear, who is coordinating the drive, knows how important care packages can...
• Bicyclist dies in crash with car southwest of Carthage
• Quincy Public Schools suspends students in connection with alleged hazing incident
• Fitness blogger Mary Lynne Richards challenges you to climb the steps at the Mar...
• MARY POLETTI: This summer's deep-fried state fair treats defy reason
• Speeds down in front of schools, but authorities keep watchful eye
• Six Quincy-area residents named to RSVP Hall of Fame
• Sonethongkams honored by Quincy Association of Realtors
• Quincy man gets 10-year sentence for Marblehead burglary
• Law enforcement will again be visible during a busy Labor Day weekend travel per...
• Steve Eighinger shares his "High 5" for 09/02/11: I can’t imagine life without ATMs
• VIDEO ALERT: The Herald-Whig sports staff talks about the area high school sport...
• Auto club, Quincy Park Board in dispute over museum grounds
• The Quincy Police Department has completed its investigation into an alleged haz...
• A child wandering alone in the street led to the arrest of Hannibal man wanted o...
• Reports indicate Broadway is shut down by the Taco Bell because of a traffic acc...
• Hannibal Board of Public Works rolls back water rates in Ralls County
• Blessing-Rieman students kick off academic year with 'Commitment to Care' event
• Culver-Stockton College receives $21,000 from late graduate
• Carthage community pitching in to keep Crystal Ball rink rolling into the future
• African-American history exhibit opening in Hannibal History Museum, with help f...
• City receives three bids on Quincy Paper Box building; council could consider th...
• HQBD image campaign nominated for regional Emmy
• Run, don’t walk, to lose the belly fat
• Illinois 104 in both directions is being shut down with reports over the police...
• A Quincy teen found guilty in July of residential burglary and theft was sentenc...
• Maurice Taylor Jr., who leads Titan International headquartered in Quincy, says...
• The Quincy Raceways track championship Justin Reed won Sunday is already startin...
• Quincy man gets 17 1/2 year-sentence for drug conviction
• Hively family turns tragedy into positive action
• Nauvoo celebrates its 74th annual Grape Festival beginning Friday
• Police investigate alleged hazing incident at Quincy Junior High School
• First responders and families will be honored Sept. 11 by Quincy Area Ministeria...
• New Missouri law mandates testing bulls for trichomoniasis beginning Thursday
• Steve Eighinger says that, for him, the end of summer and beginning of fall alwa...
• Hundreds of amateur athletes will descend on Quincy next spring as part of state...
• Sporting goods chain, clothing stores to plug holes in Huck Finn Shopping Center
• Fitness blogger Mary Lynne Richards says you should try a half-marathon
• Quincy Finance Committee has agreed to sell a group of properties, several to a...
• North Adams Home eliminated 10 staff positions in a cost-cutting move triggered...
• Quincy woman cited after suspected narcotics found by police in vehicle during t...
• Quincy City Council will get proposal that new non-union employees pay a portion...
• Culver-Stockton College to partner with osteopathic medicine school
• Quincy YMCA celebrating 100th year as an incorporated nonprofit
• Prayer service at Kesler Park for missing boater is tonight at 7, not Wednesday...
• Names of those involved in Saturday boat accident released; prayer service bein...
• Several groups and individuals have questioned how presidential candidate Michel...
• Two New Canton men face drug charges after traffic stop
• The Quincy City Council approved to modify an agreement that would allow the own...
• The Quincy School District will be certified in financial difficulty by Illinois...
• Both drivers were taken to Blessing Hospital in accident at U.S. 24, North 24th...
• Pittsfield man dies in mower accident at Old Orchard Country Club
• Tri-Township Fire Department had to cut off roof of car to get to driver at an a...
• Heintz Electric to be purchased by Springfield Electric
• Eastbound Ill. 96 near U.S. 24 is closed due to vehicle-tractor trailer crash. M...
• Rodney Hart has a video interview with Illinois Conservation Police Sgt. Mark Wa...
• Search for missing Quincy boater officially termed recovery effort
• A firetruck and semi tractor-trailer collided at 9:06 p.m. Sunday in Ralls County
• Quincy Mall sales tax agreement up for vote at Monday night council meeting
• The search continues Monday for a man missing after a two-boat collision late Sa...
• Missouri high, Illinois low in pro business ranking
• Cape Air switches to one pilot for flights between Quincy and St. Louis
• Tourists spent $83.8 million in Adams County during 2010, up 6.1 percent from a...
• National Guard unit from Quincy released from duty today, won't travel for Irene...
• Authorities continue to search for a man missing since early Sunday morning afte...
• Man missing after two-boat collision Saturday on Mississippi River injures four
• Law enforcement officials are investigating a two-boat collision in Quincy Bay....
• Quincy sends Guard unit for relief, former Quincyans wait and see impact of Hurr...
• Bus riders in Quincy may see some additional bus shelters in the future, with 10...
• Quincy National Guard unit is being mobilized to help with Hurricane Irene relief
• Quincy Park District Executive Director Dan Gibble and Friends of the Log Cabin...
• A Hannibal man suffered moderate injuries when his motorcycle collided with a ca...
• Four Quincy residents were injured in a four-car accident Friday afternoon at Ei...
• The Quincy School District’s enrollment as of Friday stood at 6,662 students — a...
• A busy night in Quincy couldn't keep crowds from filling Johnny Bang Bang's Frid...
• The sister of Ian Barksdale talks about the sentencing for the man who murder he...
• Judge Scott Walden summed it up with one sentence Friday afternoon before senten...
• The Quincy School District's sixth-day enrollment numbers show the district has...
• Quincy Junior High Students who heard "popping sounds" while outside for P.E. cl...
• Quincy Junior High School went into lockdown mode for a short time after school...
• Chicago resident Phillip Diaz was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison for fat...
• Three-car accident on Broadway between Eighth and Ninth Streets. Emergency perso...
• Five area residents were arrested Thursday afternoon for methamphetamine-related...
• Habitat for Humanity of Pike County marks a milestone Sunday with a dedication c...
• The seventh annual Parrothead Bike Night Street Dance for Jimmy Buffet fans is S...
• Glenn Bemis knew being one of seven members of the Quincy School Board wouldn't...
• Joshua Williams and his partner in music, Manuel Holliday, are out to tell that...
• The West Central Child Care Connection gave its Quality Counts Partner Award Thu...
• Four Quincy residents and one Hull resident were arrested late Thursday afternoo...
• Unemployment rates in Western Illinois rose and those in Northeast Missouri decl...
• The Liberty School District plans to keep offering a pre-kindergarten program ev...
• Ronda Oswalt, 46, of Palmyra, the former director of Hannibal's Blue Ryno Founda...
• VIDEO ALERT: Stevie Dirt breaks down Sunday night’s historical late model champi...
• Pikeland teachers have rejected a new contract. The Unit 10 Teachers Association...
• Pike County State's Attorney Frank McCartney plans to run for Pike County reside...
• The Missouri Department of Transportation has awarded the Lewis County-Canton Po...
• Some members of the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce were so impressed with the n...
• A Hannibal man was taken into custody on drug charge after Hannibal police respo...
• Three fires in Quincy this summer caused by children playing with matches or lig...
• The Quincy School Board voted 4-3 Wednesday to approve a lease allowing Quincy U...
• The investigation into a June 22 house fire at 734 N. Fifth, Apt. 2, has led to...
• Early Wednesday morning an attempted jail escape was thwarted by a correctional...
• Blessing Health System has earned a place on the Modern Healthcare 2011 list of...
• With little discussion, the Quincy School Board tentatively adopted a proposed $...
• Officers from several law enforcement agencies seized various brands of syntheti...
• White Sox fan and Staff Writer Matt Hopf is glad to see the White Sox finally ha...
• New full-time and regular part-time transit drivers will be some of the first ci...
• Students in grades three through eight starting class at Pikeland Community Scho...
• Quincy resident Terry Woodcock stopped at Summy Tire to get work done on a flatb...
• Pikeland teachers have rejected a new contract. The Unit 10 Teachers Association...
• Man struck by vehicle at 11 a.m. today was shaken up but appeared to be okay as...
• Emergency crews responded to Fifth and Maine at about 11 a.m. Wednesday after an...
• A child playing with a lighter in an upstairs bedroom closet is being blamed for...
• The Health and Wellness Foundation of Pike County has a new partner in its conso...
• About 200 people attended Friday night's premiere of the independent film "Fang."
• Chuck Bevelheimer told the Washington Theater Commission Tuesday that someone ha...
• The Mount Sterling YMCA has scored in the 99th percentile of membership satisfac...
• Julie Sibbing, a Quincy native who now works for the National Wildlife Federatio...
• Two men with long records of service with the Quincy Housing Authority were hono...
• The Quincy School District on Tuesday unveiled a tentative $73.2 million budget...
• Back to School for Quincy - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• The Missouri State Fire Marshal's office, together with private investigators fr...
• U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said she considers herself an underdog in 2012 when s...
• A District of Columbia fire department spokesman says there are numerous injurie...
• The Quincy School District on Tuesday unveiled a tentative $73.2 million budget...
• EARTHQUAKE: In New York, the 26-story federal courthouse in lower Manhattan bega...
• EARTHQUAKE: There were no immediate reports of injuries associated with the quak...
• BREAKING NEWS: A 5.9 magnitude earthquake around during the noon hour centered n...
• The Quincy City Council on Monday sent a proposal to develop a subdivision north...
• A fire last week that killed a Hannibal businesswoman has been ruled accidental,...
• Pike County and its ambulance workers are headed into mediation to settle a cont...
• The Quincy Federation of Teachers' current one-year contract expires today, but...
• The Quincy Finance Committee forwarded a proposal to the full council Monday nig...
• The city of Quincy and transit drivers are now operating under a new contract wi...
• Judge Michael Roseberry has announced his retirement -- effective Dec. 2, 2012 -...
• The city of Quincy is soliciting another round of bids for repairs to the Quincy...
• State Reps. Jil Tracy and Norine Hammond announced Monday that they are candidat...
• Indian Grave Drainage District is moving forward on a $2.57 million project to b...
• Joe Howald wants to rebuild Grand View Nursery, which was destroyed by fire Satu...
• Rachel Phillips, a former ballerina and a native Quincyan, is fighting for her l...
• This summer's hot, dry weather not only took a toll on crops but on livestock pr...
• The summer's hot, dry weather pushed crops to mature faster than usual and robbe...
• When W.A. "Andy" Anderson announced his plans to retire, he probably thought he'...
• The Salt River Master Gardeners will play host in Hannibal to the gardening grou...
• 18th Street in Quincy has been closed between Spring and Oak following a traffic...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger poses the question: Why is it we have this strange...
• Volunteers for the second Extreme Dome Makeover gathered on the Culver-Stockton...
• Three of the largest high schools in the region saw increases in their 2011 Amer...
• Fire destroyed Grand View Nursery Saturday evening, despite the efforts of firef...
• Continuing updates on the blaze multiple fire departments are battling at Grand...
• Firefighters from three departments are battling a major blaze at Grand View Nur...
• Other area fire units are being called to scene of blaze at Grandview Implement...
• Variety of witness reports confirm that Grandview Implement just south of Hannib...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart took a week off from work and shares the musings that h...
• Jerry and Diane Rodhouse of Pleasant Hill will be recognized as winners of the I...
• In its first few months after reforming, Hannibal's NAACP Youth and College Coun...
• Quincy University is welcoming 413 new full-time traditional students to its cam...
• The Herald-Whig is previewing the fall sports season starting on Saturday. Click...
• Want to win free food? Enter the Are You Smarter Than The Sports Guys contest fo...
• The school year in Quincy got under way this morning, find out what two students...
• Under Illinois law that went into effect Jan. 1, people are not allowed to keep...
• Martin's True Value Hardware in Hannibal will be closing it's doors at year's end.
• A retired anthropology professor from Los Osos, Calif., is walking across the co...
• Quincy Park District officials are uncertain how recent reports have surfaced co...
• The Hannibal Board of Education reset the district's 2011-12 tax rate Thursday n...
• QND lost five starters and a coach off last season’s 24-10 volleyball squad that...
• Come October, only two things matter in the tiny Pike County community of Pleasa...
• The Pittsfield football team expects to be one of the biggest teams in the area,...
• The Hannibal Board of Education reset the district's 2011-12 tax rate tonight at...
• After a long summer, Hannibal’s public schools came alive again Thursday. Mary P...
• IMCA headquarters in Vinton, Iowa, is allowing Quincy Raceways to crown a sport...
• Early morning fire injures Hannibal resident
• Steve Eighinger writes about Woodstock, Cam Newton, Fig Newtons and Robert Redfo...
• A coach no longer wears a bucket hat during practices on hot afternoons, but oth...
• The QHS football team has its sights set on achieving its first playoff victory...
• A 13-year-old Hamilton girl was killed and another 13-year-old girl was seriousl...
• A 34-year law enforcement veteran has been named chief deputy of the Hancock Cou...
• A 24-year-old Quincy man has been charged with two counts of unlawful sexual exp...
• The Hannibal School Board is having second thoughts about the 20-cent tax hike i...
• The John Wood Community College Board of Trustees approved a three-year agreemen...
• Brianna Bland was one of about 48 new teachers introduced at Wednesday's opening...
• Hannibal's Main Street sidewalk project appears to have expanded in scope this w...
• The Hannibal Board of Education approved a 20-cent hike in its tax levy Wednesda...
• A Hannibal man arrested in domestic violence incident involving girlfriend.
• The intersection of Ninth and Washington is closed today to allow for sanitary s...
• The Pikeland School Board ratified a new contract Wednesday night with the Unit...
• Renovation work is nearing completion at the Western Junior High School in Kinde...
• The Pikeland School Board ratified a new contract with the Unit 10 Teachers Asso...
• Kurt Schaffnit of Plainville was on hand Wednesday at ONE Restaurant and Bar in...
• The Quincy Gems ended the season as Prospect League champions, but whether the t...
• Rodney Hart has siblings visiting from the four corners of the country Labor Day...
• Don O'Brien gives Brad Keslowski an A, a U.S. skier an F and wants to see a new...
• Since Tom Little took over the program in 2002, Brown County has made a steady r...
• The QND boys soccer team returns 14 seniors from a team that finished 10-10-3 la...
• Hannibal will leave City Hall's deteriorating next-door neighbor alone for now a...
• Street conditions are one of the biggest concerns among Hannibal’s residents. Ho...
• As Quincy schools prepare to open their doors Friday for the start of the 2011-1...
• Two men from Quincy and one from Mendon were arrested Tuesday in connection with...
• An investigation into a domestic dispute Tuesday night at 1931 Chestnut led to a...
• The city of Quincy and drivers with the Quincy Transit Lines have reached an agr...
• The sixth annual Friends of the Trails sponsored Fun'd Ride set for Saturday.
• The back-to-school shopping season started earlier this summer, but with Quincy...
• The Quincy Public Schools Foundation announced today it has launched a multi-yea...
• Check out Mike Kipley's video of the Post-It Note bandit striking a series of ca...
• The second Ethan's Rodeo will take place Friday and Saturday in the main arena o...
• Warren Buffett has a message for the 12 members of Congress who will take on the...
• A group of Air Force Band musicians headquartered at Lambert-St. Louis Internati...
• The city of Quincy is likely to keep senior citizen bus rides free for fixed bus...
• The Clark County R-1 School District has closed both of its elementary schools i...
• A Hannibal man faces charges after he became angry with two other men over food...
• The cause of the early Monday morning house fire in Hannibal remains undetermine...
• Sales tax revenues dropped 6.6 percent in May compared with last year, which is...
• Quincy High School is planning to offer a new "focused study skills" course to h...
• Casey Boehmer of Hannibal is a technical juggler that dazzles any audience, with...
• Nebo marks centennial of the nation's first coast-to-coast flight with the commu...
• Students enrolled at Quincy's Berrian Elementary School are being given the opti...
• The Quincy City Council votes 11-2 to approve a plan to pay off $7.3 million in...
• Two Hannibal teens were arrested Sunday night and have been charged in connectio...
• Robert Graboyes, the senior fellow for health and economics at the National Fede...
• Drivers who cross the intersection of U.S. 61 and Market Street/Paris Gravel Roa...
• Rodney Hart reviews his efforts to judge the Knights of Columbus Barbecue karaok...
• Two Hannibal fire departments battled a blaze about 2 a.m. that heavily damaged...
• The Vintage Kart Super Olympics returns Sept. 8-10 to Quincy and TNT Kartways in...
• Water service was shutoff to some Mill Creek Water District customers Monday.
• A proposal to restore funding for regional offices of education in Illinois may...
• The Philadelphia Community Center will hold its fourth annual Philly Fun Fest Sa...
• Workers are continuing to finish a $2.5 million renovation of the LaHarpe school...
• Quincy students can expect to see some changes when they arrive for the first da...
• Family's journey through Fragile X Syndrome is journey of frustration, learning,...
• City to pay Newcomb Hotel property tax for second consecutive year
• Check out Rodney Hart's videos from the Knights of Columbus barbecue on whig.com.
• As school districts across Missouri adopt food allergy policies in response to a...
• One thing at the Knights of Columbus Barbecue ensures a successful event -- good...
• Bank of Quincy has opened its new branch office at 305 N. 48th Street. "We are l...
• Volunteers are being sought for the Living Lands and Waters river cleanup Sept....
• It's time to start cleaning out the attics and garages as the annual citywide cl...
• Congressman Aaron Schock expects the bipartisan debt reduction committee to be a...
• An investigator with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was...
• The Quincy-to-Peoria St. Jude Run runners not only established a record fundrais...
• The executive director of the Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce has announced he...
• The Salt River Community Health Center is closing for lack of funding. The cente...
• Missouri's transportation program has been hit by a crisis that most people in t...
• Most of the school districts in Northeast Missouri did not meet their Adequate Y...
• If you’re heading to Sedalia for the Missouri State Fair, see the sights! Ride t...
• Illinois State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka visited the Quincy Humane Society’s...
• Check out video interviews with WIU football coach Mark Hendrickson and QND grad...
• Matt Schuckman says the professional soccer franchise Real Madrid actually signe...
• It's a bittersweet time for Barbara Kopps, who recently watched the Griggsville-...
• Watch video of the final out from the Quincy Gems' victory in the Prospect Leagu...
• Watch video of the final out from the Quincy Gems' victory in the Prospect Leagu...
• Some people are saying that the Ames Straw Poll is the first big test of the 201...
• Check out Matt Hopf's blog for the precinct maps that were approved by the Adams...
• Palmyra residents and drivers in the region won't see any changes along U.S. 61...
• Steve Eighinger offers a list of both common folks and celebrities who he believ...
• This week's weather is expected to be much more comfortable than what the region...
• A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll has found a mere 24 percent of those surveyed believe me...
• The Wildwood Girl Scout Center in Brown County has been sold to an undisclosed b...
• A building at the former drive-in theater in West Quincy appears to have been de...
• Joseph Sherwood of Ewing was arrested Monday after authorities said he caused pr...
• Sgt. Brent Burke, an Ursa, Ill., native, will face a fifth trial for the deaths...
• A water main break in the area of 27th and Maine this morning forced water shut...
• Archer Daniels Midland will dramatically expand its grain elevator in LaBelle, w...
• Premiums for dependent coverage under Adams County's self-insurance fund will in...
• Morry Taylor, president and CEO of Titan International, has a You Tube video in...
• Ted T. Awerkamp said he was "released without cause" and was given no details ab...
• Bill Anderson has compiled a history of the Knights of Columbus barbecue that wi...
• Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. has announced Lee R. Keith has been appointed, effectiv...
• Manuel Cazares, 35, who was found guilty in April of killing Amanda Thomas and C...
• Manuel Cazares, 35, who was found guilty in April of killing Amanda Thomas and C...
• Hannibal resident Manuel Cazares, convicted of stabbing two people to death in 2...
• The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum has announced that humorist Andy Borowitz...
• The Manuel Cazares sentencing starts at 1:30 today in St. Charles. Friends and f...
• The 2012 presidential election is still nearly 15 months away, but most pundits...
• The 70th Knights of Columbus Barbecue takes place this weekend in Quincy. What's...
• U.S. Marine and Quincy native Melissa Blyleven oversees women Marines who go wit...
• Doctors in Northeast Missouri are coping with increased patient demand in what a...
• Check out the Promotions page for The Herald-Whig for contests, coupon details a...
• A new list recognizing the top 40 "preservation success stories" in Illinois fea...
• Staff Writer Steve Eighinger wonders what calamity could hit us next following r...
• Travis Meteer is a commercial agriculture educator, the first University of Illi...
• New ozone standards under review by the Obama administration could cost $19 bill...
• Quincy pension funds have seen a boost in investments returns, although the vola...
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart shares his experience at guitar legend Eric Johnson per...
• The elimination of a state writing exam for 11th-graders will save the state of...
• Keep up with the progress of the Quincy-to-Peoria St. Jude Run by following Mary...
• Seventy runners from Quincy, along with another group from Hannibal, Mo., took o...
• Rodney Hart wasn’t at the Cameron McKoy hearing, so he says it’s hard to critici...
• Former WIU student Cameron McKoy is sentenced to one year in federal prison for...
• A 24-inch diameter hole in a sign will be erected in left field for tonight's Qu...
• Jack Livingston is auctioning off about 50 drawings and watercolor paintings tha...
• The Quincy Exchange Club's annual Smoke on the River barbecue is teaming with th...
• The July 28 death of 87-year-old Jesse James Crabtree Jr. of LaGrange, Mo., form...
• Attendance at this year's Adams County Fair was down about 10 percent from last...
• JWCC and its faculty have reached a tentative contract agreement, but details wi...
• Check out this video of a two-car accident at the intersection of 18th and Spruc...
• The Quincy Gems' game tonight has been pushed back to 7:30 p.m. because of trave...
• QND's Tori Kuhn and Marion County's Jessica Redd hope to be ready to sign a nati...
• Quincyan Jack Cornell joins his Illinois football teammates for today's start of...
• Take a second to like the Herald-Whig Sports Department's new Fan Page. Click on...
• Ron Davis of Vincennes University in Indiana has been named the new vice preside...
• Repairs are progressing at the Re-Regulation Dam and Bluffview Recreation Area d...
• Ride along with Jake Heule of Keokuk in this video shot at the demolition derby...
• Water service was shutoff off to customers off Ill. 96 and South 48th on Sunview...
• Tonight's game between the Quincy Gems and the Danville Dans has been moved to 7...
• Civil War re-enactors, soldiers and merchants alike, will converge on the Battle...
• Virginia Tech was locked down today when three children attending a summer camp...
• An Associated Press story says that Virginia Tech reports gunman on campus, tell...
• Don Crim remembers NFL star Bubba Smith, who went on to pitching Miller Lite bee...
• Those who take part in the Quincy-to-Peoria St. Jude Run have described the expe...
• Thousands of hogs died at a concentrated animal feeding operation in Knox County...
• Quincy's most comprehensive entertainment website will turn a year old Monday, a...
• If you’re out and about Friday, Mary Lynne Richards asks that you please look fo...
• Under a new law in Missouri, teachers and students can no longer be friends or o...
• Former Canton, Mo., Police Chief William Hudnall pleads guilty to a federal fire...
• Mark Stover, vice president of corporate affairs for Hydro Green Energy, said th...
• Hannibal-based Reliable Pest Solutions has received more than a quarter-million...
• The serving of a search warrant at 912 Lindell Avenue in Hannibal resulted in po...
• Shane Finley, 37, received 15 years and Shana Anderson, 31, received six years a...
• Rodney Hart says doing nothing and eating can be bad for your health. Who knew?
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works set a new peak load for electricity Tuesday,...
• Zoning headaches dominated Tuesday night's Hannibal City Council meeting, with t...
• Mark Hendrickson, the Western Illinois University football coach, was part of a...
• The 13th annual back-to-school help fair will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday...
• Melissa R. Martinez pleaded not guilty to aggravated battery of a child and soli...
• Phillip Ethan Perry, 19, of Hannibal was killed in an apparent one-car accident...
• Shawn Rennecker, director of the Pike County Economic Development Corp. has resi...
• Quincy Park District officials say July was "extraordinary" when it came to the...
• There is a fleetness of the heart in these lazy, hazy, crazy days of June, July...
• The Clark County Commission broke ground Tuesday on the $4 million county courth...
• Adams County Circuit Clerk Randy Frese launched his campaign for the Illinois Se...
• The Senate emphatically passed emergency legislation Tuesday to avoid a first-ev...
• Rodney Hart says guitarist Eric Johnson, who plays tonight at the Old Rock House...
• Brigham Young University's award-winning instrumental jazz ensemble, Synthesis,...
• Steve Eighinger debates chicken wraps against 20-piece boxes of McNuggets in tod...
• Don Crim says the months-long debate for raising the debt ceiling — once a forma...
• With a .356 batting average, 14 home runs and 57 RBIs, Chris Serritella is compi...
• Quincy native Keith Wiemelt is returning to his alma mater to take over the rein...
• The United Way of Adams County chose Washington Park for the site of the kickoff...
• The city's administration has come up with a proposed plan to pay off the $7.3 m...
• A federal appeals court sides with the Hannibal School District in suspending a...
• An Iowa woman is arrested on a variety of charges after repeatedly calling 911 i...
• The Illinois Soybean Association recognized two Pike County farmers — Mark Sprag...
• Repairs to sidewalks damaged by the June 27 storm that downed trees and power li...
• Bath salts are now illegal in the state of Illinois. Illinois became the 11th st...
• Experience is what J.D. Foust believes drives him in what will be his first buil...
• Pass the envelope please: Staff Writer Steve Eighinger presents the Morons of th...
• To the north of the Kroc Center immediately across Broadway, sits vacant buildin...
• The Brown County Fair kicks off Tuesday and runs through Saturday on the fairgro...
• Kayla Obert of rural Quincy showed 53 rabbits at the Adams County Fair this week...
• Robert Alan Mays was and is a legend in Quincy. Bob Mays passed away early Frida...
• Eight students from Quincy Notre Dame High School got a chance to immerse themse...
• It's a tradition going to the Adams County Fair and year after year, folks flock...
• Matt Schuckman writes about how a home run in a baseball game has helped a famil...
• Rodney Hart says former Quincy Mayor C. David Nuessen summed it up best: “Bob Ma...
• Mary Lynne Richards will be blogging from the road during the St. Jude Quincy-to...
• The Quincy Gems will donate 50 percent of gate proceeds from Saturday night's ho...
• St. Boniface Catholic Church, closed in 2006 as part of a massive parish merger,...
• The Marion County Fair kicks off Saturday with a parade and concert, followed by...
• A military investigator heard evidence Thursday in the case of Brent Burke, an A...
• Matt Hopf says moving into new places is pretty exciting. It is the packing of b...
• Common sense is the common theme when it comes to keeping kids cool during the k...
• Longtime Quincy business and civic leader Bob Mays, 89, died Friday morning.
• Erica Mitchell of Paloma was chosen from a field of 14 contestants who competed...
• Erica Mitchell, 20, a daughter of Steve and Missy Dearwester of Paloma and Kent...
• Ill. 96 near Lima has been closed due a crash involving several vehicles, includ...
• Ill. 96 near Lima has been shut down due to a crash involving several vehicles....
• AT&T, led in Missouri since last year by John Sondag, did its part to bolster Af...
• After nearly 30 years, the Volunteer Voices group may disband at the end of 2011...
• Rodney Hart talks with two Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure team riders who seemi...
• The Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure team stopped in Quincy Wednesday after a lon...
• Installation began this morning on the artificial turf playing surface at Flinn...
• Gov. Pat Quinn signed laws that simplify trucking rules in Illinois, with a semi...
• Don O'Brien gives Chris Serritella an A and the Seattle Mariners and F, and watc...
• The Unmet Needs Committee of Marion and Ralls County released its final report o...
• No charges will be filed after Quincy police have interviewed the suspect involv...
• Kevin Minnick wants his customers at the Maine Course restaurant to realize that...
• Social Security Administration offices around the country, including offices in...
• David Dunn of Timewell has been indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter...
• Negotiators for the Quincy teachers union and the Quincy School Board are callin...
• Steve Eighinger says choosing the accordion over the electric guitar was a decis...
• Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will visit the John Wood Community College truck driving...
• Mary Lynne Richards says a study in the Journal of the American College of Nutri...
• Check out Steve Bohnstedt's video tour of the Kroc Center.
• Quincy native Andrew Bach, who now lives in Columbia, Mo., was edged out by $1 i...
• Salvation Army Maj. Dan Jennings led a media tour Tuesday through the Kroc Cente...
• USPS announced Monday it will be taking the next step in "right-sizing" its reta...
• Quincy police are investigating a possible attempted abduction of an 8-year-old...
• The Adams County Retired Teachers Association wants to preserve memories of one...
• Steve Eighinger writes about the birth of the U.S. Postal System and Mick Jagger...
• Adams County plans to get rid of 13 pieces of property and two mobile homes as p...
• Chris Prewitt and three friends cleaned up the gravesite of Alan Madden in Grace...
• Annual charter memberships to the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Communi...
• Adams County Fair Board secretary Bernie Woodworth says all systems are go for t...
• Students in 1918 had to pass a comprehensive exam at the end of their eighth gra...
• The $2.2 million goal has been reached for the Salvation Army's new emergency shelter and family services center, thanks to a $100,000 gift.
• The Arthur and Lee Lindsay family today announced a $100,000 donation toward the Quincy Salvation Army Shelter/Family Service Building Campaign.
• Photos have been released of a person who broke into the Clark Station in Mount Sterling at about 2 a.m. on May 18 and took a large safe containing cash and lottery tickets.
• Quincy has had its first related death in this summer. A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her home by a family member on Quincy's far northeast side.
• A team of 18 people recently went to Haiti as part of Blessed Sacrament's effort to reach out. They helped build homes in Lavanau, near the village of Jacmel and about 80 miles from Port Au Prince.
• The city of Quincy is faced with a potential snag in developing the riverfront project that would link Edgewater and Clat Adams parks. The path of the trail would run between the Northside Boat Club, 200 S. Front, and the set of railroad tracks, which do
• Members of Quincy Police Department's Street Crimes Unit saw what they suspected to be a drug transaction in the 800 block of North Fifth, leading to the arrest of Anthony E.L. Buckner.
• Travis Kendrick, 36, of Payson, drowned Sunday night at a fishing lake at Whispering Oaks Campground near Mendon. Kendrick tried to swim across the lake at 8:40 p.m. Sunday, went under and did not resurface,
• 14 vie for title of Miss Adams County Fair
• The Girl Scouts of Central Illinois and Dame, Hurdle and Co. celebrated the achievements of a Quincy woman known for a spirit of giving Saturday night and supported local Girl Scout programming.
• Quincy native Scott Rollison loves every minute as production stage manager on Broadway
• It's a simple cause/effect cycle: Temperatures soar, air conditioners fail, new units sell.
• It's been 10 years since Mark Twain Casino opened its doors in LaGrange, and the results have been eye-popping.
• Members of the union representing workers locked out for nearly 10 months from the Roquette America plant in Keokuk ratified a new labor contract Saturday afternoon.
• Missouri retailers are gearing up for a back-to-school tax holiday early next month, while Illinois retailers won't have a tax holiday this year.
• Tom Barnes has rescued his fair share of struggling and heat-stricken golfers. So heed the advice from the Westview Golf Course starter and ranger if you want to play in this heat.
• The lure of the German music and food brought many people to Quincy's South Park Friday night.
• Theresa Kuhlmann with the Heart of America Region of the American Red Cross based in Peoria said that the donated supply of blood is lower than the organization would prefer.
• Kari Chapman of Quincy, who pleaded guilty to burglary, is sentenced to two years probation and to spend 14 days in the Adams County Jail.
• Matt Hopf says he never really gave much thought to who was benefiting from the donation of blood until he saw it affect his own family recently.
• Rodney Hart does an interview with a golfing foursome who don’t let minor things like 100-degree weather keep them from hitting the links.
• Mary Lynne Richards visits with Tony White of Hannibal, who has lost 65 pounds since September.
• Mary Poletti says seeing the Harry Potter phenomenon unfold for something like reading is really encouraging.
• Matt Hopf says it has been a trying year for postal carriers in Quincy.
• A texting driver is being blamed for head-on two-vehicle accident Thursday near Plymouth which injured five people, three seriously.
• Terry Gibson is leaving the Quincy Police Department to become the Adams County coordinator for the Child Advocacy Center. and Dan Arns will become the assistant security supervisor for Quincy Public Schools.
• Gardner Denver Inc. had record orders, revenues and operating income during the second quarter.
• Mary Poletti asks: What better way to demonstrate the power of this heat wave than using it to cook food?
• Mary Poletti says Hannibal teenager has taken second place in the Ford “Belt It Out Contest” for writing a song about safe teen driving.
• Rodney Hart gives a video demonstration of a creative way for your dog to exercise and still stay cool during the current heat wave.
• Two men with Quincy connections will be appearing on the TV game show "Jeopardy!" within the next few days.
• Mumbo Jumbo Games is about to released via BigFishGames.com a video game about Mark Twain's ghost called "Midnight Mysteries: Devil on the Mississippi."
• Rodney Hart says our more experienced population is especially at risk at temperatures continue to soar in the Quincy area.
• Illini West football coach Jim Unruh has resigned from the position after six state titles in 25 years with Carthage and Illini West programs.
• Illini West football coach Jim Unruh has resigned from the position after six state titles in 25 years with Carthage and Illini West programs. More coming soon on whig.com.
• Hannibal Parks and Recreation has canceled its Midnight Bike Ride scheduled overnight Friday, citing safety concerns.
• Blake Toppmeyer asks: If several teams in the Prospect League have turned a profit, why haven't the Quincy Gems?
• A Quincy doctor says men are notorious for ignoring their own health in the areas of regular check-ups and other preventive measures.
• It's been a year since a devastating flash flood swept through the south side of Hannibal and pushed Bear Creek out of its banks.
• The Decatur Park Singers concert set for Thursday has been moved to the Oakley-Lindsay Center because of the excessive heat.
• About 30 mental health professionals gathered Tuesday in the Hannibal Regional Medical Group building for a regular coalition meeting that quickly turned emotional as they discussed life without the Woodland Center for Mental Health.
• Adams County Coroner James Keller determined that Dr. Mark J. Schaadt, an Emergency Room doctor, died Monday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
• The self-published book, "Hard Times, Happy Memories," offers highlights from 97-year-old Lloyd Helmreich's life growing up in Adams County.
• Gloria Denhartog of Monroe City, Mo., had not heard about the impending closure of Waldenbooks before her visit Tuesday to the Quincy Mall.
• Steve Eighinger says it's time that Baby Boomer Nation replaces John Wayne as our All-American icon with Clint Eastwood.
• A motion hearing scheduled for Tuesday in the first-degree murder case against Calvin Duane Pettey of Hannibal was continued until Sept. 15.
• Many of the utilities in West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri have policies in place that prohibit shutting off electricity when temperatures are in the 90s.
• Rodney Hart posted a letter from a reader who wrote, 'I am constantly amazed at what human beings continue to do to innocent children.”
• The Quincy School District has received a $985,957 state grant that will enable the Early Childhood and Family Education Center to restore a full range of pre-kindergarten services to youngsters ages 3-5.
• Construction work has begun on a second wind turbine project designed to help Adams Electric Cooperative diversify its energy sources.
• Now that Hannibal Regional Hospital has closed its inpatient mental health wing, the impact will be significant for clients most in need of help.
• The thousands of daylilies spreading across Carol Thompson's property southwest of Palmyra are the foundation of Thompson's Blossoms and Blooms Plant Farm.
• Full Service Roofing owner Kevin Phillips said, "When it's hot, it's hot. It's definitely a scorcher out there."
• State Sen. John Sullivan told about 45 people gathered for a town hall meeting Monday that while Illinois has a lot of problems to correct, some things are getting better.
• Rodney Hart says be good to your pets this week, and watch for signs of heat stroke and heat-related issues.
• Home plate umpire Ron Gengenbacher survived a Quincy Gems game Monday night that started with a 95-degree temperature and lasted 3 hours, 26 minutes.
• Mendon farmer Ronnie Bush says his crops look good for now. "It depends how long it stays dry," Bush said. "By the end of the week, if there's no rain, there could be areas in trouble."
• Jack Bishop is spearheading a Mission of Love, Hope and Help for the people of Joplin, a benefit gospel concert and silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Pike County Senior Center in Pittsfield.
• Mary Lynne Richards recently wrote about finding a way to stick to your exercise program during this high heat. She finding it difficult to practice what she preaches.
• Waldenbooks in the Quincy Mall will close by the end of September as part of the bankruptcy of parent company Borders.
• The Ben Franklin Store in Palmyra is closing, and owner Jeff Wavering denied rumors there is a set date on which the Quincy store might close.
• Robert M. Clayton III, of Hannibal, Mo., has been appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District by Gov. Jay Nixon.
• Rodney Hart says he gave up a long time ago trying to figure out why people read what they read online.
• In Quincy, cooling centers are being opened, and special reduced admission rates are being imposed at Park District pools as a way to encourage area residents to cool off.
• The city of Quincy is waiting to enter into negotiations with the Illinois EPA over a long-term plan to limit the amount of untreated water sent into the Mississippi River.
• The Friends of the Log Cabins Association and the Quincy Park District hope to have a plan in place sometime in early 2012 about how to proceed in the restoration of six log structures and a stone smoke house on Quinsippi Island.
• The Barry Public Library is set to reopen Saturday following storms that rolled through the region Tuesday afternoon.
• Trees for Tomorrow kicks off 'recovery mode' fundraising effort
• Saturday is good day to run/walk for a good cause in Quincy and Hannibal.
• Quincy police are asking for help in locating the person or people who slashed tires on at least 10 vehicles in the area of Fourth and Jersey.
• Julie Shepard, the executive director of Access Health Adams County, says her non-profit organization can accept new clients, something it has not done for five months.
• Kim Gray is returning to Blessing-Rieman in a full-time faculty position, serving as tutor and medical/surgical clinical preceptor.
• Rodney Hart says he's tired of people making meth in his Calftown neighborhood, and many of the residents are beginning to get angry.
• Six Quincyans were arrested on drug charges after two search warrants were served simultaneously at 606 and 630 Jefferson on Thursday.
• After exhibitions against Drake, Illinois State and Illinois in early November, the QU men's basketball team will visit Illinois-Chicago in a regular-season game on Nov. 19.
• Justin Jennings of LaGrange, Mo., who has been running a late model at Quincy since the start of the 2010 season, will be driving the No. 28 LG Seeds Chevrolet in the Prairie Meadows 200 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.
• John Potts' message to hard-headed men (and to those who love them) is go to the doctor when your gut tells you something is serious. You will know.
• State Sen. Sam McCann, R-Carlinville, plans to run for election in the 50th District after the new legislative maps left him in an altered 49th District.
• The World Trade Center artifact that Quincy has obtained from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was previously stored in Hangar 17 at JFK International Airport. Matt Hopf tells you what else is in Hangar 17.
• The city of Quincy has received an artifact from the remains of the World Trade Center that will be erected near the existing Sept. 11 Memorial at the Quincy City Hall Plaza.
• First Assistant State's Attorney Gary Farha has been suspended for 30 days without pay for "a lapse of judgement," State's Attorney Jon Barnard said.
• Quincy native Steve Stoner and his guitar-teaching group were recently featured in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
• The Extreme Midget Wrestling Federation program scheduled for Friday night at the Oakley-Lindsay Center has been canceled.
• Midgets are returning to Quincy battle in the squared circle for a second straight year, being featured Friday at the Oakley-Lindsay Center.
• Justice, a clothing and accessory store for "tween" girls, opened Wednesday in the Quincy Mall.
• A 79-year-old Colchester man was injured when the horse-drawn buggy he was operating was hit from behind by a car near Augusta.
• The LaGrange Community Youth Center is gearing up for its annual school supply giveaway, but only $1,000 has been raised in donations thus far.
• Quincy Park District officials estimate it will take as long as mid-September to complete the cleanup from the devastating June 27 wind storm that ripped through city.
• The city of Quincy and the firefighters union have agreed to arbitration to reach a labor agreement.
• Carrying a big red, white and blue wrench during a visit to Quincy's Washington Park, presidential candidate John Davis says the nation has big problems and it's going to take a big wrench to fix them.
• The one-day Salvation Army Shelter Blitz is going on now at 33rd and Broadway in Quincy until 7 p.m. The goal is to raise $25,000 in one day. Stop by now!
• Steve Eighinger says Quincy may not have the glitz of Los Angeles and or the massive cultural appeal of New York City, but William and Kate would have plenty to keep occupied with if they had chosen to spend a weekend on the Mississippi coast.
• Steve Eighinger lost a good friend Monday, one he never met but one he listened to since 1968. Rob Grill, lead singer of the 1960s rock band The Grass Roots, died in the arms of his wife, Nancy. He was 67.
• State employees and their supporters in Brown County were among the union members throughout Illinois who picketed state facilities Tuesday.
• Justin Koehler, 18, faces up to 14 years in prison when he's sentenced Aug. 26 by Judge Mark Drummond. Koehler was found guilty of residential burglary and theft.
• Adams County First Assistant State's Attorney Gary Farha has been put on paid administrative leave after reportedly trying to intervene during his nephew's arrest by the Quincy Police Department.
• Winds of at least 60 mph blew out a plate glass window at the Kirlin's store in Hannibal. Check out Steve Bohnstedt's video at www.whig.com.
• Rodney Hart says that, with time served for a non-violent offense, the Department of Corrections will kick Levin Cain out of an overcrowded and underfunded system as soon as possible.
• Tonight's Family Fun in the Sun event sponsored by the Quincy Park District has been moved inside to the Emerson Community Center.
• The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Adams County.
• Is the cost of travel changing your vacation plans this year? Let us know about it here or email news@whig.com.
• Quincyan Levi Cain was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison on methamphetamine charges.
• Adams County Circuit Clerk Randy Frese is considering a campaign challenge against state Sen. John Sullivan, D-Rushville, in the 2012 general election.
• A LaBelle, Mo., couple were arrested and lodged in the Lewis County Jail on a charge of receiving stolen property stemming from a June 16 loss at a camp site at Henry Sever Lake near north Newark.
• A 57-year-old Pittsfield man was sentenced last week to 22 years in prison for his participation in methamphetamine manufacturing.
• Although the Army has not made a decision as to what penalties to pursue, a spokesman said the death penalty is possible in the case against former U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke.
• Michelle Eberlin is stepping down as president of the Quincy Federation of Teachers to take a job as field director in the Quincy area for the Illinois Federation of Teachers.
• Employees of The Quincy Herald-Whig, WGEM-TV, KHQA-TV and STARadio hope to raise $25,000 toward the Salvation Army's new shelter on Wednesday.
• Rodney Hart said Sunday's Women's World Cup game was more than just two teams playing for a semifinal spot. It had good guys and bad guys, and more twists and turns and momentum shifts than a winding road.
• The city of Barry and the Quincy Family YMCA are working together to redevelop the former Holy Redeemer Church site into the Western Community Center YMCA.
• Quincy Families Can Win U.S. Cellular's Summer Mobile Adventure
• The Quincy School District is expected to see more local schools failing to make "adequate yearly progress" on tests measuring schools against federal No Child Left Behind standards.
• Rodney Hart offers tips to survive the heat without air conditioning.
• The Salvation Army will be open as a cooling center until 4 p.m. Monday for those individuals needing respite from the heat. Currently, the temperature is 96 degrees with a heat index of 104.
• What type of weather do you prefer: temperatures below 0 degrees, or temperatures above 100 degrees? Vote on our online poll at www.whig.com.
• With the heat indices forecast for the 100s for the next few days, some are taking a few days off from exercising. Mary Lynne Richards says it's important to be careful working out in hot weather, but there’s no reason to stop exercising all t
• The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a law that created a $31 billion statewide construction program.
• The da Vinci Robotic Surgical System will be on display 2-7 p.m. July 14 in the Fountain Court area of the Quincy Mall.
• The Palmyra R-1 School District's booster club is undertaking a massive effort to build a new sports facility with track and field, football, baseball, and softball facilities.
• A loud muffler on a blue 1992 Chevrolet pickup truck drew the attention of a Quincy Police officer early Saturday morning, and the subsequent traffic stop resulted in two Quincyans being arrested on drug charges.
• Arrest warrants are pending for Patrick D. Brown of Hannibal, who allegedly threatened a woman with a gun Saturday night on Shawnee Trail.
• The runaway train that was last fall's campaign for passenger rail service in Hannibal appears to have slowed considerably, but advocates say the project is still on track and the outcome isn't clear.
• The Mendon School District will begin a three-year pilot project in August that will initially involve issuing Apple Macbook computers to every ninth and 10th grader to use in school and at home throughout the school year for math and language arts class
• A nonprofit group called the Honor Flight Network honors America's veterans for their service and sacrifices, and Quincy is fortunate to have had a chapter since 2009.
• A Quincy woman was arrested Saturday after she reportedly threw a full fountain soda at Hardee's employee through the drive-thru window on June 2.
• The U.S. Army said Saturday it had brought premeditated-murder charges against Sgt. Brent Burke, an Ursa native.
• The Springfield man accused of robbing a bank in Quincy May 5 had Adams County charges dropped and is now facing a federal jury trial for three federal bank robbery charges.
• Ritchie Mathes, 56, of Clark County is sentenced to 15 years in prison for a driving-while-intoxicated conviction. It was the fifth DWI-related offense for Dial.
• Rodney Hart said it was striking to see how times have changed when following the story of the Grand Rapids, Mich., man who went on a rampage and killed seven people in two different locations before taking his own life.
• Probable cause was found Friday after a preliminary hearing for Linda Gargus of Kahoka, Mo., who was arrested in connection with the 2010 death of her elderly mother. In the probable cause statement, Gargus' 81-year-old mother, Lorraine Gargus, was
• Hannibal Regional Hospital is losing its inpatient mental health facility as it turns its focus to outpatient care. The 14-bed Woodland Center for Mental Health will close Friday,
• Check out Steve Bohnstedt's video of how a local couple makes pork rinds at the Lewis County Fair at www.whig.com.
• Rodney Hart says Thursday was a rough day for residents his old hometown over Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Shredfest 2011, an extreme sports competition in Hannibal's Ramp Park on Saturday, will feature professional riders and a large raffle.
• The Alzheimer's Association's signature fundraising event officially became known as the Walk to End Alzheimer's at a press conference, ending a 14-year run as the Memory Walk.
• Residents in 22 of Adams County's 23 townships could see higher property tax bills next year because of new township multipliers.
• Deborah Gertz Husar's daughter wants to see a Kids Day, a special day to honor kids just like the holidays already on the calendar for mothers, fathers and grandparents.
• The YWCA of Quincy is moving to the Quincy Senior and Family Resource Center to be more of a central location and closer to the hub of city transportation
• Chicago resident Phillip Diaz will not be sentenced Friday as scheduled for killing a Quincy man last year.
• The Hancock County Nursing Home will close its doors Oct. 1. The rising number of Medicaid residents and the shortfall in Medicaid reimbursement proved too much to overcome, officials say,
• Ordinarily, the Quincy School Board's Curriculum Committee meets at 5 p.m. on the second Monday of most months, but the committee won't meet in July. Instead, the School Board will use that time slot for the first in a series of special meeting
• All of Quincy's major park sites but South Park should be available for use by the end of this week.
• Clarice Hetzler, executive director of the Quincy-based Advocacy Network for Children, said the Casey Anthony case has been sparking interest nationally and locally on the welfare of children who live in worrisome situations.
• Brandon Campbell, 18, is slated to be in Circuit Court today to face charges stemming from an April house burglary in which $20,000 was taken.
• Both lanes of U.S. 24 west of Camp Point were blocked for 90 minutes after a pickup truck hit the rear of a loaded wagon Wednesday and about 200 bushels of wheat were spilled across the highway. No one was injured.
• Nearly two years after the ground was broken, the grand opening for the Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center has been set for Sept. 18.
• About 1,500 Adams County residents have received funds that were designated to replace food that spoiled when electric service was lost after last week's wind storm. However, some money was given to people who never lost electric service but still f
• A Pittsfield woman accused of battering her infant child in 2009 could spend up to a year in the Pike County jail after being found guilty after a stipulated bench trial.
• The three-year collective bargaining agreement for the Hannibal Fire Department includes a number of changes designed to clarify the authority at the top of the Fire Department.
• A four-vehicle accident Monday night at 18th and Spruce snarled traffic in a multiple-block area for an hour. The accident occurred near QU-Stadium after a Quincy Gems game that was followed by a Fourth of July fireworks display, and there was added traf
• Rodney Hart says there is plenty of Facebook angst over the Casey Anthony verdict Wednesday. Opinions are fair, but taking out jurors is not.
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works has no choice but to take a more proactive approach to sewer maintenance after a series of sewer overflows last year.
• Pike County goes "hog wild" again Friday and Saturday when the 43rd annual Pike County Pig Days will offer a wide variety of pig-related activities around the courthouse square in Pittsfield.
• Friday’s “Blues in the District” at Washington Park will go on as scheduled. Travis Brown, executive director of the Historic Quincy Business District, said Washington Park is “100 percent safe.”
• Wednesday’s Quincy Park Band concert has been canceled and Thursday’s Steve Richards as Garth Brooks concert has been moved to Clat Adams Park on the riverfront.
• Steve Eighinger was part of a standing-room-only crowd of about 500 at Scotties Skateland for the debut of Quincy's Dark River Derby Coalition.
• Blake Toppmeyer takes a look at the top candidates from the Quincy Gems for next week's Prospect League All-Star Game.
• A ward map will be introduced to a full Quincy City Council next week after aldermen approved a motion Monday to draft the map into ordinance form.
• The Hannibal Cannibal saw 1,921 runners and walkers take part last Saturday, an 8 percent increase from 2010 when 1,778 competed.
• Jeff Steinkamp, city engineer and interim director of Central Services, said he believes it will take until Sept. 1 to clean up all of the trees and branches from last week's storm.
• A mountain lion was spotted in West Quincy last week, startling the Marion County Sheriff's deputy who came across it.
• Three years after the near-record flood of 2008 prompted flood buyouts and drove out numerous residents, some denizens of Monkey Run have moved on and out, while others stay behind to take their chances with the muddy Mississippi.
• Because John Wood’s handwriting is difficult to decipher, Rodney Hart provides the actual text of the letter on his blog.
• Quincy attorney Jim Rapp has purchased and donated to John Wood Community College a letter written by Quincy founder John Wood.
• Check out the new Quincy Herald-Whig promotions page and find out about contests, coupons and other ways to maximize your Quincy Herald-Whig and whig.com.
• Christopher Trey Sexton, 25, and his passenger, Ashlyn F. Brassfield, 21, were injured at 1:14 a.m. Tuesday when a motorcycle crashed into a curb in Clat Adams Park.
• Dr. Lou DeGreeff's final day in the Blessing Physician Services office was last Thursday. He delivered 7,671 babies during his 28 years in Quincy.
• Nick Johnson's two-out, two-strike single in the top of the ninth inning drove in the tying run, and his RBI single in the 11th inning drove in the winning run as the Terre Haute Rex opened the second half of the Prospect League season with a 10-9 v
• Check out the video of the National Fence Painting Championship at National Tom Sawyer Days at www.whig.com.
• Chris Serritella's 2-run homer and Matt Baer's 3-run homer help the Quincy Gems win for the 20th time this season in front of the largest crowd of the season.
• Hannibal charity to lose tax credits, fundraiser being investigated for improper bank account
• Eighinger: No Internet, no TV and showering in the dark ... wow, what a week
• Computers that have boosted productivity for U.S. workers for a few decades are also causing an erosion in output for some workers these days and creating big concerns for both workers and employers.
• Fourth of July fireworks at the Illinois Veterans Home this year will provide an opportunity for Quincy-area residents to celebrate Independence Day with those who have served the nation.
• Tom Sawyer crowd braves heat for fun, reunion atmosphere at Hannibal's annual event
• Quincy business gives personal watercraft to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Hart: Three officers count their blessings after being shot at by Iowa man
• Clean up from Monday's storms is likely to take weeks, but the damage to local government budget lines will remain unknown until after the work is complete.
• A former Quincy High School and University of Illinois basketball standout, the Rev. Bruce Douglas, will speak Sunday at Bethel AME Church, 905 Oak.
• The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County at its annual meeting last Sunday appointed Reg Ankrom of Quincy its executive director, effective Tuesday.
• Rodney Hart says Jennifer Heap of Quincy took photos and wrote about being without power this week after the storms.
• Don O'Brien throws his own mud volleyball team under the bus, giving the Herald-Whig Dirt Diggers the award for "Slap of the Week."
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• Breeana Hill moved into the role of manager of the Quincy Area Branch of the Alzheimer's Association Friday.
• Billy Cole was uncertain what to do Monday when he needed a prescription filled and some of the city's pharmacies didn't open because of power outages resulting from the wind storm early that morning.
• Theresa Walker couldn't hold back the tears of joy when she saw friends and complete strangers helping with the clean-up of her Camp Point shop that was devastated by Monday's wind storm.
• The city of Quincy has suspended its "fix or flatten" program on the advice of legal counsel after aldermen Tuesday night voted to not enforce a court order to make repairs to the Quincy Paper Box building at Third and Vermont.
• The 92-degree high and much higher heat indices Thursday weren't unusual to summer, but they compounded the difficult task of ongoing cleanup in the wake of Monday morning's destructive storm.
• The Dark River Derby Coalition opens play Saturday when it hosts the St. Louis Arch Rival Roller Girls in an 8 p.m. exhibition bout at Scotties Skateland at 8000 Broadway.
• Gary Wayne Martin of Hannibal, who was arrested this spring for looking at inappropriate pictures of children on a Hannibal Free Public Library computer, has been indicted on federal child pornography charges.
• Longtime executive director Carla Gosney officially spent her last day in the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program office on Thursday.
• UPDATED: Benjamin Biggs, 24, the Iowa man who shot two police officers and led law enforcement on a manhunt in Adams County before being found dead late Wednesday night died of a self-inflicted bullet wound to the head, an autopsy has revealed.
• Benjamin Biggs, 24, the Iowa man who shot two police officers and led law enforcement on a manhunt in Adams County before being found dead late Wednesday night, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Adams County Coroner James Keller.
• The Iowa man who shot two police officers and led law enforcement on a manhunt in Adams County before being found dead late Wednesday night was a "person of interest" in the disappearance of a Mount Pleasant, Iowa, woman.
• Herald-Whig Staff Writer Rodney Hart has more information on Kingston standoff, names of officers injured.
• Police have identified man involved in Wednesday standoff as Benjamin Joseph Biggs, 24, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
• With hundreds of Ameren employees in Quincy this week to restore power, the number of Quincyans without power dwindled throughout the day Wednesday. By 4 p.m., only 443 of Adams County's roughly 27,000 Ameren customers were still out -- down from mo
• U of I Extension officially reorganizes Friday, but customers should see little change
• Ameren says resident should have plans for emergency outages, and it did its best to get power restored to customers as quickly as it could.
• Quincy businesses finally returning to life as they knew it before devastating storm
• A standoff in eastern Adams County ended before 10 p.m. Wednesday. when a man authorities said shot two officers was found dead in a Kingston residence.
• Herald-Whig Staff Photographer Steve Bohnstedt put together an audio slideshow — Tree Trouble — to follow the removal of a tree from one Quincyan's home. See it at the Between the Lens blog on www.whig.com
• UPDATE: Planes from the Illinois State Police are flying over the area to help in the search for the suspect involved in a vehicle chase and gunfire off Ill. 104 near Liberty.
• The search for a suspect involved in a vehicle chase and gunfire continues off Ill. 104 near Liberty. Updated story here.
• UPDATED: The search for a suspect involved in a vehicle chase and gunfire exchange is near Liberty with a perimeter off Ill. 104.
• Local law enforcement are engaged in a manhunt in eastern Adams County after a vehicle chase and a report of shots being fired. The shots were reportedly fired near Quincy Regional Airport on Ill. 104.
• Residents near Kingston and east of Liberty are urged to lock their doors and be on the lookout for suspicious activity after a vehicle chase and a report of shots being fired near the Quincy Regional Airport. Story coming soon.
• Quincy man gets three years in prison for trying to defraud urinalysis test
• Young Quincyan honors his mom with donation to Blessing Cancer Center
• Quincy Park District's outdoor concert scheduled for Thursday in Madison Park has been postponed due to storm damage.
• Don't expect any quick cure to the tree limbs, branches and entire trees that are covering front yards, sidewalks and city streets in Quincy. Experts say it may take five or six weeks to clear things away.
• Steve Eighinger tells a soggy tale of a storm, some branches and married life
• City aldermen now part of hydropower board, take first step toward ending pursuit of hydropower on Mississippi River
• No power, no problem: Prolonged lack of electricity sends children outside for entertainment
• Law enforcement in Adams County reported few issues in the wake of Monday's damaging storms.
• OVERRATED: Checking the Ameren site every five minutes for an update on when your power will be restored. UNDERRATED: Being able to flip a light switch and there actually be light.
• The Quincy Gems scored four two-out runs in the bottom of the seventh to rally for a 5-4 win in the nightcap at QU-Stadium. That completed the sweep for Quincy, which won Game 1 4-0 behind a complete game from JaVaun West.
• Adams County Republicans heard from U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., who is considering a run for president in 2012.
• The National Weather Service has confirmed that two tornadoes touched down in Shelbina early Monday morning.
• Quincy University's Building for the Future fund drive set a record this year with $1,010,700 in donations.
• A number of Quincy streets are still closed to traffic following Monday morning's storms.:
• Power was restored late Tuesday morning and Tuesday afternoon to several Quincy Public Housing Authority facilities.
• Quincy University's Building for the Future fund drive set a record this year with $1,010,700 in donations.
• Electric restoration brings hundreds to Quincy; hotels fully booked
• National Weather Service confirms tornadoes in Shelbina amidst Monday's storms
• Quincy Park Band director Pam Potter has announced that Wednesday's "Big Band Concert" is postponed due to storm-related issues.
• Leigh Morris, a spokesman for Ameren Illinois, estimated that thousands of customers will have service restored by Wednesday night. More than 700 Ameren Illinois employees and contractors have been working to restore power in the Quincy area.
• The Hy-Vee grocery store at 14th and Harrison has been without power since 2 a.m. Monday. Multiple generators are being used to keep the store open. Both County Market stores in Quincy are now both open.
• Most areas in and around Quincy sustained varying amounts of damage, most from falling trees and loss of power.
• Q: When will the trees from the streets be removed? A: Main streets are going to be cleared first with side streets cleared next. However, with many trees taking down power lines, crews are not going to clear them until Ameren tells them that it is safe.
• Chain saws and back muscles strained in Adams County’s wind-struck communities Monday after an early morning storm toppled trees, power poles and a few roofs.
• Doug Wilson says Illinois politicians welcomed the conviction of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts of corruption.
• Rodney Hart says there were two things about Monday's huge storm: It could have been worse. And thank goodness for good neighbors.
• Blessing Health Center and Blessing Physician Services and all services in the building at 927 Broadway will remain closed Tuesday because of the lack of electrical service.
• Quincy Mayor John Spring said power to the water treatment plant in Quincy was restored at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Several rumors cropped up Monday afternoon that the city was going to shut off water at various times during the afternoon and early evening, but
• Quincy Mayor John Spring said power to the water treatment plant in Quincy was restored at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Several rumors cropped up Monday afternoon that the city was going to shut off water at various times during the afternoon and early evening, but
• Didn't get outside of your neighborhood today? Readers from Quincy and Adams County have shared photos on Community. Share your's, too.
• Lewis County residents surveyed and cleaned up damage Monday afternoon as most of the county faced at least a day without electricity following Monday morning's destructive thunderstorms.
• Seven fire department volunteers responded to the initial storm page Monday morning and 12 eventually were clearing roads and responding to emergencies in a protection district that stretches from the airport to Big Neck, including Columbus, Coatsburg, P
• Compton Fireworks lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fireworks when the huge tent was toppled by fierce winds at about 1:30 a.m. Monday.
• "We're thankful it's not Joplin," Teresa Walker said after seeing the damage to the Panther Den building in Camp Point.
• The water treatment plant in the city of Quincy lost power in the severe storms that swept through the area early Monday morning.
• A jury convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday of nearly all the corruption charges against him, including that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
• The Quincy Park District has closed all city parks until at least Wednesday as it looks to clean up and check for additional damage from Monday morning's massive storm.
• Adams Electric Cooperative has power at the Rushville substation, three feeders (south, west and north) from the Kellerville substation, and all feeders from the St. Anthony substation.
• Check out Steve Bohnstedt's video of all of the storm damage throughout Quincy at www.whig.com.
• Have photos of your own from Monday's storm? Upload them on our Community page.
• Rodney Hart shot some video of storm damage near 12th and Jefferson.
• Click here to see storm photos submitted by readers on our multimedia site, "Between the Lens."
• Quincy Mayor John Spring declared a state of emergency Monday morning. About 26,000 customers were without electric service in Western Illinois this morning.
• Mayor John Spring to hold 10:30 a.m. news conference to discuss state of emergency for the city.
• In Lewis County, Mo., most of the county was without power as dawn broke Monday morning, with Ameren and Lewis County Rural Electric Cooperative “both out of commission” after an early morning storm.
• Staff Photographer Steve Bohnstedt shot video clips from throughout the city Monday morning.
• Staff Photographer Steve Bohnstedt shot video clips from throughout the city Monday morning.
• Staff Photographer Steve Bohnstedt shot video clips from throughout the city Monday morning.
• Destructive thunderstorms whipped through Quincy, West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri early Monday morning, leaving numerous downed trees and thousands of power outages in their wake.
• Send your storm photos to news@whig.com. The Herald-Whig building at 130 South Fifth has no power Monday morning.
• Palmyra nurse striving to put together memorial garden for families who have lost children
• Mobile health devices free physicians from the file room
• Area motorists urged to use caution on water-filled roads
• With gasoline prices dropping, more people are expected to travel
• Hannibal fire leads to arson, fireworks arrests
• Hart: Meth trial shows it's still happening right beside us
• Those attending this weekend's Midsummer Arts Faire in Washington Park should expect nothing but the best.
• Ron and Doris Durk of Mendon say divine intervention prompted them to become foster parents 20 years ago.
• Quinn signs congressional remap; Schock to represent all of Adams, Hancock, Pike counties
• More than anything else, Robin Doyle attributes word of mouth as the biggest reason for the continued success — and growth — of the Hannibal Cannibal and Fun Run.
• The Canton R-V School District officially has a new superintendent, but on an interim basis. Brenna Phillips, president of the Board of Education, said W.A. Anderson signed a one-year contract Tuesday and will start today as Canton's new superintend
• Palmyra residents had few complaints at a Missouri Department of Transportation public hearing Thursday about a long-awaited bridge replacement on Mo. 168 west of town.
• City officials in Hannibal are waiting to move forward with the much-touted rebuilding of Main Street's sidewalks until they learn whether it can be done in conjunction with the Hannibal Board of Public Works' replacement of aging water and sew
• Adams County's unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent in May, its lowest point in more than 2 1/2 years -- or before the Great Recession of late 2008 and 2009. The city of Quincy also saw its unemployment rate tumble to 6 percent, its lowest figur
• The two-for-one beer deal being offered at Wednesday night Quincy Gems home games is being discontinued after team officials were told by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission that it is not allowed under state law.
• Mary Lynne Richards is looking for runners for the first Hannibal-to-Quincy leg of the St. Jude's Run. There is an informational meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Hannibal Y. Read more on her blog, "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Lewis County C-1 School District's Board of Education approved a 2011-12 budget that will see the district start the school year with a roughly $200,000 surplus and a robust balance.
• The North East Community Action Corporation's assistance program for summertime energy bills will screech to a halt Friday, when the social service agency expects to run out of funding.
• The Quincy School Board Wednesday night approved one-year extensions to the contracts of Superintendent Lonny Lemon, Assistant Superintendent Trish Sullivan-Viniard and Business Manager Bud Martin.
• John Wood Community College trustees on Wednesday night unanimously gave final approval on the fiscal 2012 budget of $15.6 million.
• The Quincy School Board voted 4-2 Wednesday to adopt a resolution requiring the district to pay prevailing wages on school-related construction projects.
• Quincy resident Brett Kroeger was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
• Hannibal's Eugene Field Elementary School will receive a new baseball diamond and improvements to its existing baseball facilities through volunteer labor by veterans, active-duty military personnel and civilians under the auspices of The Mission Co
• Jared Keim was the winner in the Tri-State Idol contest at QU Stadium, which guarantees him a performance in front of American Idol producers Tuesday in St. Louis.
• The Quincy School Board voted 5-1 to increase the Quincy High School driver's education fee to $250 - a five-fold jump over the current $50 fee.
• A Pittsfield woman facing 12 counts of battering her infant child had her case continued so she could have more time to contemplate having a potential stipulated bench trial.
• Gus Rieckhoff hammers the Quincy School Board's Finance Committee for not posting a more complete agenda prior to its meeting this week.
• Rory McIlroy gets an A and the Florida Marlins get an F in the latest edition of Don O'Brien's Mid-Week Grades.
• Before locking in your bid on eBay, Jordan O'Donnell says bidders should make sure the item on the auction block is not haunted.
• New aldermen must document the number of hours they work a week to see if they qualify to be a part of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.
• The Hannibal City Council has heard much recently about the merits of asphalt and concrete as building materials for new or rebuilt streets in a city where street conditions are a key concern. Two representatives of the concrete industry threw their hat
• A small fire in a Trace Apartments unit Wednesday morning was caused by a juvenile playing with a lighter, the Quincy Fire Department said.
• Three people were injured in a three-vehicle chain-reaction accident Tuesday on U.S. 24 at the intersection with East 1332 St. at Fowler.
• Quincy resident Brett Kroeger is sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
• The 38th annual Little People's teed off Tuesday with a mere 14 Quincy representatives in the field of 301 players. International players outnumbered the local contingent by four.
• Most of the 300 golfers who have convened in Quincy this week spent part of Sunday watching Rory McIlroy become the fourth Little People's alum to win one of golf's majors.
• Stephan D. Mattox, 24, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for assaulting his neighbor in a neighborhood dispute turned violent.
• A blaze that damaged a three-story brick apartment building Tuesday at 734 N. Fifth remains under investigation. No one was injured. Residents from three apartments had to seek temporary shelter.
• Three people were injured and electric power was interrupted when a car hit a utility pole at 8:25 p.m. Tuesday at 12th and Elm.
• The dismissal of charges by a Kentucky judge in the murder trial of Ursa native Brent Burke must wait for a few days.
• Coming off a successful stint at Hamline University, Melissa Young is named as the women's basketball coach at Culver-Stockton College.
• A crash between vehicle and pickup near 12th and Elm happened around 8 pm Tuesday. Pickup has a transformer in the back of the bed. Power has been knocked out for several blocks around. No serious injuries, several people taken to Blessing.
• A proposed ward map for the city of Quincy was forwarded to the full City Council after the Redistricting Committee reviewed it Tuesday afternoon.
• Former executive director Lisa Sams is working to get the Walter Hammond Day Care open by August in time for the school year.
• The Quincy School Board will be asked Wednesday night to increase the district's driver education fee to $250 from the current $50.
• Henry Blackwell of Quincy, accused of escaping police custody last month after a traffic stop, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to escape and drug counts.
• Rory McIlroy is being heralded as professional golf's next big thing as the U.S. Open champion, but Alex Volpenhein has a little bit of bragging rights over the newly minted golf superstar from from Northern Ireland.
• Starting in 2012, Titan Wheel will be joining Pepsi as major sponsors of the Little People’s Golf Championships in Quincy.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Willie Mays, Errol Flynn and the Miss America pageant in today's High 5.
• At least Rodney Hart doesn't get beer poured on his head while inside the Adams County Courthouse. Check out this video on his blog.
• There had been many attempts to correct the tilt in the Leaning Tower of Pias over the years, but each one failed. Then in 1995, an inventor named Richard Wright from Collinsville came up with a solution, one that he had been working on since the early 1
• How much time do you spend on Internet for personal reasons while at work? Vote on The Quincy Herald-Whig online poll at www.whig.com.
• Quincy could be among the 110 communities affected by a House plan to eliminate the $200 million Essential Air Service program in the continental United States. Local air service would not be affected by a competing Senate proposal.
• How much time do you spend on Internet for personal reasons while at work? Vote on The Quincy Herald-Whig online poll.
• Eighinger: Celebrating an anniversary? Instead of diamonds and jewelry, try tacos and donuts
• Mike McClain to be honored with Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizen award
• Quincy Park District should have Comprehensive Plan completed by December
• Quincy Park District officials are targeting late this year to have their Comprehensive Community Plan finished, a project that will ultimately touch most aspects of the city's parks and recreation activities and administration.
• Rodger Hannel retires June 30 after 38 years in education, the past six as superintendent of the both the Payson and Western school districts.
• Winds cause damage, power outages in Quincy
• Quincy fire crews responded at about 12:20 p.m. today after a suspected false alarm at Stoney Creek Inn turned out to be a fire above the pool ceiling.
• A LaGrange man was arrested on federal weapons charges Wednesday, a day after grand jury issued an indictment in Davenport, Iowa.
• The sentencing for Quincy resident Brett Kroeger, who pleaded guilty in federal court to methamphetamine distribution, was canceled Thursday and rescheduled for next week.
• The city of Quincy has been awarded a $370,000 grant to install two emergency generators at the water treatment plant.
• No significant rain in the past two days has allowed area rivers to start receding from the flood levels that caused problems earlier this week throughout West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri.
• What’s caused the Hannibal Board of Public Works’ money problems? Read the board’s explanation on Staff Writer Mary Poletti’s blog, “Notable in NEMO."
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works voted Thursday night to roll out water and sewer rate increases alongside a schedule of discounts for certain new industrial customers.
• Two women who became the first in Adams County to form a civil union say they want to be treated like a married couple.
• A map that would change the boundaries of the seven wards in Quincy is expected to be made public with a matter of days.
• Warsaw farmer Joe Zumwalt says his fields are "flooding inside out." Read more about how the topsy-turvy weather is affecting area crops.
• QND's athletic programs will not be affected much during the 2011-12 school year by the IHSA's changes to its enrollment multiplier waiver and classification policies.
• Illinois Senate Democrats agree to keep construction projects going
• Scotties Skateland keeping rolling along after 75 years
• Floodwaters force the closing of Bonansinga Drive at Bob Bangert Park
• Negotiations begin on new Quincy Public Schools teachers contract
• Charges expected to be dropped against Ursa, Ill., native Former U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke in Kentucky murder case
• Hannibal school officials tour new Mark Twain Elementary site, marvel at speedy construction progress
• Summertime is a the perfect time to travel, take a road trip with the family or by yourself. Mary Lynne Pfaff Richards says travel often gives us an excuse to overeat and miss out on exercise.
• The Quincy Herald-Whig is seeking nominations for its fifth annual "20 under 40" awards that honor local business and community leaders.
• Cooking up a batch of soap is nothing new for Hamilton's Nancy Gibson, who has handcrafted soap since her days working for a chamber of commerce in Alabama.
• The Adams County Finance Committee has agreed to move a proposal that would increase some prescription drug co-payments for county employees to the full County Board for consideration.
• Cuts to the Reading Recovery program over the past few years have "all but devastated" that program, Trish Viniard told the School Board's Curriculum Committee at a meeting Monday.
• A promotion offering two-for-one domestic 16-ounce draft beers at Quincy Gems home games on Wednesday nights raised concerns from a member of the Quincy Civic Center Authority.
• Grant's Drug Store in Hannibal, once briefly home to a young Samuel Clemens' family, will close immediately until further notice.
• Katie Sheahan has published "Remembrances," a collection of short stories submitted from people who have lost loved ones or friends to Alzheimer's.
• The remaining 15 intersections of Eighth Street will receive honorary street sings commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.
• Chase Brown is facing a serious felony charge in regard to the gas leak in Marcelline. It appears he’s fortunate nobody was hurt and it wasn’t worse.
• One person was killed and two others slightly injured in a car-truck accident at 3:34 p.m. Friday on U.S. 24 at Mo. 15 in Monroe County.
• What started out as a search for a missing juvenile early Sunday resulted in the arrest of four people who were charged with underage consumption of alcohol.
• Comcast spokesperson Angelynne Amores said a mudslide around 8:30 a.m. damaged the cable system of a vendor outside of Quincy. She said she didn't have an exact location of where the mudslide happened except that "it wasn't in Quincy."
• The Salvation Army is moving ahead on its goal to combine its emergency shelter and family services under one roof.
• Deputies said Quincy resident Chase Brown, 22, turned himself in to authorities at about 9:30 Monday morning. Brown is accused of shooting about 30 rounds at a stop sign by the bar.
• What set off an unexpected series of events occurred in the white-flag lap of the hobby stock feature, with Anders and Carlin battling door-to-door going into turn one. Their two cars made contact and Anders went spinning, Carlin went on to to win. After
• Teens who were on their way to volunteer at Hancock County Teen Court when they were killed in a one-vehicle crash are remembered as 'stellar students and wonderful people.'
• Students from around the nation are uncovering more of the history of New Philadelphia site.
• For the fourth year, residents and tourists alike can experience Quincy Bay via kayak.
• It was a historic day at the Quincy Breakfast Optimist Club's seventh annual Soap Box Derby Saturday. Staff Writer Steve Eighinger recaps the action.
• Ballpark concession stands aren’t known for having low-fat food options, but Mary Lynne Pfaff Richards found an article about diet-friendly ballpark snacks that helped her make better choices.
• A proposal to study installing wireless Internet on Amtrak trains in Illinois is in the works.
• This week, two Quincy women became the first Adams County residents to have a civil union ceremony. Read more in Rodney Hart's column in Saturday's edition.
• The city of Quincy is looking to hire a single director who would oversee Quincy Transit Lines and Central Services.
• Quincy Notre Dame High School supporters celebrated Thursday after announcing $442,193 was raised in gifts and pledges for the 2011 annual fund drive, $44,000 more than the goal.
• U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, said he ran for Congress hoping to create a better nation for his children — all 10 of them.
• In song, poem and straight from the heart, Adams County Drug Court graduates expressed pride and gratitude Thursday in a packed Adams County Courthouse courtroom.
• Larry Owens has withdrawn his request for a court-appointed emergency receiver to take over the Hannibal Cavemen baseball team. That comes in the wake of a new ownership group, Hannibal Cavemen Baseball LLC, buying the organization's collateral last
• The city of Quincy is looking to hire a single director who would oversee Quincy Transit Lines and Central Services. The job on the city's website Thursday afternoon.
• MoDOT is downsizing, and the long, sometimes angry, public testimony in front of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission this week made it clear this is an emotional issue.
• The fourth season of Kayak Quincy launches Saturday with guided kayak tours and rentals along Quincy Bay.
• The Quincy Herald-Whig and First Bankers Trust Company are celebrating 23 years of the Lookin’ Good Contest. If you are doing any kind of landscaping or home improvement you should check this out!
• Eight-year-old Keagan Mercurio of Quincy is spending part of his summer learning about wizards, magic spells and mysterious potions. It's all in the name of educational fun as part of Children's College, which began this week on the campus of J
• The Tri-Township and Quincy Fire Departments were called to the scene Thursday morning and used a ladder and then a Stokes basket to get an injured man off a barge.
• PHOTO: Extrication and rescue of man from barge at Lock and Dam 21 Thursday, June 9. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
• The West Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging hopes to repeat its success with low-income senior housing complexes, this time in Pittsfield.
• The library's annual summer camps "always try to do something kids are already interested in," librarian Deb VanAntwerp said. "Rick Riordan did a very good job in bringing Greek mythology to life. We're just trying to help it alo
• Usage of city parks in Quincy is above both state and national norms, but only about one in five of those who are using the facilities rate their condition as "excellent."
• A plan to reduce the Missouri Department of Transportation's workforce, equipment inventory and property holdings was approved Wednesday, a month after the proposal was made public.
• Matt Schuckman asks: What is your favorite arcade game? Pac-Man? NBA Jam? Centipede? Any others?
• The Blues in the District concert series kicks off for its 14th season Friday night, bringing blues musicians from across the country to Washington Park.
• According to police interviews with surviving members of a one-car crash Monday night north of Carthage, the group was traveling to an area where local kids try to "hill-hop" with their vehicles.
• Educators at John Wood Community College knew they had something special when it took less than two years to fill a 30,000 square-foot facility at 42nd and Koch's Lane with training programs designed to match graduates with jobs in local industries.
• The 4th District Appellate Court in Springfield heard oral arguments Tuesday from attorneys in the quo warranto lawsuit involving Quincy School Board member Melvin "Bud" Niekamp, but the three-judge panel took no immediate action. — Also,
• Helen M. Oldfather, 78, was seriously injured in a car-dump truck accident at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday on Mo. 15, four miles south of Edina, Mo.
• Steve Eighinger asks: What if an alien spaceship would drop in on us some day? What would impress or puzzle our visitors from another planet the most?
• Rhonda Koch of Mount Sterling adds a dash of color to every plate, ranging from the vivid blue in the family-favorite Blueberry Dessert to touches of green from pepper and celery in her Sausage Pilaf.
• Quincy assistant fire chief Keith Frank has been appointed fire chief in Canton, Ill., and starts his new job June 22.
• Former Hannibal Caveman hurler Shane Riedie and former Quincy Gems catcher Zack Kometani were taken in the 21st round of the Major League Baseball draft.
• A Quincy woman faces up to 54 years in prison after pleading not guilty last week to drug and meth-related child endangerment charges.
• A Hannibal man accused of brutally beating his neighbor in March pleaded guilty last week to assault and will be sentenced June 21.
• Legislators may be called back to the state capitol for a special session to keep the capital construction program from stalling later this month.
• Dozens of Northeast Missouri homes had no lights last night. Judy Eaton has been working with government assistance programs for 18 years and has never seen so many people behind on their electric bills in early June.
• Take a minute to listen to Jon Stewart's rant on Sarah Palin's recent visit to Boston.
• A Quincy man was sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for methamphetamine and an aggravated driving under the influence conviction.
• A Quincy woman is facing charges of aggravated battery of a child and solicitation to commit aggravated battery of a child after allegedly ordering her son to kick another boy in the body and head at her home day care facility.
• U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner admits engaging in sexually charged exchanges on the Internet with a half-dozen women during the past three years.
• Three Quincy residents representing the Quincy Community Coalition asked the City Council Monday night to place honorary street signs at 15 intersections of Eighth Street in remembrance of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
• Any one facet of Weldon Stevenson's identity would be impressive on its own, but taken together, they add up to a remarkable man. He's 91. He's a World War II veteran who was stationed in Hawaii before it was a state. He's owned a sma
• About a dozen local law enforcement officers left Quincy early Monday morning for a 22.5-mile run to the Hancock County line to raise funds and create awareness for the Special Olympics.
• An 18-year-old Warsaw girl and a 16-year-old Sutter boy were killed, and one other teen was seriously injured in a one-car accident north of Carthage Monday night.
• Rodney Hart asks: Is there a better way to walk back in time than looking at an old newspaper?
• A Quincy man faces multiple charges after two hit-and-run accidents Monday night on Quincy's south side.
• Mary Lynne Richards travels to Joplin to help with tornado recovery and suggests others help out as well, read more on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Some school districts across the nation are checking into the possibility of letting students do work online during periods of bad weather so the education process can continue even during blizzards when schools would normally be closed.
• One Quincy University student decided to see what would happen if he gave up texting and Facebook, two of the most common everyday tasks for young people.
• Two parents from Camp Point were arrested early Monday morning for allegedly forcing their children out of the family vehicle at 54th and Locust and driving off. The parents were arrested later at their Camp Point residence.
• Quincy veteran Derek Jennings thanked the crowd and organizers for their support after turning in his catch during the weigh-in portion of the Fishing for Freedom bass fishing tournament Sunday afternoon at Clat Adams Park.
• Lisa Marks imagines her latest book with her husband is a mirror image of their museum. "Because this is a small space, we really have to find the main points to share with visitors and make it very concise," Marks said.
• Three employees were ticketed for selling alcohol to a minor in a sting operation conducted by Quincy police Friday.
• A 50-year-old Quincy man was arrested for possessing child pornography Sunday afternoon.
• Three Quincyans take top prizes in "Everybody Wins" mega raffle to support Catholic education
• Eighinger: Already made your bucket list? Think about creating an anti-bucket list, too
• Lookin' Good: Installation of porch makes residence look like 'whole different house'
• Near-record field set for Quincy's seventh Soap Box Derby run
• Two Hannibal brothers were arrested about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Hazel on drug charges. Both men were arrested without incident.
• A 32-year-old Hannibal man was talked of the edge of the roof of the Mark Twain Apartments in the 200 block of South Main after more than two hours of negotiations with Hannibal police early Friday morning.
• The Lewis County Sheriff's Department arrested two cousins Tuesday in connection with a Marion County incident involving stolen property.
• The popularity of the "Extreme Couponing" television show, may have helped spark the interest of nearly 325 people who attended one of two couponing classes at the Knights of Columbus hall Thursday night.
• Bird-watching enthusiasts in Adams County had a particularly good day during the 40th annual Illinois Spring Bird Count on May 7.
• It took an art glass studio across the country to bring home a piece of the Rockcliffe Mansion. Juan Ruiz and Warren Bittner have recently re-installed four Tiffany light fixtures that had been removed from the Hannibal manse's Turkish Room.
• Officials across the state are breathing easier after the budget passed this week by the Illinois General Assembly left intact the shared income tax revenue for municipal and county governments.
• Stephanie Erwin interrupted a vacation in Daytona, Fla., and flew back to Quincy at her own expense to attend Thursday's Quincy School Board meeting, where the board voted 4-2 to approve controversial improvements to the Flinn Stadium playing field.
• Construction of the Culver's restaurant at 2442 Broadway is slated to resume within a couple weeks, and the restaurant could open by mid-October.
• Reporters at the Chicago Tribune noted during rambling testimony in Rod Blagojevich’s political corruption trial that he is using the “I’m an idiot” defense.
• Overnight rains that dumped more than 2 inches of rain at QU-Stadium left the field unplayable for tonight's Prospect League season-opener against Springfield.
• Tonight's game between the Quincy Gems and Springfield Sliders has been postponed due to rain.
• A decision on tonight's Quincy Gems season opener against Springfield is expected to be made at 3 p.m.
• Circuit Judge Rachel Bringer is being sued for wrongful termination by Lynn Helbing, who was dismissed as office secretary last Friday.
• The Quincy Herald-Whig and First Bankers Trust Company are celebrating 23 years of the Lookin’ Good Contest. If you are doing any kind of landscaping or home improvement you should check this out! Find out more here:
• The American Cancer Society will hold its annual Relay for Life fundraiser Friday night in Palmyra's Flower City Park.
• The Mississippi River might not be cooperating, but Bob Havermale insists the soldiers participating in this weekend's Fishing for Freedom event will catch fish.
• Downtown Quincy filled six more commercial properties in the past year and has an 89 percent occupancy rate.
• The Quincy School Board voted 4-2 Thursday morning to proceed with a $772,460 plan to upgrade the playing field at Flinn Stadium.
• The Quincy School Board voted 4-2 Thursday morning in support of a proposal to upgrade the playing surface at Flinn Stadium.
• Seven months ago, Republicans were euphoric over capturing four seats in a blue state dominated by Democrats for decades. Now they’re staring at the prospect of losing every one of them and more.
• Schools and not-for-profit organizations have been collecting yellow plastic Pepsi caps since March, redeeming them at a nickel apiece.
• Today is National Running Day. Mary Lynne Richards says to use today to kick off a new fitness goal and choose an event this summer or fall.
• It's nothing but failing grades this week from Don O'Brien, ranging from the NHL to Jim Tressel to Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Travis Becherer and Andrew Host are the only two returners on the season-opening 26-man roster for the Quincy Gems.
• Quincy 6th Ward Alderman Jim Musolino spent the weekend in Joplin, Mo., helping the cleanup effort after the devastating May 22 tornado.
• Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Tuesday that David Murry of Hannibal has been found guilty of two counts of statutory rape.
• The attorney for the plaintiffs in the quo warranto lawsuit against Quincy School Board member Melvin "Bud" Niekamp has filed a motion asking that Niekamp's appeal be dismissed because the matter is now moot.
• A crowd gathered outside the Quincy Public Library as it opened for the first time in two weeks and staff and volunteers moved materials into the renovated and expanded areas.
• Darrold Frisbie is sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on a combination of five aggravated criminal sexual assault and drug-related counts.
• David Murry of Hannibal has been found guilty of two counts of statutory rape. Murry will be sentenced June 27 and faces up to life prison.
• The attorney for the plaintiffs in the quo warranto lawsuit against Bud Niekamp has filed a motion asking that Niekamp's appeal be dismissed because the matter is now moot.
• The city of Quincy has ended negotiations with a United Kingdom-based company to install a fiber-optic network throughout the city.
• Quncy Notre Dame lost a fixture with the retirement of music director Pam Potter, one of the nicest people you will ever meet.
• Albert Hunt of Bloomberg takes a look at those who have declared and those who may enter the presidential fray on the GOP side.
• Rodney Hart talks with a Quincy woman who takes her life back after 20 years of doubt and fear
• The Quincy Herald-Whig and First Bankers Trust Company are celebrating 23 years of the Lookin’ Good Contest. If you are doing any kind of landscaping or home improvement you should check this out!
• Both plaintiff and defendant walked away happy from a Pike County courtroom after the resolution of a nuisance complaint. Brokering the deal was Ken Edwards, an administrative hearing office and self-described "lower case judge" in the county&#
• A new mobile application introduced by State Farm will monitor driving habits, offer tips on driving safely and possibly reduce the number of crashes.
• A middle-aged Quincy woman was robbed by two males about 10 p.m. Saturday while walking in 700 block of North 12th. Her purse was taken but she was not injured, according to Quincy Police.
• St. Peter Catholic Church will host a celebration Sunday recognizing the 125th anniversary of the priestly ordination of the Rev. Augustus Tolton, the first American diocesan priest of African descent who had strong ties to Quincy. "Whether you are
• Billions of 13-year cicadas soon will be emerging across 15 states, including Illinois and Missouri.
• Pam Potter, long-time Quincy Notre Dame music and band director, is retiring from the school and leaving behind a lifetime of memories and experiences.
• Kristen Liesen has been "pleasantly surprised" that the Quincy University brag board has been so full of graduates getting jobs.
• It's just like you were there cheering the teams on! Video from the Macker Saturday in downtown Quincy, on Matt Hopf's City/County Beat blog.
• SuperEman fundraiser to help Payson boy after expensive hospital stay
• Camp Point resident supports post-tornado search and rescue effort in Joplin
• Court layout changes prove successful on first day of Quincy's Gus Macker Tournament
• Mary Lynne Richards talks about why running blogs help keep her motivated with fitness on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• WATCH VIDEO: Illinois Veterans Home presents Memorial Day Program this afternoon. Read more here:
• A community memorial service in Joplin, which President Barack Obama will attend, will coincide with flags at half-staff at all government buildings in Missouri Sunday.
• It's amazing what someone can do with the Aaron Schock magazine cover, Steve Eighinger's head and Photoshop.
• Jeni Garber will be named as Quincy University's new women's basketball coach next week. Garber has been an assistant coach at Bradley for the last 11 seasons.
• For the second time in 10 days, the Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly have released a redistricting map only to pull it off their website.
• First Bankers Trust earned $1.3 million during the first quarter, or 54 cents per share.
• KHQA-TV in Quincy has promoted Carol Sowers to vice president/public affairs and Nora Baldner to news director.
• Kathy Brink, the interim executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois, says the non-profit organization needs a good turnout for its fundraiser golf tournament to help offset a lower-than-expected response for its Bowl for Kids
• In a hearing Thursday morning, Judge Rachel Bringer denied co-owner Larry Owens' emergency application for a court-appointed receiver to oversee the team and its assets, which was filed May 16 alongside a pair of lawsuits seeking to dissolve the twi
• The Quincy School Board met in special session this morning to revise the district's 2010-11 budget.
• The city of Hannibal will budget for a 1 percent raise for its employees in fiscal 2012, ending a yearlong wage freeze.
• Johnny Bang Bang's is scheduled to open officially Friday in the former home of Backwaters nightclub.
• Legislators may vote soon on a series of four bills that could provide the money for Illinois to pay its overdue bills.
• Rodney Hart says with absolute certainty that Quincy’s Gus Macker, thanks to the Exchange Club, is the best-run tournament in the country from a local standpoint.
• Eric Thomas tells business leaders that social media is the "front door" in today's market.
• A Quincy man is in custody today after an overnight shooting that seriously injured a 16-year-old Quincy boy.
• Click here to view an interactive timeline for 2011 Quincy weather.
• A bolt of lightning touches down in the distance behind Greg Korschot, a storm spotter with Adams County Emergency Management storm spotter Greg Korschot, who was keeping an eye on the weather from a parking lot behind the Microtel Inn Wednesday afternoo
• Adams, Brown and Pike (Ill.) Counties remain under a tornado watch until 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
• Tornado warnings for Adams, Northwestern Pike County in Illinois and Eastern Lewis and Marion Counties in Missouri, according to the National Weather Service.
• Rotation in the clouds has been reported in Palmyra and Perry, Mo. The report from Perry originally had indicated a tornado touchdown, but that was later corrected.
• Rodney Hart says Tuesday was a bad day to try to outrun the cops.
• The Hannibal-based 2175th Military Police Company of the Missouri National Guard will deploy to Qatar at the end of the summer, taking with them a Hannibal police officer and a Hannibal firefighter.
• A Quincy man was arrested Tuesday night after police say he tried to elude capture after a hit-and-run crash.
• Pike County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency Coordinator David Greenwood toted a chainsaw Tuesday through tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., helping people begin to clear away debris and search for remnants of their lives.
• The Hannibal Police Department is offering a one-time amnesty period for people who have city warrants for failing to appear at court hearings.
• WATCH VIDEO of a local relief effort for Joplin, Mo., here.
• With the Memorial Day Weekend rapidly approaching, it is vital the American Red Cross has an ample supply of blood available. Major holiday weekends are often accompanied by an increase in accidents and blood requirements.
• Illinois State Police troopers and Quincy Police Department officers will be conducting extra patrols this Memorial Day weekend as part of the Click It or Ticket program.
• The 2010-11 academic year officially came to an end Wednesday as Quincy students picked up their report cards and bid farewell to their teachers.
• Disaster Relief Effort: The Crossing church’s Studio Youth Ministry stand by to load supplies for relief in Joplin, Mo. — WATCH VIDEO here: www.whig.com.
• Randy "Macho Man" Savage earns an A and Harold Camping receives an F in Don O'Brien latest edition of the Mid-Week Grades.
• Don O'Brien had a chance to meet with the three candidates for the QU women's basketball coaching position. The good news is that each of the three have strong points that would fit the program.
• You have to give Lauren Alaina serious props for forging on Tuesday night, but even if she had been 100 percent physically, this was a mismatch from the outset.
• Rocky Balboa, Crash Davis, Jimmy Chitwood ... who is the best character from a sports movie? Check out Matt Schuckman's blog for his list.
• The Quincy School Board will meet in special session at 7:30 a.m. Thursday to act on a revised budget for 2010-11.
• Winning American Idol will be a slam dunk for Scotty McCreery, possibly even the biggest rout since Fantasia crushed Diana DeGarmo in Season 3.
• IDOT had a nice press conference Tuesday morning at the corner of Fourth and Maine. But nary a word spoken could be heard due to the trucks rumbling down Fourth Street.
• Adams County Chief Deputy Fred Kientzle said Henry Blackwell, 33, was arrested by U.S. marshals about noon at 12th and Harrison after a traffic stop.
• Quincy Police Department at 14th Street between Ohio and Payson Avenue, has the subject in custody after about a 30 minute pursuit.
• Quincy Police Department is currently in pursuit of a male who has led officers on a chase in the area near State Street between Sixth and 13th Streets.
• Bill Eyman has volunteered for 19 years with ACDI/VOCA and about 10 years with the International Executive Service Corps, traveling to about 80 countries to counsel banks and farmers on a variety of agricultural financing endeavors. WATCH VIDEO with Eyma
• A map that shows which city streets are included in the crack seal program was distributed Monday night to the Quincy City Council.
• Culver-Stockton announced Tuesday morning that women's basketball coach Seth Minter has resigned to become an assistant coach at WIU.
• Mary Lynne suggests keeping a food journal to keep track of your diet on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Two Quincy men are arrested after police say a plate glass window at a Sixth and Payson bar was broken and items inside the bar disturbed.
• Mark Burgtorf, the 14-time track champion at Quincy Raceways, has not sold his equipment and says the rumors that's retiring are untrue.
• A group of residents and volunteers at Good Samaritan Home made a $25,000 donation to the facility's capital campaign.
• Cameras, radios and money were stolen from St. Dominic School by a group of people Rodney Hart has dubbed the "Ice Cream Thieves."
• An early Monday morning house fire at 710 S. Sixth has been determined as suspicious by investigators.
• The Crossing is coordinating a local relief effort to assist tornado victims in Joplin, Mo. Donations will be accepted from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Some people who were impacted by the tornado in Joplin had ties to this region, and several of them spoke to The Herald-Whig on Monday.
• The fifth annual Senior Citizens Expo is designed to be a must-attend event for both seniors and caregivers for older adults.
• As he stepped forward Sunday to receive his bachelor's degree during Quincy University's 148th annual commencement, Kevin Denison took pride in knowing he was living up to his potential.
• Lisa (Murray) Quiroz, a 1991 graduate of Hannibal High School who lives about five miles outside of Joplin, saw the tornado's devastation first-hand.
• An investigation continues into an early Monday morning structure fire at 710 S. Sixth.
• Amtrak numbers continue to climb in Quincy, across nation
• Librarian who loves books and kids retiring after 43-year career in Pikeland
• Road to college graduation was bumpy for Culver-Stockton College student
• Gus Macker 3-on-3 Tournament puts focus back on family atmosphere; kids' courts moved around Washington Park
• Some Quincy parks get a facelift through volunteer assistance
• Have you or someone you know recently completed some maintenance or improvements on your home? You could qualify for a $100 weekly prize and a $1,000 grand prize.
• Cam Keller confirms that he has resigned as Culver-Stockton College's football coach. "Professionally, this is a no-brainer for me," he told Sports Editor Don O'Brien. "I'm excited to go to a top-20 program and jump right ba
• Democrats have released their proposal for new Illinois House districts that would make political life harder for Republicans.
• The first-degree murder trial for Calvin Duane Pettey of Hannibal, accused of shooting his fiance to death several days before their wedding, has been delayed to an evidence issue.
• A Springfield man accused of robbing a Quincy bank May 5 also has been charged with a bank robbery in Alton and is being investigated for at least three other bank robberies in the state.
• CLICK HERE FOR THE EVENT INFO: The 29th annual girls basketball all-star game will be held at 5 p.m. and the 28th annual boys game will follow at 7:15 p.m.
• Former Gardner Denver Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Helen W. Cornell will deliver the keynote address Sunday during Quincy University's 148th commencement ceremony.
• A traffic stop at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at Sixth and Lind resulted in a Quincy driver being arrested on multiple charges.
• A Quincy woman who authorities say was part of a mother-daughter methamphetamine cooking team was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.
• Quincy Notre Dame High School and the city's four Catholic elementary schools each received checks Thursday as their share of the proceeds from the "Everybody Wins" mega raffle held earlier this spring.
• The Missouri Department of Transportation will proceed this summer with substantial changes to the configuration of U.S. 61/24 in Palmyra, but the changes will be somewhat scaled back from what the agency initially proposed at a February meeting.
• Gov. Jay Nixon was in New London Thursday to formally launch the Ralls County Electric Cooperative's fiber Internet initiative and congratulate the co-op on its groundbreaking achievement.
• ST. JUDE RUN: "Our goal every year is to involve more runners and raise more money -- it's all for the kids," Justin Wollbrink said.
• Have you or someone you know recently completed some maintenance or improvements on your home? You could qualify for a $100 weekly prize and a $1,000 grand prize.
• Volunteers register “clients” during an emergency disaster community shelter drill held by the Adams County Red Cross and the Adams County Emergency Management Agency Thursday at the Quincy Senior and Family Resource Center.
• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday denied a rehearing for the city of Quincy in its pursuit to develop a hydropower facility at Lock and Dam 21.
• The Missouri House of Representatives and Senate finalized their operating bills for fiscal 2012, including K-12 education funding. Numbers were available for the first time at Wednesday’s Hannibal Board of Education meeting,
• John Wood Community College trustees Wednesday approved the tentative fiscal year 2012 budget of $15.6 million after meeting for nearly 90 minutes in executive session
• The Pikeland and Pleasant Hill school districts will co-op high school girls basketball.
• The Hannibal School District is ready to pull the trigger on its summer plans, confirming at Wednesday night's Board of Education meeting that summer school is a go and detailing a list of summer capital projects.
• Illinois legislative redistricting map released this morning will create subtle changes in this region.
• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s meeting today could bring a solution to the order that dismissed the city of Quincy’s preliminary permit and licensing application to construct a hydropower facility at Lock and Dam 21 three months t
• So who had the best showing on Wednesday's "American Idol"? Steve Eighinger says it was Haley, but he thinks it's going to be tough to beat Scotty to win the title.
• Superintendent Lonny Lemon has been appointed by the governor's office to serve on a special task force studying unfunded mandates in Illinois. The task force met for the first time Friday in Springfield.
• A report indicates Reps. Bobby Schilling (R-17) and Aaron Schock (R-18) are likely to be merged into one super-Democratic district stretching from Rock Island to Peoria and Galesburg.
• Carl Fisher of Ameren Illinois said improper use of electric generators can be deadly to utility workers and homeowners during a safety presentation in Quincy on Wednesday.
• Harold Camping, the 89-year-old head of the Family Radio Network, is predicting Saturday to be Judgment Day, when the world as we know it will cease to exist.
• The annual "Heroes for the American Red Cross" campaign generated $54,060 - well above its $45,000 goal - that will go toward local needs.
• The Adams County Board heard an update on the redistricting effort Tuesday. Three of the districts should see reduction in residents, while four should see an increase.
• Jonathon Bryant's classmates honored him Tuesday at Baldwin School by planting a tree in the school mall. Jonathon, 11, passed away earlier this month after a valiant fight with cancer.
• Investigation into the incident in which a suspicious package was left Monday afternoon at the County Clerk’s office has led police to find a “person on interest.” The man was questioned Tuesday by authorities and was determined that he
• When U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock visited Quincy on Tuesday, he set the record straight on some misconceptions about Congress.
• Have you or someone you know recently completed some maintenance or improvements on your home? You could qualify for a $100 weekly prize and a $1,000 grand prize.
• A Springfield man arrested last week in connection with the May 5 Members First Community Credit Union robbery will have a preliminary hearing Tuesday.
• A former nurse's aide at Levering Regional Health Care Center was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for felony abuse of a person receiving health care.
• Hannibal's city collector said a change in the city's property tax collection methodology may be in order as the City Council voted Tuesday to accept the latest round of delinquent tax write-offs.
• U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt went to CIA headquarters to view death photos of Osama bin Laden this week.
• The Adams County Ambulance Board on Tuesday morning approved a bid of $176,800 for a new ambulance.
• The recently implemented end of the Hannibal Board of Public Works' grace period for late bills caused a spike in electric shut-offs this winter, but the utility's general manager says that number has since returned to normal levels.
• The final resting place of Civil War veterans in Quincy has received a national historic designation.
• Never overestimate the intelligence of your average person, charged with your above-average crime. Really. You can't make it up.
• U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, said the very political divisions that frustrate so many Americans may offer the best chance for real change this year in Washington D.C.
• The Mendon School Board has appointed James Farmer to fill a vacant seat on the seven-member board. The appointment was made during a special meeting last week.
• Nonunion employees with the city of Quincy will receive a 1.5 percent raise after the City Council unanimously approved the proposal Monday night.
• Palmyra Heritage Day seeks to show a progression in Palmyra's history, said its organizer, Becky Taylor of the Heritage Seekers organization.
• The Adams County Finance Committee on Monday night agreed to solicit quotes for liability and workers' compensation insurance.
• The Regional Board of School Trustees for Adams and Pike counties swore in four members Monday and re-elected Harry Gleckler as chairman.
• Touching hearts is the goal of the Missouri Adoption Heart Gallery, whose third annual showing in Hannibal opened Monday in the Mark Twain Museum Gallery.
• It took nearly four hours Monday, but a suspicious bag checked for explosives at the Adams County Courthouse turned out to have nothing but paperwork and other documents in it. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS.
• The Adams County Courthouse has been secured. According to Adams County Sheriff Brent Fischer the item in question contained "paperwork." Fisher will be giving a statement later this evening.
• The suspicious package has been removed from the Adams County Courthouse by a member of the Illinois Secretary of State Police Bomb Squad.
• A member of the Illinois Secretary of State Police Bomb Squad has entered the Adam's County Courthouse in full bomb protective gear.
• Authorities are waiting for an Illinois Secretary of State Bomb Squad unit to arrive. It could be several hours before the unit is in Quincy.
• Authorities say they are waiting on a bomb disposal unit at the Adams County Courthouse.
• Entire block around the Adam's County Courthouse now closed due to a suspicious package.
• Adam's County Chief Deputy Fred Kientzle says the package is basically a "bank bag with a zipper." A canine trained to detect explosives alerted on the package.
• The Adams County Courthouse has been evacuated except for the jail after authorities say a suspicious package was found in the Adam's County Clerk's office.
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• Hotel operators in Quincy and Hannibal, Mo., say occupancy rates are rising and a good year is expected.
• Zach Parrish was one of 95 seniors who graduated Sunday from Quincy Notre Dame High School. When the 18-year-old student walked through the QND gym to accept his diploma, he was wearing a satisfied smile, knowing he did everything he could to complete a
• The Quincy Police Department honored fallen law enforcement officers with a ceremony this morning at City Hall Plaza.
• 'The angels are taking you now': How an 11-year-old boy's fight with cancer strengthened his family, touched a classroom: "I held him when he came into this world," said his mother, Jeanette Bryant, "and I was going to hold
• A Springfield man accused of robbing a Quincy bank May 5 had his first court appearance Thursday and was appointed a public defender as his attorney.
• The city of Quincy’s appeal of the Federal Emergency Regulatory Commission’s February order dismissing both the preliminary permit and licensing applications to develop a hydropower facility at Lock and Dam 21 in Quincy is on the agency&rsquo
• Quincy has been named to Outdoor Life's "Top 200 Towns for Sportsmen" for the fourth consecutive year, being ranked 180th on the list.
• Adams County ag awareness efforts got a $5,000 boost Friday morning thanks to a grant from ADM Cares.
• Community members and county officials reacted negatively Thursday to news of a proposal by the Missouri Department of Transportation that would eliminate 1,200 jobs and close 135 facilities statewide, including two maintenance buildings in Lewis County.
• The sentencing for Quincy resident Darrold Wayne Frisbie, convicted in February of aggravated criminal sexual assault and drug-related counts, has been continued until May 31.
• Quincy resident Matthew Keller was escorted out of a gully Thursday by Quincy firefighters after his truck's brakes failed when he was driving on Maiden Lane.
• James Durbin’s surprise ouster Thursday night on American Idol brought back the all-too-familiar memories of Chris Daughtry’s elimination in 2006.
• The city of Quincy's appeal of the Federal Emergency Hydropower Commission's February order dismissing both the preliminary permit and licensing applications is on the May 19 meeting agenda.
• A fire marshal was on the scene Thursday to determine the cause of fire that heavily damaged a hog confinement east of Liberty on the Siloam Springs blacktop.
• At least six people have been transported to Blessing Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the traffic accident on Broadway in the noon hour.
• A six-car pileup at 24th and Broadway during the noon hour is snarling traffic. Emergency vehicles have been dispatched and more than two wreckers have been sent to the scene.
• The city of Quincy could be in danger of losing its preliminary permits to develop hydropower facilities at Lock and Dam 24 and Lock and Dam 25 because its consultant failed to file a required six-month progress report on time with the Federal Energy Reg
• John Wood Community College will hold its 36th annual graduation ceremony Friday.
• Nonunion employees for the city of Quincy are scheduled to receive 1.5 percent pay raises instead of a one-time $850 stipend after city officials learned that state law prohibits that practice with some personnel.
• The city of Quincy is likely to receive less in motor fuel tax revenue as gas prices soar and many drivers take the quick trip to Missouri to fill up on gas where it is about 20 cents cheaper per gallon.
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• An array of family entertainment will be available at the foot of the Clarence Cannon Dam this weekend as Mark Twain Lake plays host to the Salt River Expo.
• The Palmyra R-1 School District should squeak by with a small budget surplus next year if state and local funding factors cooperate, the Board of Education learned Tuesday.
• Former Spring Lake Country Club General Manager William Todd Marler pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of aggravated arson and theft over $10,000.
• Family is a key ingredient in Darlene Spurrier's cooking — and in her day-to-day schedule. WATCH VIDEO of how she makes her Hash Brown Casserole.
• Adam Wright will be transported to Quincy today by Adams County Sheriff’s deputies. He could have his first court appearance Thursday. Adams County State’s Attorney Jon Barnard said Wright will be charged with robbery, a Class 2 felony. His b
• Quincy Plan Commission members endorsed zoning changes, special permits and subdivision of lots during a busy meeting Tuesday that drew only moderate debate from opponents.
• Nearly three dozen industrial arts students at Unity High School are doing something good for the community while also honing their construction-related skills. The students took part in building a portable lean-to shelter for horses overseen by Quincy E
• A Springfield man was arrested Tuesday in connection with last week’s Members First Credit Union bank in Quincy.
• Municipalities and counties statewide are watching action in Springfield that could reduce local revenue sharing by about one-third.
• For the third consecutive month, the Quincy City Council on Monday night tabled action on a proposal for a 47-lot subdivision near Spring Lake Estates, north of the city.
• A memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday for George Schmitt, a Quincy man who has been missing for six days after it is believed he fell off his boat into the Mississippi River.
• Jerry Welch, the owner of American Decor and resident of the rebounding South Main neighborhood, has written poetry for 15 years. But none of it was as sweet, he says, as "Illume and the Moon," which he wrote in 2009.
• Six members of the Mackenzie family recently took on the challenge presented by Kevin Mckenzie to run the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville, Tenn.
• A Quincy driver was arrested on multiple charges Sunday morning at Third and Oak, where police said he was found slumped at the wheel of his vehicle.
• U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, is on the cover of Men’s Health magazine to promote a national fitness campaign.
• Two Iowa men were arrested early this morning after a vehicle chase from Missouri into Quincy.
• School districts across Missouri are taking steps to conform with a new state law by adopting policies on using "restrictive behavioral interventions" when the safety of students or staff is at risk.
• History was made last Monday night when three women were seated on the Quincy City Council, marking the first time more than one woman has served as an alderman at the same time.
• The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) enjoyed a 28 percent increase in usage this year.
• Video recovered in the raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed show the terrorist watching coverage about himself on television.
• The Quincy Police Department collected 10 large trash bags of unused medications and pills at the Quincy Mall sub post during the National Prescription Drug Take-Back day.
• A pregnant woman pushing her 2-year-old son in a stroller was arrested Thursday on meth-related charges after a undercover police effort.
• Canton Police Chief William Hudnall resigned Friday after being indicted Thursday on federal charges involving the purchase of a firearm at The Flower Mill and Trading Post in Canton.
• A Quincy Police Department official said today there are some leads regarding Thursday’s robbery of the Members First Community Credit Union that yielded an undetermined amount of cash.
• U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has re-introduced legislation requiring a feasibility study of the New Philadelphia site to determine its qualifications for designation as a national park, and supporters hope to begin building support for the study in the Senate
• GOLDEN APPLE: For nearly three decades, Robert Dooley has taught and directed band and choral groups at Clark County High School, but he's done much more than that. — WATCH VIDEO here.
• Special Olympics athletes from West-Central Illinois will gather Saturday for the annual Spring Games at Flinn Stadium.
• The search for a missing 62-year-old Quincy man continues today on the Mississippi River between Lock and Dams 20-21 between Quincy and Canton, Mo.
• Two controversial pieces of legislation fell short of passage in the Illinois House Thursday, but sponsors of the concealed-carry bill and the medical marijuana measure are not giving up.
• Watch surveillance video provided by WGEM here.
• Canton (Mo.) Police Chief William Hudnall has been indicted on charges involving the purchase of a firearm at The Flower Mill and Trading Post in Canton, and he faces up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $250,000.
• A rural Williamstown man faces drug charges after his home was searched Tuesday by police.
• A faulty muffler led Quincy police to stop a 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck in the 400 block of Maiden Lane at 3:21 p.m. Wednesday, and to the eventual arrest of a Quincy man on drug charges.
• Police say two brothers from Hannibal, Mo., wanted in connection with a check fraud scam were arrested Wednesday in Lincoln.
• Members First Credit Union robbed of undisclosed amount of money just before noon Thursday
• Five regional groups will travel from as far away as St. Louis to join four Quincy acts to perform on two stages Saturday at The Local Q Music Fest. — ALSO, find out the lineup, shuttle and hotel info and more.
• Emergency personnel are searching for George Stephen Schmitt, 52, of Quincy. The last contact with Schmitt was at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, when he told a person he was heading to his river camp where he makes his home.
• First Bankers Trustshares Inc. reports $1.3 million in earnings, which equal 54 cents per share, for the first quarter of 2011.
• The boat owner’s pickup truck was found north of Knapheide Landing with the keys in it. Authorities took a boat to the man’s river camp, currently accessible by only water, but did not find anyone, according to a Fire Department spokesman.
• Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing has earned a second state grant for its Student Skills Lab upgrade, bringing the total it has received to more than $650,000.
• Sharon Terwelp began her teaching career at St. Mary School in Quincy, and she's remained with that family through consolidation, location changes and name changes. WATCH VIDEO from WGEM.
• The fact that no top-tier candidate will appear at a Republican presidential debate tonight speaks to the turbulence and uncertainty of the party.
• Search efforts are under way for a man who is believed to have fallen off a flat boat Wednesday on the Mississippi River.
• If you haven't taken any photos yet on May 4, there's still time to capture the nightlife or your home life for inclusion into The Herald-Whig's "A Day in Our Life" book project.
• A Liberty man and former Gem City Armored Security employee is sentenced to two years probation for stealing from a Mercantile Bank ATM machine.
• Have you taken any photos today? Submit them to The Herald-Whig for possible publication in our "A Day in Our Life" book.
• Monroe City, Mo., native Nicci Hays-Fort was introduced Wednesday as the new women's basketball coach at Colgate University.
• The stopping of a motorist Tuesday morning in Hannibal led to the arrest of a Hannibal man on multiple charges.
• A handicapped man was rescued when his female caregiver arrived about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday to find the apartment filled with smoke.
• Quincy school crossing guards were honored Tuesday with a picnic at Madison Park, courtesy of the Quincy Police Department.
• An Oak Brook developer is planning to develop property at 52nd and Broadway in front of Walmart that would include a cellphone store and a national dental practice.
• Gasoline prices jumped 16 cents on Tuesday, climbing to $4.15.9 per gallon at many Quincy stations.
• When Derek Jennings arrived home Sunday night in his Silver Springs, Md., apartment and learned of the death of Osama bin Laden, three things came to mind. — Find out what the three things were, here.
• The Hannibal City Council swore in its newest member and took steps to make effective a voter-approved proposition dissolving the Fire Board, even as it took care of outstanding business before the last meeting of the council.
• GOLDEN APPLE: Randy Lillard, a 1973 graduate of Canton High School, has spent his entire educational career in Canton. He has taught industrial arts and drivers education. He has coached sports and held various administrative roles at the middle school,
• Illinois State Police trooper Mike Kindhart is busy this time of year showing off his rollover demonstrator to various civic groups and schools.
• Navy Seal Team 6 gets an A and Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall gets an F in Don O'Brien's latest version of the Mid-Week Grades.
• On Tuesday, Richard Draper's excitement to begin his public service as part of the Hannibal City Council was almost palpable.
• As horrible of a human being as the Face of Evil had been, Steve Eighinger says this latest chapter in the never-ending War on Terror boiled down to a loss of life. How was he supposed to feel?
• Today is the day for you to take photos of your life and submit them to The Herald-Whig for publication in our "A Day in Our Life" book.
• Ray Heilmann, principal of Quincy Notre Dame High School for the past 16 years and a member of the school’s staff since 1973, has announced plans to retire at the end of the 2011-12 academic year.
• A Palmyra man convicted by a Marion County jury of attempting to steal anhydrous ammonia was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.
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• Mary Lynne Richards asks: If you only had time for only one exercise, what should you do?
• Customers had good things to say about the new First Bankers Trust Building when it opened Monday.
• The North Adams Historical Society hopes to have the Old Stone Church in the New Providence Cemetery north of Ursa, Ill., listed on the National Register. Rosemary Tenvorde is researching the church's history as part of the application process.
• Ray Heilmann is retiring as the principal of Quincy Notre Dame High School at the end of the 2011-12 school year.
• For the first time in nearly 60 years, Republicans have a majority on the Quincy City Council.
• Toni Hoffman is known for her laughter and her love of cardboard. Most of all, Hoffman is known for her dedication to teaching and showing her students at Western Elementary School in Barry with love.
• Read what witnesses say happened in the fateful hours of May 23, 2010, when Phillip Diaz shot Ian Barksdale to death on the Hardee's parking lot.
• Monday’s arraignment for Stephan D. Mattox took an interesting turn when his attorney, Riff Scholz of Quincy, initially failed to appear.
• Check out all of the story's from the Quincy Herald-Whig's special section on nursing here.
• Chicago resident Phillip Diaz pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder and faces up to 45 years in prison for fatally shooting Quincyan Ian Barksdale last May in a Quincy parking lot.
• Joyous at the release of a decade’s frustration, Americans streamed to the site of the World Trade Center, the gates of the White House and smaller but no less jubilant gatherings across the nation to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden —
• Transitions of Western Illinois kicked off its National Mental Health Month awareness campaign this morning with a celebration at the agency's facility.
• After he was released from the hospital, Scott Garner needed to make an emergency trip downtown for pants alterations before his wedding.
• Sitting in his office at the Oakley-Lindsay Center, Lenny Bart, the new managing/artistic director of the Quincy Community Theatre, appears to be right at home.
• Fire protection districts respond to reports of smoke along Ill. 107, only to find the landowner overseeing a controlled burn. The scene replays countless times throughout the year as rural departments respond to reports of smoke, only to find carefully-
• Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.
• Staff Writer Rodney Hart shares the story of a groom who finds himself checked into Blessing Hospital just days before his wedding.
• Dreary winter weather has kept many people confined to the treadmill. Take advantage of the spring-like temperatures and go outside for a workout this weekend.
• The QHS and Hannibal High School football teams will meet in 2012 for the first time in 27 seasons when they square off in Week 2 at Hannibal's E.A. Porter Stadium. The home-and-home series will move to Quincy's Flinn Stadium in 2013, and the h
• U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth, told students at Culver-Stockton College that the nation is at a crossroads.
• The coming-out party for the two new Boots Bush Park soccer fields might be this weekend. The site is scheduled to host Quincy High School's six-team girls soccer tournament.
• Titan International reported record first quarter sales of $280.8 million and record income for operations of $26.9 million.
• Reservations will be accepted until Monday for the 22nd annual Preservation Dinner, co-sponsored by Quincy Preserves and the Quincy Preservation Commission.
• The coming-out party for the two new Boots Bush Park soccer fields might be this weekend.
• The Teachers' Retirement System in Illinois is facing a $40 billion unfunded liability, but the system is still working the way it should.
• Robert Moman's sentencing was unlike any other Rodney Hart has seen in a decade of covering crime and courts.
• Prince William and Kate Middleton have emerged from Westminster Abbey to huge cheers from thousands of well-wishers, with the royal couple waving to the crowds from a horse-drawn carriage. READ THE LIVE BLOG by Julie Ann Marra here.
• Robert Moman, who was convicted last February by an Adams County jury for possession with intent to crack cocaine, is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
• Former Spring Lake Country Club General Manager William Todd Marler will have a preliminary hearing May 11 for charges of theft over $10,000 and aggravated arson.
• A Quincy man was arrested Thursday morning after the Adams County Sheriff's Special Response Team served a search warrant at 406 Oak.
• A Hannibal woman was arrested Wednesday as Hannibal Police Department Narcotic Unit officers continued an investigation into a meth lab found last week in the 1000 block of Bird Street.
• Rodney Hart went home for lunch and spent most of his time searching for his dog.
• Practice makes perfect: Kate Middleton and her bridesmaids, together with best man Prince Harry, rehearsed one more time at Westminster Abbey today. — Find out how to FOLLOW ALONG during the ceremony with Julie Ann Marra on a live blog here.
• Esther Moore, a performer for The Local Q Music Fest May 7, answers questions on performing, plans for the future and more.
• The Mendon School Board is considering a proposal to mothball Loraine Elementary School and shift students elsewhere.
• To view President Barack Obama's birth certificate and download the PDF, check out Doug Wilson's political blog here.
• Several light-hearted stunts, and countless others, were part of a fundraiser by the Harlem Wizards comedy basketball team Wednesday night at Highland High School. WATCH VIDEO OF THE EVENT HERE.
• For the first time in more than a decade, Adams County is launching a new website that should offer easier navigation for visitors.
• Illinois is expected to end the fiscal year in two months with $8.3 billion in unpaid bills, according to revised figures from Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka.
• Quincy native James B. Stewart, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, has a new book out. “Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America” tells the stories of Bernie Madoff, Martha Stewart, Barry Bonds and Scooter Libby
• Renovations of the Quincy Public Library will soon move to the second phase of construction as recently completed areas of the library will soon open. The library will close May 16-30 to transition to the finished areas of the building.
• The former Mark Twain Ice and Coal building at Main and Broadway has new occupants, Stan and Cara Foster of Arizona, seasonal residents of Ralls County who are opening a boutique and cafe in the storefront.
• Caitlin Steiner, a sixth-grade world geography teacher in her second year at Hannibal Middle School, was named a Missouri Outstanding Beginning Teacher this month.
• Spring has sprung, and flowers are not the only thing blooming around us. Steve Eighinger says there are morons, and plenty of them.
• The fifth attempt at a trial for former U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke, an Ursa, Ill., native, is scheduled to begin Sept. 7 at the Hardin County (Ky.) Justice Center.
• Traci Sparrow of Dallas City was recognized Tuesday night as the Illinois Country Mother of the Year in the third annual essay contest sponsored by Illinois County Living magazine.
• Former Spring Lake Country Club General Manager William Todd Marler was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of theft and aggravated arson.
• Former Western Illinois University student Cameron McKoy pleaded guilty Monday to making nine bomb threats last year against the school.
• Clark County Middle School teacher Adam Hardin was arrested Monday night for misdemeanor theft and trespassing, along with two juveniles. According to the Clark County school website, Hardin is a physical education teacher and assistant football coach at
• Skip Vahlkamp received a surprise at Monday night's City Council meeting from fellow 6th Ward Alderman Dan Brink and multiple residents of the ward who donated to the effort.
• Say what you want about Donald Trump, but Steve Eighinger says he knows how to work the crowd in today's High 5.
• Neighborhood tension was a pivot point in Monday's preliminary hearing for Stephan Mattox, the Hannibal man accused of assaulting his neighbor after his neighbor's fiance allegedly shot at Mattox's house.
• Residents are encouraged to take photos of everyday activities on Wednesday, May 4, and submit them for publication in a user-generated book titled "A Day in Our Life," which will be published this fall.
• You may have seen a BOSU balance trainer at your gym or Y and are not sure what to do with it. Mary Lynne Richards discovered recently how to use it with good results.
• The U.S. Supreme Court does not intend to hear arguments at this time about whether it is unconstitutional to require that Americans purchase health insurance. That does not mean the issue is dead.
• Do you know of someone who is having a wedding party in celebration of the Prince William-Kate Middleton nuptials?
• Take a look back on the two past tumultuous years with Bud Niekamp as president of the Quincy School Board.
• Rodney Hart says it's hard to believe nobody was killed during last Friday’s tornado at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. This YouTube video show the storm sweeping through an airport concourse.
• Flights between Quincy and St. Louis remain canceled as cleanup in Concourse C continues. Marty Stegeman, director of Quincy Regional Airport, said flights would probably resume Tuesday night.
• One-year contracts with city employee unions are set to expire this week as negotiations continue with three bargaining units.
• The Quincy City Council next week will swear in new members and will see the retirement of one alderman who has been a fixture for almost three decades.
• The four-hour, 20-minute Quincy School Board meeting Wednesday night drew interest from other school boards meeting in the region that night.
• Unemployment rates fell throughout Western Illinois during March, while eight of nine counties in Northeast Missouri reported lower unemployment.
• A judge approved Thursday a prosecutor's request for immunity for four potential state witnesses in next month's Philip Diaz murder trial.
• A blood drive program spearheaded, in part, by Susannah and the late Melvin Schrader just marked its 35th anniversary of helping to save lives in Hancock County and beyond.
• Forecasters are saying several inches of rain could fall over the mid-Mississippi River valley through the next several days, and the timing couldn't be worse, with the river already spilling over its banks.
• Click play to watch Quincy School Board drama from Wednesday night.
• Two newcomers to the Quincy School Board want to see education take center stage after witnessing a potentially divisive, marathon session on Wednesday.
• Before Jared Keim tries out for "American Idol" at the behest of his Facebook fans, he'll have a chance to try his luck at a former "American Idol" judge's new vocal showcase "X Factor."
• A judge approved a prosecutor's request for immunity for four potential state witnesses in next month's Philip Diaz murder trial.
• According to WIU spokesman Darcie Shinberger, JD Gravina’s initial salary will be $105,000 per year as the women's basketball coach.
• WATCH VIDEO from lastnight's School Board meeting on the discussion of Flinn Stadium here.
• Jesse Gilsdorf, attorney for Quincy School Board member Melvin "Bud" Niekamp, said the School Board's decision Wednesday to vacate Niekamp's controversial old seat may not necessarily end the quo warranto lawsuit that was filed agains
• Four different people held the position as president of the Quincy School Board for varying lengths of time on Wednesday night, with Bill Daniels closing the third of three meetings as the president, chosen by the newly seated Board by a 6-1 vote.
• Melvin "Bud" Niekamp resigned Wednesday night as the president of the Quincy School Board, and he was later removed from the remainder of his two-year term by the School Board by a 4-3 vote.
• Find out what Niekamp said about resigning as School Board president here.
• 9:31 Matt Hopf: Niekamp says, "At this point in time, it is my intention to remain in my current two-year seat."
• Bud Niekamp is making a statement to the board, follow here.
• Some comments suggest the issue with Niekamp be solved by a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, what are your thoughts? - Meeting in recess while Niekamp Meets with Gilsdorf. Follow live here!
• LIVE BLOG UPDATE - 9:08 Matt Hopf: Scott Stone who will be sworn in during the next meeting said if the board removes Niekamp from the board it will continue the "cloud" over the board.
• The second meeting of the Quincy School Board is in session and Bud Neikamp is the main topic, the public comment portion is underway, follow live here.
• The Quincy School Board is planning on going into executive session. Many people plan on remaining here. Follow along with the meeting live here!
• Follow along with the Quincy School Board meeting live here!
• Bud Niekamp's status and the installation of artificial turf at Flinn Stadium will be among the topics of discussion at Wednesday's meeting of the Quincy School Board. Follow along with the meeting live here!
• MoDOT will temporarily close Route 136/61 at Alexandria at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, due to high water from heavy rain received north of the area. The road on the east side of the bridge also is being closed by Iowa DOT.
• The Mississippi River is nearing flood stage at Alexandria and expected to cover the road later today, which is earlier than anticipated based on previous predictions from the National Weather Service. Wednesday morning, the water was at the edge of the
• ROAD CLOSING: MoDOT says U.S. 136/61 at Alexandria could close between 3 to 7 p.m. today due to rising waters. MoDOT had earlier predicted the roadway would be closed Friday or Saturday, but the recent rains have prompted the need for possible earlier cl
• Checking up on a parolee from the Illinois Department of Corrections led police to arrest three people on drug charges at 2:35 p.m. Tuesday at 1516 Shari Court.
• This year's ecumenical Community Good Friday Service will be held at First Christian Church, 1415 Maine.
• Canton will install its floodgates Wednesday as the Mississippi River continues to rise. The gates at the north city limit will close off the northern section of Missouri Supplemental Route B/Business 61.
• Blessing Hospital has some good news for patients in need of delicate procedures requiring absolute accuracy, such as those involving catheter placement in veins for the delivery of medications or nutritional support, or spinal injections for the diagnos
• Incumbents held on to their seats in LaGrange's municipal election Tuesday.
• The Quincy School Board's Finance Committee recommended approval Tuesday of tentative balanced budgets for the Special Education Association of Adams County and the Quincy Area Vocational-Technical Center.
• All the drama surrounding what may or may not happen to Melvin “Bud” Niekamp at tonight’s Quincy School Board meeting is really no mystery at all. It’s now becoming clear that he will lose his current seat and will be sworn into t
• Acquiring one of those "smart" cell phones scares Steve Eighinger to no end. He has one of the dumb cell phones, the kind that only allows you to make and receive calls. There's also that texting thing that is available, but that is way be
• Checking up on a parolee from the Illinois Department of Corrections led police to arrest three people on drug charges at 1516 Shari Court.
• A train derailed around noon Tuesday near Continental Cement just south of Hannibal, Mo., but no injuries were reported. Twenty-two cars are off the track near Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Ilasco Switch, with 17 cars overturned.
• HANNIBAL TRAIN DERAILMENT UPDATE: Heading south on Mo. 79, there is a flagger turning away all vehicles, except semitrucks, about a half a mile north of the derailment. At this point on the highway, there is a sign stating emergency scene ahead.
• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has requested information from the city of Quincy's hydropower limited liability company, Great River Hydropower LLC, regarding the Feb. 17 order dismissing both preliminary permit and licensing applications.
• BNSF train derails near Continental Cement in Hannibal; no injuries have been reported
• A train has derailed near Continental Cement just south of Hannibal, Mo. A spokesman for Continental says he has counted at least 10 to 12 cars off the track near Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Ilasco Switch, with several cars overturned.
• Tuesday’s early morning storms left behind a few reminders in parts of Pike County. Near baseball-sized hail fell in the Pearl area. “It’s bigger than a golf ball. It’s almost a baseball,” Blake Roderick said.
• John Hasek may not tickle the ivories on a piano, but he has a sure touch with the keys. Hasek creates Art Deco-style pendants and scrimshaw from the worn ivory and ebony of old piano keyboards.
• Rising waters on the Mississippi River have prompted the city of Hannibal to begin installing its floodgates this week.
• Steve Eighinger had so much fun with the first two editions of The Dirty Thirty this season that he expanded it to an all-time format this week.
• Redevelopment of the Newcomb Hotel at Fourth and Maine may finally be moving forward after decades of proposed renovations.
• Betty Nielsen unwittingly stumbled on a piece of local music history when going through her late father's record collection. Nielsen, who owns Gifts by Grawe in Quincy with her husband Ray, pulled out four bright pink albums called "Big River M
• Robert E. Meyer, who served as assistant superintendent of Quincy Public Schools from 1964 to 1981, was 91 when he died March 7, 2010. Meyer's estate was recently settled, and a check for $800,000 arrived at the Board of Education office last week.
• ADM's $80,000 donation gives boost to Quincy School District's Reading Recovery program
• The Quincy School Board has called a special meeting for Wednesday night to deal with the Melvin "Bud" Niekamp situation -- once and for all.
• The Quincy School Board's Building Committee recommended today that the district spend $420,000 in "life-safety" funds to repair the subsurface of the dilapidated playing field at Flinn Stadium.
• Two Hannibal residents were arrested on drug charges early Monday in an apartment in the 400 block of North Arch by Hannibal Police.
• Missouri Department of Transportation Director Kevin Keith said his agency already is in maintenance mode, and the state eventually may have to turn down more than $450 million in federal funds due to the lack of matching dollars.
• Missouri Sen. Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown, and Rep. Tom Shively, D-Clarence, both want what's best for farmers, yet they find each other on opposite sides of the debate about protections for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Those
• The Boundses are part missionaries, part church starters, part church revitalizers and all enthusiasm. They're staying in Quincy for a year -- and possibly longer -- working with the Rev. Larry Wentzel and First Congregational Church at 12th and Mai
• Former QHS standout Shelby Anderson is playing for his cancer-stricken father while wrapping up his baseball career at Lindenwood University.
• Harold Volkmer, who represented Northeast Missouri in Congress for two decades, died Saturday. Volkmer, 80, a Democrat from Hannibal, served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 9th Congressional District from 1977-1997,
• Jessica M. Martin-Cate was a judge for WGEM's local contest for "X Factor" today and four locals were chosen for a free pass to the Chicago audition later this month for the national television show, find out who they are on "The Brea
• Quincy-based Mercantile Bancorp Inc. reported net losses of $44.6 million for the fiscal year that ended Dec. 31, according to documents filed late Friday afternoon with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Western Illinois University has hired JD Gravina as its new women's basketball coach. The school confirmed Friday afternoon that it had hired Gravina, who has spent the last four seasons at Quincy University.
• A trio of tornadoes Friday afternoon in Pike County destroyed a mobile home and scattered debris at a steel yard near U.S. 54, but they caused no injuries.
• For the second time in seven years, Brad Hoyt is ready to take the keys of the John Wood Community College men’s basketball program from Mike Elbe.
• Mary Lynne Richards is asking for participants for this year's St. Jude Run that will start in Hannibal on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Click here to watch video of the verdict in the Manuel Cazares murder trial.
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is progressing on a final round of repairs to its Re-Regulation Dam downstream from Mark Twain Lake and the adjacent Bluffview Recreation Area, which both suffered extensive damage in a 2008 flood. WATCH VIDEO of a park r
• Fifteen students from Germany are getting a taste of American culture and Quincy hospitality while taking part in an exchange program with Quincy Notre Dame High School.
• The request for a rehearing from the city of Quincy to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is not included in the agenda for the commission's April 21 meeting.
• The Quincy City Council heard from each department head within the city detailing the $30.1 million general fund budget, an increase of 4.4 percent over the current year's budget, during the course of the four-hour meeting Thursday night at the Quin
• Matt Schuckman throws out this idea for classifiying high school sports: Instead of basing classifications on enrollment, base them on population.
• Follow the Quincy City Council budget meeting with Matt Hopf RIGHT NOW LIVE on his blog "The City/County Beat."
• Manuel Cazares was found guilty Thursday afternoon by a St. Charles County jury of two counts of second-degree murder.
• Manuel Cazares has been found guilty on two counts of second degree murder.
• There is now a Quincy Herald-Whig Sports fan page, click the link and "Like" the page for updates.
• Jury begins deliberations in Manuel Cazares trial.
• Jessica M. Martin-Cate talks about choosing a lineup for a concert, especially the Local Q Music Fest, on "The Breakdown." She says, "The Local Q has been talking about this event for some time now, but I hope the main message has not been
• Had there been children in the residence, "I probably would have let them live," Cazares admitted.
• Saying he "just felt a rage inside my body," Manuel Cazares admitted on the stand Thursday morning that he stabbed Carl Patrick Epley and Amanda Thomas to death inside Thomas' Hannibal residence two years ago.
• Four Quincyans have been arrested on multiple charges in connection with the Monday night armed robbery of an Iowa man in the 1200 block of South Fifth. More arrests could follow in the ongoing investigation, police said.
• Manuel Cazares admitted to stabbing Carl Patrick Epley and Amanda Thomas in Hannibal two years ago while testifying in his own defense Thursday morning, one day after the state rested its case in the second-degree murder trial.
• The Country Comfort Inn and Suites could be open within the next couple of weeks as the new owner, T&C Inn LLC, prepares to get the facility up and running.
• Manuel Cazares admits to stabbing Carl Epley and Amanda Thomas in Thomas' home on Starlite Ridge in Hannibal in February 2009.
• A clipped fiber-optic cable in central Missouri led to widespread phone and Internet outages Wednesday in Hannibal.
• Mercantile Bank of Quincy has agreed to follow a consent order outlined by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to restore the bank's finances. Mercantile was recently placed on the unofficial problem bank list along with 981 other institutions
• A 19-year-old New London man was arrested Tuesday morning by Hannibal Police on a drug charge.
• A New London man was arrested Wednesday for selling mind-altering drugs at his business.
• Manuel Cazares to testify today in his murder trial.
• Blessing Hospital has received high marks for preventing hospital-acquired conditions, or HACs, a federal report shows.
• Quincy Park District officials are trying to replace at least one of the two sites that will not have access to its afterschool programs during the 2011-12 school year.
• Check out the entire Quilting section by clicking the link and WATCH VIDEO.
• Logan Kammerer will be performing with eight other acts at the Local Q Music Fest, find out more about the Fielder lead-singer in a Q&A.
• The state rested its case Wednesday afternoon in the Manuel Cazares murder trial, and jurors could begin deliberating Thursday.
• Legislation regulating dog breeders was approved in the Missouri House Wednesday afternoon, revising many of the provisions from Proposition B.
• Challenging Republican budget plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation's future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen years through a blend of specific measures and vague objectives designed to lower spending in politic
• With pizza cutter in hand, Lois Knuffman makes quick work of turning dough into egg noodles. Husband Dick "does the noodles. I cut them," she said. "I do the easy part. He does the hard part." WATCH VIDEO of the Knuffmans for the Apri
• Manuel Cazares was going to make sure "no one got out of that bedroom alive" when he stabbed two people to death in Hannibal two years ago, a prosecutor told a St. Charles jury this morning.
• The latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare one or more meals was $49.07, up $2.10 or about 4 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2010.
• Jurors are expected to hear attorney arguments and testimony from Hannibal police officers Wednesday morning as the Manuel Cazares murder trial enters its second day.
• Two petitioners got the endorsements they sought, and two others did not when the Quincy Plan Commission met Tuesday night.
• The city of Quincy and Mississippi River No. 21 Hydropower Co., the city's hydropower corporation, are now a part of the appeal of the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission' Feb. 17 order dismissing the city's preliminary permit and licensi
• Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka has confirmed the state has more than $4.5 billion in overdue bills on its books and an addition $1.8 billion in refunds and other payments.
• A jury has been selected and opening statements are expected to be given Wednesday morning as the murder trial of Hannibal resident Manuel Cazares got under way Tuesday.
• Former Quincy superintendent George Meyer received the 14th annual Bonansinga Award today at a luncheon at Tony's Too restaurant.
• A revised schedule for Quincy High School students next year might be cause for celebration for hungry students.
• The murder trial of Hannibal resident Manuel Cazares formally began this morning with jury selection.
• The Girls on the Move program has started a fitness explosion among Hannibal girls. The program is designed to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.
• All Quincy High School students will get extra instruction minutes next year, but those who are struggling will spend even more time in the classroom.
• Joseph Abbey, a Quincy man, charged with trying to threaten a witness avoided a jury trial Monday by agreeing to plead guilty.
• A 52-year-old man was beaten and robbed about 9 p.m. Monday while walking in the 1200 block of South Fifth.
• After a traffic spot, the subsequent search of the vehicle and the two occupants led to the discovery of 16 grams of meth, meth precursors and manufacturing materials led to the arrest of the vehicle's two occupants.
• The murder trial of Hannibal resident Manuel Cazares, interrupted by a winter storm in February, is scheduled to start today in St. Charles.
• The Adams County Ambulance Service may still borrow money from the county's general fund as it waits for property tax revenue it receives this summer to cover cashflow issues.
• A tax objection case involving 112 Quincy properties in Ellington and Melrose townships is continuing and could reach a settlement by next week.
• From her hilltop house above downtown Hannibal, Olive Kraus has been busy creating items for the Smithsonian Craft Fair. WATCH VIDEO of the artist here.
• The Quincy Area Branch of the Alzheimer's Association is looking for individuals in their 40s and older to participate in a new program that promotes brain health in an effort to fight dementia.
• U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling believes the United States is "on the verge of bankruptcy," and Congress needs to act accordingly. Also, WATCH VIDEO from his visit.
• Politico looks at five of the most significant challenges for Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and what can be done about them.
• Palmyra and Monroe City kicked off a friendly Biggest Loser competition Monday, with their respective mayors taking part in the community weight-loss contest as well for a little friendly gamble.
• American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe is reportedly considering a change in the voting process at American Idol to make the show more similar to Dancing With the Stars,
• The Health and Wellness Foundation of Pike County will break ground in July on a $2 million consolidated health complex on the former Brown Shoe factory site in Pittsfield.
• T&C Inn LLC, the mortgage holder of the Country Comfort Inn and Suites, has taken possession of the hotel after a Monday morning foreclosure hearing before Judge Thomas Ortbal.
• T&C Inn LLC, the mortgage holder of the Country Comfort Inn and Suites, is taking possession of the hotel. The change in ownership was noted at a status hearing this morning.
• Steve Eighinger writes about the latest Superman villain, your first sunburn this weekend and chocolate cake in today's High 5.
• The murder trial of Hannibal resident Manuel Cazares, interrupted by a winter storm in February, is scheduled to start Tuesday in St. Charles.
• A family near Center, Mo., was busy cleaning up this morning after high winds tied to a Sunday night storm took down two buildings on the farm.
• Local ABATE group and other motorcycle advocates have joined forces for a statewide campaign designed to promote rider training and proper gear use.
• Kelcey Clark, 41, of Quincy is sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to delivering between five and 15 grams of methamphetamine.
• Dennis Boudreau says the issue of sales tax for online retailers needs to be addressed on a nationwide level.
• Deal reached to avoid government shutdown
• The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Cape Air a four-year contract to provide air service between Quincy and St. Louis. The order maintains the 36 weekly round trips to the Quincy Regional Airport. Cape Air will receive an annual subsidy of
• Water service has been restored to the Country Comfort Inn and Suites in Quincy, two days after the city turned the water off, but the hotel remains closed.
• The Missouri Department of Conservation says great fishing prospects await visitors to Mark Twain Lake this spring.
• Rumor Has It ..., a popular Hannibal watering hole, has closed after losing its state sales tax license over unpaid taxes, local and state officials say.
• Two Chicago residents were arrested after Quincy Police said they recovered a large amount of crack cocaine early Thursday morning.
• Keethan Shaffer of Quincy, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for theft and possession of a stolen vehicle.
• Quincy University women's basketball coach JD Gravina is a finalist for the vacant head coaching position at Western Illinois University.He will interview Wednesday for the position left open last month when Leslie Crane's contract was not rene
• QU women's basketball coach JD Gravina confirms that he's a finalist for vacant WIU women's hoops job. He will interview in Macomb next week.
• The sweep of three contested aldermanic races Tuesday was the culmination of an eight-year push by the Adams County Republican Central Committee to regain a majority on the Quincy City Council.
• Driving through downtown Quincy this week, people may have noticed a large crane in the Quincy Medical Group parking lot off Maine Street. Standing on top of the crane was a photographer who was shooting photos for Archer Daniels Midland. WATCH VIDEO OF
• As the federal government draws closer to a possible shutdown, the pinch will be felt first at national parks and recreation areas, including the federally administered Mark Twain Lake.
• The decision to move their wedding reception out of the Country Comfort Inn and Suites was an easy yet emotional one for three local couples. It also might turn out to be a costly decision.
• Steve Eighinger says the elimination of Pia Toscano on Thursday night from American Idol is the biggest travesty in the 10-year history of the show.
• Mark Lipcaman, 46, and Wes Carey, 20, were arrested Wednesday after drugs and paraphernalia were found in the Mount Sterling home of attorney Jess Gilsdorf, who is representing embattled Quincy School Board member Bud Niekamp and has handled other high-p
• Rory McIlroy, who played at the Pepsi Little People's Golf Championships, shot a 65 on Thursday at The Masters.
• An $11.5 billion, six-year Illinois highway plan was unveiled by Gov. Pat Quinn today.
• An $11.5 billion, six-year Illinois highway plan was unveiled by Gov. Pat Quinn today.
• Construction should begin next month to build a mile of new pavement along Mo. 79 near Ashburn, where a shifting hillside led to closure of the highway in November 2009.
• Check out the video of a reporter making an incredible half-court shot. Rodney Hart says things like this never happen to him when he covers a story.
• Steve Eighinger thought the American Idol who rocked the best Wednesday night was none other than Haley Reinhart. Yes, the same Haley Reinhart he has said was not worthy of being on the stage at this point of the competition.
• Macomb rockers The Hong Kong Sleepover are excited to perform at the Local Q Music Fest May 7, find out more about the group here.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off Japan coast TOKYO — Japan's northeastern coast has been rattled by a strong aftershock. The Japan meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to one meter. The warning was issued for a
• A Kinderhook man faces 12 felony counts and one misdemeanor charge after an Illinois State Police roadside safety check incident early Sunday morning.
• A Quincy man pleaded guilty Wednesday to residential burglary and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
• A Quincy man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a 2009 home invasion and residential burglary.
• The United Way of Adams County is offering a three-day training program for adults interested in learning about the Seven Habits leadership curriculum being taught in local schools.
• Quincy and about 100 other U.S. cities would lose air service under a plan approved by the U.S. House last week.
• Three people were each sentenced to five-year prison terms Tuesday in unrelated Clark County cases before Judge Gary Dial.
• The Quincy Preservation Commission agreed to draft an ordinance that would increase the amount of time that the commission could delay the issuance of a demolition permit and increase fines for violations to the appropriate City Council committee.
• Investigation into a recent fire led to the arrest Tuesday of a Hannibal man on drug charges.
• Country Comfort Inn and Suites shut down by fire department after water service cut off
• Matthew Diaz, 27, of Kinderhook is lodged in the Adams County Jail on $200,000 bond after troopers said he became irate after he was stopped during a safety check near the I-172 and Ill. 57 Marblehead exit.
• A Quincy woman who authorities say was part of a mother-daughter methamphetamine cooking team pleaded guilty to meth and another unrelated drug count Wednesday.
• A Michigan man wanted for assault with intent to murder and other charges was apprehended in Quincy Sunday by the U.S. Marshals Central Illinois Fugitive Task Force.
• There’s probably a good chance that a lot of 6-year-olds away from mom and in school for the first time just might cry. Just don’t do it at this school — it’ll lead to a suspension.
• Don O'Brien gives the Texas A&M women's basketball team an A and the mother of the LPGA golfer Stacy Lewis an F in his latest version of the Mid-Week Grades.
• Rodney Hart says two very good men were ousted from the John Wood Community College Board of Trustees Tuesday night.
• Steve Eighinger's most recent battle with nature is with a woodpecker he has affectionately named Carrot Top who does his best work at 6 a.m.
• Cindy Young has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of identity theft by a Ralls County jury.
• Former Quincy Mayor Chuck Scholz has been nominated for a seat on the Illinois State Board of Elections.
• The Hannibal Fire Board will dissolve July 1 after the ballot question seeking its demise narrowly passed in Marion County.
• Quincy School Board President Melvin "Bud" Niekamp scored a big victory Tuesday by winning a fresh four-year term. But he's not sure if he should accept it.
• The John Wood Community College board of trustees will have a new look when it is seated April 20. Newcomers Dene Lambkin and Larry Fischer will join incumbent Reggie Coleman on the board following Tuesday’s election.
• Political newcomer Richard Draper will become the new face of Hannibal’s Sixth Ward, handily beating incumbent Councilman Jeff Lyng in Tuesday’s municipal election.
• Brown County voters approve a $3 monthly surcharge in Tuesday's election to shift the county from basic to enhanced 911 service.
• The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners will welcome two new members when Jeff Van Camp and Tom Ernst were elected to four-year terms. Incumbent Chris Hogge was the third person elected from a four-man ballot. Incumbent Terry Anastas failed to re
• Republicans sweep three contested races to take control of Quincy City Council for first time since 1953
• Niekamp, Mays, Erwin and Stone claim School Board spots; Dickerson out after serving two terms
• Republicans gained control of the Quincy City Council for the first time since 1953 Tuesday by sweeping all three contested races. Republicans will now have a 10-4 edge, the reverse of what it was 10 years ago.
• Incumbents Melvin "Bud" Niekamp and Jeff Mays were re-elected to the Quincy School Board along with Stephanie Erwin and Scott Stone. Knocked out of his seat after serving two consecutive terms was the board's vice president, Thomas Dickers
• Quincy police are continuing an investigation into the burglary of three electronic stores on Broadway, which were discovered Monday morning.
• Two Quincy men were sentenced Monday on separate methamphetamine-related charges.
• It's nothing unusual for Michael Mixer to drop in on his father-in-law. Instead of driving, he flies using a powered paraglider -- a combination of a power pack and wings in a sport that's gaining in popularity across the Midwest.
• The Quincy City Council got its first glimpse of the next fiscal year's budget of $30.1 million, which has an increase of 4.4 percent over the current year's budget as it includes more money for infrastructure improvements.
• Rodney Hart explains that when it comes to being a rock star, it is all about The Point. WATCH VIDEO of his latest example here.
• Adams County might look at leveling out premiums for its workers' compensation and liability insurance after receiving a report from its carrier, Counties of Illinois Risk Management Agency.
• The Spring 2011 Collector Car Auction on the grounds of the Sullivan Auctioneers complex just east of Hamilton on U.S. 136 drew onlookers Monday from across the country. The properties available were such eye-openers that the complaints about the cold an
• Becky Carel, mother of four, has been seeking help for the past couple of months for her 9-year-old daughter, Ally, who four months after birth was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus fluid on the brain. Becky has been making overtures to per
• The second jury to hear all of the evidence presented in the murder trial of Ursa, Ill., native Brent Burke couldn't reach a verdict Monday night, and a fourth mistrial was declared by Judge Kelly Mark Easton.
• A Northeast Missouri resident was charged Monday with the first-degree murder in connection with the death of a Kahoka, Mo., man in rural Lee County last November.
• For the second consecutive year, local government officials are keeping an eye on Illinois lawmakers to see if shared tax revenue will be reduced as a way to streamline the state budget.
• A child or children playing with a lighter is being blamed for causing a fire Saturday morning that displaced the nine occupants of a house at 616 Oak.
• Janice Kreider belongs to the third generation to live in a house that predates not only her 103-year-old farm, but also the Civil War. To preserve such stories, the State Historic Preservation Office is undertaking a survey of the state's historic
• Steve Eighinger gives Jason Perry five stars for his dominating run in the late model feature at Quincy Raceways on Sunday night.
• Voter turnout for Tuesday's election is expected to be low, but with interest in local school board races, it is expected to be higher than in 2007.
• For crowd shots, Michaels inviting fans on tour and more, click here to WATCH VIDEO from lastnight's big show on Jessica M. Martin-Cate's "The Breakdown" blog.
• President Barack Obama kicked off his 2012 campaign today with the launch of a video. One man who appears on the video says: “I don’t agree with Obama on everything, but I respect him and I trust him.”
• For a full Bret Michaels concert recap, check out Jessica M. Martin-Cate's post on "The Breakdown."
• The Civil War exhibit opening Saturday at the Quincy Museum recently had a late-night visitor early. The museum’s alarm was set off at 4 a.m. Wednesday after a window was shattered. After a quick search, an owl was discovered in the museum gift sho
• Legislative attempts designed to make it easier for school districts to increase driver’s education fees hit a roadblock in the Illinois House.
• Don Crim says an Iowa newspaper editor and beer blogger is halfway through his quest to live on beer and water for 46 days during Lent.
• Quincy native Andrew Bach had the experience of a lifetime last week when he got to compete on the TV game show "Jeopardy!" Bach, a 32-year-old attorney living in Columbia, Mo., can't talk about what happened until the show airs July 26.
• The Friends of the Log Cabins Association plan to hire an evaluator to provide the non-profit group with an assessment of the seven Quinsippi Island properties it maintains.
• Brown County’s jobless rate is Illinois’ best, followed by DuPage and Adams. Brown County continued to report the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois for February, and Adams County had the third lowest rate.
• Chad Rodgers led a Thursday tour for local media through the 98,000-square foot, two-story complex that occupies most of a city block near Fifth and Vermont. The building is scheduled to open in late summer or early fall. Dozens of construction personnel
• John Wood Community College President Tom Klincar is one of three finalists for the St. Louis Community College chancellor position.
• Mary Lynne Richards suggests making your dog your running companion on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Drive down any road in or near Palmyra, and you'll likely see it dotted with political signs bearing a wide array of names, many of them belonging to school board candidates.
• WATCH VIDEO of the first night of practice at Quincy Raceways on "Stevie Dirt."
• Most bands are looking for that big break, some just get it a little later than others. Local band Dead Giveaway is performing before Bret Michaels, the frontman of Poison, Sunday in Quincy. CLICK LINK TO PLAY VIDEO of Dead Giveaway performing in 2009.
• Melanie Zanger of Plainville, had her trial date rescheduled Wednesday in a felony theft case involving what authorities say was a six-figure bilking of her boss.
• Quincy University's Students in Free Enterprise organization collected more than 6,000 pounds of nonperishable food items as part of the Campbell's "Let's Can Hunger" challenge.
• Barb Baker Chapin says the message of the Blue Bow Campaign remains simple, yet poignant. "It's all about creating awareness of child abuse," she said.
• Blaine Brown was the winner of the annual Mr. QHS contest Sunday in the Quincy High School auditorium.
• Hannibal city officials got a better picture of the tough task they face in selling would-be residents on voluntary annexation during a crowded, boisterous public hearing Wednesday night.
• As the Mississippi River inches upward across Northeast Missouri, officials in river towns are keeping a watchful eye on the water levels, which so far do not appear to pose a threat despite a dreary flood outlook for spring in Northeast Missouri.
• Don O'Brien and Rodney Hart offer their insight on the upcoming Wrestlemania 27 card. This time, they use action figures.
• The public’s impression of Ronald Reagan certainly changed after the events of March 30, 1981. Indeed, John Hinckley may have created the “Teflon president” when he opened fire outside the Washington Hilton.
• Check out this video interview by Steve Bohnstedt about the unique way a local family celebrated a death.
• A 36-year-old Hannibal man was taken into custody without incident Tuesday night in connection to burglary. However, when he was being booked, he offered resistance.
• Lab technicians testified Monday that multiple items they analyzed during the investigation into Tracy Burke and Karen Comer's deaths did not produce blood or DNA evidence linking former U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke, an Ursa, Ill., native, to the murd
• A volunteer group has launched a new fundraising mechanism that will initially benefit Quincy Junior High School but eventually might provide a new revenue stream for all the city's public schools.
• State Rep. Norine Hammond, R-Macomb, is sponsoring House Bill 3178 which would allow Illinois hunters to pick up fur-bearing animals found dead on highways.
• Steve Eighinger has tried to use jumper cables twice in his life. The first time, he started his daughter's car on fire. The second time came last Saturday.
• Don Crim says President Obama’s approval rating and prospects for reelection have plunged to all-time lows in a Quinnipiac University poll. Also, the approval rating for the 2-year-old tea party movement fell to 32 percent in a CNN/Opinion Research
• Don O'Brien gives the VCU men's basketball team an A and the state of Delaware an F on his Mid-Week Grades.
• A crowd of Hannibal High School freshmen on Tuesday were reminded that they will be the last generation to hear first-hand tales of the Holocaust as a survivor of the World War II genocide spoke to them of her experiences.
• A 21-year-old Quincy man was treated at Blessing Hospital and released for an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his right leg late Tuesday night at 424 N. 16th.
• Residents in the Plainville area who obtain their water from private wells are being advised by the Illinois Department of Public Health to test their water for possible groundwater contamination. Also, CLICK HERE to see a map:
• QU-Stadium will be transformed into a music mecca May 7 as nine bands take the stage for The Local Q Music Fest.
• Rodney Hart says Facebook is the way of the world, and familiarity wouldn’t hurt for those in the judicial system.
• American Idol has been the No. 1 show for seven seasons running, but Dancing with the Stars demonstrated last week there will be a fight to the finish this year.
• Steve Eighinger asks: Will the stock cars draw enough entries to survive this season?
• Residents in the Plainville area who obtain their water from private wells are being advised to test their water for possible groundwater contamination.
• The Knox County Courthouse was the scene of a showdown Monday over the risks and value of large-scale farming operations during a public hearing on enforcement of the county's health ordinance governing such farms.
• A sentencing hearing for a Perry couple arrested last August in connection with giving alcohol and cocaine to a 15-year-old female and then photographing sex acts lasted four hours on Monday, but more time was needed after lengthy discussions about Faceb
• A Philadelphia man was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to the Nov. 24 robbery of Casey's General Store in the 3800 block of Route MM in Hannibal.
• A 26-year-old Hannibal man has been charged with one count of second-degree assault and one count of armed criminal action after Hannibal Police said he used a shovel Sunday to attack a 20-year-old female.
• The city of Quincy is expected to cut about $650,000 from its budget projections for the next fiscal year as forecasts from the Illinois Municipal League show a drop in the municipal share of the state income tax and personal property replacement tax. Al
• Jim Waddell's alter ego has propelled him on a 21st-century treasure hunt. As the star of "Mark Twain Lives" at the Mark Twain Cave, Waddell, 58, portrays Hannibal's favorite son. He and friends are searching a plot of farmland just s
• The Paloma post office is targeted for possible closure along with the facilities in Chambersburg, Coatsburg, Luray, Mo., and Worthington, Mo. A letter sent to postal customers indicates that a declining workload suggests post office facilities like Coat
• UPDATED: Also included in the filing is a letter from the Illinois Department of Revenue demanding payment of $159,888.69 in unpaid state tax. The filing also indicates that the hotel is behind in paying local property taxes. According to the Adams Count
• A sentencing hearing for a Perry couple arrested last August in connection with giving alcohol and cocaine to a 15-year-old female and then photographing sex acts lasted four hours on Monday but will resume on Friday.
• A 26-year-old Hannibal man has been charged with one count of second-degree assault and one count of armed criminal action after Hannibal Police said he used a shovel to attack a 20-year-old female.
• Steve Eighinger compares the Facebook and Twitter popularity of the presidential candidates in today's High 5.
• Mortgage holder T&C Inn, LLC, is seeking to foreclose and take possession of the Country Comfort Inn and Suites.
• Archer Daniels Midland Co. plans to expand three grain facilities in northeast Missouri and western Illinois, adding the capacity to handle an additional 1.7 million bushels there.
• The Mendon School Board last week issued "notices of non-renewal" for five employees because of uncertainty over state funding for the district's pre-kindergarten program.
• Ewing voters will decide next month whether to pony up a small sales tax to keep their community park up and running.
• Matt Hopf says an Evanston committee is looking at the possible development of a wind farm near Lake Michigan.
• A police officer was punched and kicked during a fight at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Admiral Coontz Armory, Hannibal police report. One woman was arrested.
• Don Crim offers a snapshot of the health care industry’s convoluted pricing apparatus, where prices get set according to who’s paying.
• Dawn Harms was diagnosed with breast cancer in December and a conversation with two friends from Faith Presbyterian Church spurred her to help coordinate one of the larger fundraising teams for this year's American Cancer Society Relay for Life of A
• Quincy retailers say 2010 was a rebound year. Their anecdotal comments were bolstered last week when the city's December tax receipts were reported. Quincy's 1 percent sales tax receipts rose 4.2 percent during the 2010 calendar year and the 1.
• The ninth edition of the Trial Handbook for Illinois Lawyers is out, and three Quincyans were directly responsible for its publication.
• Every year there seems to be a new "Get Thin Quick" fad, and this year’s seems to be the hCG diet. However, Mary Lynne Richards worries that it is unhealthy.
• Phillip Diaz, a Chicago man accused of fatally shooting Quincy resident Ian Barksdale, will have a trial starting May 2 in Quincy.
• Now that American Idol has reached the “final” 11 contestants, who have been the biggest surprises and disappointments? Steve Eighinger offers his opinion.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Aretha Franklin, Glenn Beck and Michael Jordan's new restaurant in today's High 5.
• The 50 Miles of Art Studio and Gallery Tour this weekend seeks to spotlight art and shopping along scenic Mo. 79. Just don't expect to actually drive all the way down on Mo. 79.
• Matt Hopf says two women have competed in local bowling leagues for more than 50 years and don't see a reason to quit now.
• The Quincy School District's former Board of Education headquarters at 1444 Maine will go on the auction block at 4 p.m. Saturday.
• Rich Niemann Sr., chairman of the board for Niemann Foods, said the company paid more than $4 million in swipe fees last year. Niemann said it's hard for retailers to make a profit on small purchases made with a debit card. WATCH VIDEO of Niemann ex
• A Payson woman convicted in December of methamphetamine delivery was sentenced Thursday to 30 months probation but avoided further jail time.
• Republican Glenda "LeXze" Mann is making her second attempt to unseat an incumbent in Quincy's 1st Ward. Also, WATCH VIDEO of the candidates.
• A Gem City Armored Security employee arrested Oct. 13 in connection with a theft from a Mercantile Bank ATM machine had his sentencing hearing continued because of a restitution issue.
• The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Quincy Police officers had authority to order Cheryl Bartelt to turn on her vehicle heating blowers to assist a drug-sniffing dog in a 2006 case.
• U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin was in Quincy to offer support for a cap on swipe fees paid by businesses for credit and debit card sales.
• If you’re wondering why a private school like QU would get on board with a public school project at Flinn Stadium, Don O'Brien says you must not be a frequent visitor to the football side of QU-Stadium.
• The city of Hannibal is seeking to sell residents of unincorporated Marion County on the benefits of voluntary annexation into the city limits of America's Hometown. — Also, CLICK HERE to see a map:
• Working to paint a picture of the crime scene, prosecutors introduced detailed testimony and graphic video Wednesday of the Rineyville home where two women were shot to death 42 months ago.
• Rodney Hart writes: Another Day, Another delay in our criminal justice system on "Hart of the Matter."
• Three suspects, including one juvenile, were arrested Monday by Hannibal police in connection to recent burglaries of Coolbyke at 426 Huck Finn Shopping Center.
• Quincy School Board member Bill Daniels has been invited to serve on a U.S. Senate education advisory committee being formed by U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois.
• Speakers at a Tri-State Development Summit economic outlook workshop Wednesday say it takes a combination of things for communities to prosper and grow. (WATCH VIDEO from the event)
• The Quincy School Board announced Wednesday that Quincy University is interested in becoming a financial partner in a proposal to renovate and upgrade the playing field at Flinn Stadium.
• The Quincy School Board took steps Wednesday to eliminate 31 positions to save between $1.7 million and $1.8 million.
• Tom Dickerson, vice president of the Quincy School Board, called the cutting of 31 positions as "tragic" because this marks the fourth straight year the district has been forced to make personnel reductions for economic reasons.
• Five people from Northeast Missouri and West-Central Illinois who entered federal guilty pleas in January in a drug conspiracy case had their sentences continued today.
• One of four counts against DCFS investigator Dave Leezer in connection with him allegedly sending threatening messages to a law enforcement officer has been dismissed.
• Michele Westmaas was recognized on Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Day for her commitment to serving families with children who have a hearing loss.
• A South Carolina family with ties to Lewis County but now living in Japan give an account of their lives three days after the earthquake and tsunami struck.
• Steve Eighinger says there seems to be a slight lull in the American Idol viewership numbers, which will probably continue until a few more of the contestants are eliminated.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Kirstie Alley, Matthew McConaughey and Glee in the latest edition of the High 5.
• Policy changes involving 'sexting,' harassment and door-to-door fundraising will be discussed at tonight's Quincy School Board meeting.
• Steve Eighinger says The Little Woman always wants him "to change things up" or "do something different." Yada. Yada. Yada. He usually says to her, "Why fix what ain't broken?"
• 6th Ward candidates Susan Peters and Jim Musolino both said one of the concerns they have heard from residents is problems with infrastructure.
• The Pike County Chamber of Commerce has celebrated its past year, looked to the future and recognized some of the county's own.
• A fire broke out a rental property at 436 1/2 S. Eighth shortly before 5:55 a.m. today, and firefighters were able to quickly contain the blaze.
• A recent Gallup poll is out measuring how happy people are in different parts of the U.S. Iowa, Illinois and MIssouri are ranked in the center of the 50-state rankings. (WATCH VIDEO of what makes area residents happy here)
• The city of Quincy is asking the Quincy School District to start sharing the cost of hiring crossing guards.
• A Hannibal resident was arrested last week after Northeast Missouri Narcotics Task Force officers said they found an active methamphetamine lab at his 1106 Summer residence.
• Brenda Turnbaugh of Fowler caught the eye of the NBC show “Biggest Loser,” by losing more than 110 pounds. WATCH VIDEO here.
• Fowler resident Brenda Turnbaugh, an administrative assistant at Brown Drug, was contacted in 2008 by officials with the NBC television show “The Biggest Loser” after losing more than 110 pounds as a member of the show’s online club. A
• Pia Toscano is the favorite to win American Idol, followed by Scotty McCreery.
• Rocker Sammy Hagar says he’d been abducted by aliens, who he claims messed with his brain, during an interview about his new book “Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock.”
• The city of Quincy is asking the Quincy School District to start sharing the cost of hiring crossing guards.
• Rodney Hart says an afternoon of watching pelicans on Quincy Bay turned into a 911 call involving a man wanted in McDonough County.
• A party celebrating Twain’s 175th birthday and debuting the new CD “Mark Twain: Words and Music" was held in November. Mary Poletti asks: So where is the CD now?
• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has 30 days to respond to the city of Quincy's appeal. — Also, read Matt Hopf's blog on wind energy restrictions, here:
• Hannibal voters are set to decide next month whether they'll keep their Fire Board, and a member of that board is urging civility in the face of a fight.
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works agreed Monday to push ahead with rate hikes for water and sewer service, justifying the increases by pointing to major improvements and a need to increase their cash balances.
• The Children's Place opened in the Quincy Mall on Monday and was an immediate hit.
• The Quincy School Board is preparing to take action Wednesday on a series of proposed personnel reductions -- most of them for economic reasons.
• The double murder trial of U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke, an Ursa native, opened Monday morning with testimony from his son that he saw his father kill Tracy Burke.
• Two Hancock County men remain jailed in connection to beating an 18-year-old twice on March 16.
• Steve Eighinger says teenage country crooner Scotty McCreery might be in trouble unless he can find some sort of past Motown hit he can put a country spin on.
• There is already an uproar over the new NBC show Wonder Woman, and Steve Eighinger says it has nothing to do with casting or storyline.
• Two Quincy residents were arrested Friday after West Central Illinois Task Force agents served a search warrant at 837 Washington.
• Rodney Hart was thrilled to learn that the Cars have come out with a new album.
• A Quincy man found in the Mississippi River by Bob Bangert Park this morning faces a McDonough County warrant for home invasion and criminal sexual assault.
• The best way to prevent kidney disease is to guard against the elements most responsible for it. — Also, WATCH VIDEO of someone living with kidney disease and coordinator talking about a support group.
• In their race to represent the Sixth Ward on the Hannibal City Council, the two candidates in the April 5 municipal election are advocating a change in the system that governs America's Hometown.
• The Salvation Army of Quincy will again be receiving a portion of a $1 million payout by a Rhode Island philanthropist who each year tries to create awareness for agencies combatting hunger and poverty in the United States.
• Macomb is on the map, or at least on some new highway signs.
• Check out Steve Bohnstedt's slideshow of photos from the Marion County girls semifinal game at the Missouri Class 1 state tournament.
• A Hannibal, Mo. man was arrested last week on child pornography charges. Authorities allege that he had been viewing and downloading compromising photos of young children on a Hannibal Free Public Library computer.
• A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection to an alleged attempted statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl Thursday near Monticello.
• An Alexandria woman was killed in a car-truck accident at 5:17 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of U.S. 61 and U.S. 136 at Alexandria.
• A fire destroyed a house on LaBelle's southwest side early Friday. No one was at home at the time. None of the firefighters were injured.
• The Shrine of St. Patrick turns 75 this year, a milestone both marked with a day of live music, worship, food, drink, gifts and revelry -- the biggest day of the year in this tiny Clark County hamlet.
• Adams, Pike, Brown and Hancock counties are among 60 statewide that have been declared federal disasters area by President Barack Obama in the wake of February's blizzard.
• Mary Lynne Richards gives tips on how to squeeze in a good work out on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Illinois budget solutions took center stage in Springfield Thursday. State Sen. John Sullivan announced his support for a bond borrowing plan that would allow Illinois to pay $6 billion in over-due bills.
• Three local students, Kelly Obert, Malique Robbins and Katie Engelmeyer, with a passion for their favorite interests were honored today as All-American Kids.
• Business and civic leaders from around the region will gather next week to share successful strategies for recreation, tourism, business, education and transportation.
• The cities of Hannibal and LaGrange, Mo., have been awarded state grants for long-awaited residential flood buyouts from 2008's Mississippi River flood.
• Quincy University will rename Centennial Hall, a student residence facility, to honor the memory of the late Doug Helein, a 1973 graduate who supported the university during his lifetime and through his estate gift.
• Pittsfield native Lee Bennett has led Centralia to the state tournament for the first time since 2002 and just the second time in the last 48 seasons.
• The Quincy School Board's Building Committee recommended Thursday that the board seek bids to find out the actual cost to upgrade the underground drainage and mechanical systems and install a new playing surface at Flinn Stadium.
• Shottenkirk Kia of Quincy ranked No. 1 in U.S. sales of certified pre-owned Kias during 2010.
• A 19-year-old Quincy man has been arrested and two juveniles questioned in connection with recent thefts of hunting equipment along the North Bottoms.
• Uncertainty over state funding for pre-kindergarten led the Pikeland School Board to cut several staff members for the 2011-12 year.
• Illinois State Police trooper Mike Kindhart and Jean Cook of Budweiser distibutor Rinella Co. got the word out Wednesday during a press conference at Rinella's headquarters on Jennifer Lane. The spring party season has started with St. Patrick'
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works is proposing rate increases for water and sewer as it prepares to take a closer look at its budget for fiscal year 2012.
• Mary Poletti reports that employee satisfaction surveys sent out by the BPW came back with “heartfelt,” but somewhat negative comments on "Notable in NEMO."
• Catholic school officials in Quincy are urging parents to support legislation that would restore funding for the Illinois Textbook Loan Program. Do you plan to support it?
• Illinois smokers and bar owners don't know whether to applaud or dive for cover as the General Assembly deals with bills that would either hike cigarette taxes or ease the 3-year-old smoking ban in some businesses.
• Steve Eighinger says Pia, Jacob and Stefano are the only ones to give great performances on a relatively flat episode of American Idol.
• TrimTabs Investment Research recently reported that “social welfare programs made up 35 percent of all public and private wages and salaries last year.” If it were true, that would be shocking. It’s not true.
• Usually street closure requests for summer events are formalities, passed without remark by a City Council as another step in community organizations’ efforts to organize their events. Mary Poletti says that sometimes, though, they raise questions.
• Betsy McClain is alive to tell about a terrible crash, thanks to wearing her seat belt and putting her daughter in a properly installed child seat.
• The Hannibal City Council on Tuesday sought to address a pair of sticky community issues, giving first readings to amended restrictions for storing commercial-grade equipment on residential property and a broad-reaching drug ban.
• How did Betsy McClain survive a horrific crash in Quincy last May? By wearing her seat belt.
• Satoru Higashitani keeps a more watchful eye on the television news and the Internet than usual on his trip to Quincy after the earthquake. (Also, read an update on the disaster in Japan here)
• Glenn Beck's website posted an in-depth analysis partially debunking an undercover sting video about National Public Radio.
• Steve Eighinger offers his list of the ten best shows on television, plus his top lead and supporting actor and actress awards.
• Eight of the 11 candidates in the Quincy School Board election expressed strong views on several topics during Tuesday's public forum.
• Three Pittsfield residents were arrested Sunday by regional law enforcement officials and charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine manufacturing materials and unlawful possession of meth precursors.
• Bob Cook is back on the bench and eager to serve once again.
• A joint meeting of Quincy's Finance and Personnel committees Monday night resulted in a recommendation that the city renew its health insurance program.
• The Quincy City Council agreed to table two recommendations from the Quincy Plan Commission Monday evening that would deny a zoning change to allow the development of a 40-acre property south of Spring Lake Estates and west of Spring Lake Estates Additio
• The Quincy School Board's Curriculum Committee heard an update Monday on the Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports program that was launched in the district two years ago.
• John Frankenhoff feels if one, some or all of the parks in the northwest part of the city could be restored, it would be the equivalent of having as many as four new facilities.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesmen visited Quincy on Monday to promote Flood Awareness Week and urge the purchase of flood insurance. (WATCH VIDEO of the spokesperson talking about regional flood risks here)
• Quincy Amtrak numbers in February are down 3.3 percent. The Feb. 1 blizzard that canceled service for nearly four days is a big reason why.
• Rodney Hart has discovered a new version of bracketology. This one is for music lovers, not basketball fans.
• A Hannibal man was arrested last week on child pornography charges.
• A 26-year-old Quincy man was arrested early this morning on a variety of charges.
• A Quincy man faces multiple charges after he was stopped by Quincy police officers at 1:23 a.m. Sunday at Fifth and Maiden Lane.
• City officials are compiling figures for the next fiscal year's general fund budget, which could be in better shape than last year when the city was forced to trim because of declining revenues.
• Do you have a loved one in Japan or know someone who lives there? If so, Mary Poletti like to talk with him or her via e-mail or Skype.
• Illinois school districts would find it easier to increase driver's education fees thanks to legislation under consideration in Springfield.
• As fuel prices rise many people are looking for options that cost less.
• AIM (Aim at Melanoma), the largest international melanoma foundation, is hosting its second annual AIM for a Cure Melanoma Walk. — Links to register are in the story.
• John Wood Community College is keeping pace with a statewide trend that shows a record number of students are attending and completing degree programs at community colleges.
• Sarah Palin’s flamboyant rhetoric always has thrilled supporters, but Don Crims says that lately it is coming at a new cost.
• Palmyra High School graduate Kendra Reed will be among the models walking the runway at a benefit fashion show Sunday for a nascent foundation for eating disorder treatment.
• A tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan rushed onto California's coast Friday, causing powerful surges that destroyed boat docks as beach-area residents throughout the state evacuated to higher ground.
• Two Hannibal teens were arrested in connection with an early Friday morning drug investigation by Marion County Sheriff's deputies.
• Mary Lynne Richards says now is the time to jump-start your fitness, find out how she plans to accomplish this on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Ameren Illinois electric customers would pay an additional $5 a year -- less than 50 cents a month more -- so the utility can upgrade electric and gas delivery under a plan being considered by state lawmakers.
• Work will begin as early as next week on city-coordinated repairs to Hannibal's Molly Brown House, but questions remain about the museum's future operation.
• The surveillance videos of cars crashing through a business or a home on national TV news reports cause us to gasp each time. It's as if a bomb has exploded. Thank goodness it doesn't happen here, right?
• Hardin County Judge Kelly Mark Easton issued a 21-page opinion this week regarding a defense motion to suppress statements that Brent Burke, an Ursa native whose murder trial is set to begin Monday, made to Kentucky State Police at Fort Campbell on Sept.
• Avoiding sales tax by making purchases online just became a little bit harder.
• Brown County maintained its standing with the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois during January, and Adams County was in second place.
• Brown County maintained its standing with the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois during January, and Adams County was in second place.
• Steve Eighinger wonders: Were Quincy Raceways driver Mark Burgtorf and American Idol performer Paul McDonald separated at birth?
• A citizens advisory committee of Palmyra residents and Missouri Department of Transportation picks will help decide the future of major, immediate changes along U.S. 61/24 in Palmyra.
• An investigator for the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services facing criminal charges had his bond revoked Wednesday because he has not properly been using his GPS tracking device.
• A unique festival in downtown Hannibal on Saturday aims to play to a visitor's sweet tooth.
• Afghanistan veteran, U.S. Air Force First Lt. Ashley Elmore, visited fourth-grade pen pals at Hannibal's Eugene Field Elementary School.
• The Historic Hannibal Marketing Council is sponsoring a Chocolate Extravaganza from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Visitors can purchase a $15 passport of coupons for chocolate goodies or items paying homage to chocolate,
• Check out Michael Kipley's photos from the Missouri sectional basketball games in Hannibal on Wednesday on the Between the Lens blog.
• The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners has authorized spending $30,000 for regular maintenance dredging of Art Keller Marina and the boat launch ramps in Kesler Park. Are you planning to use this area, while boating this season?
• Steve Eighinger thought Wednesday night's American Idol show was accented by drop-dead performances from Paul McDonald, Casey Abrams, Pia Toscano and Jacob Lusk.
• Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to end the death penalty in Illinois is not popular with many connected to the justice system in Western Illinois.
• Plans for a subdivision on Quincy's north end were rejected by the Quincy Plan Commission Tuesday night after neighboring property owners packed the public hearing in opposition.
• Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has said he supports capital punishment if it's fairly applied, but one of his Republican predecessors felt so uneasy about the state's power to mete out the ultimate punishment that he placed a moratorium on execution
• Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign legislation that would abolish the death penalty in the state of Illinois. Watch the live feed here.
• Steve Eighinger says the most pressure on American Idol tonight is probably on Pia Toscano and Paul McDonald to prove they can deliver a knockout performance two weeks in row.
• Now that Charlie Sheen has been canned from Two and a Half Men, who will CBS get to replace him? Steve Eighinger offers his thoughts. Who would you suggest?
• Barb Cate still can hear her late grandmother's words whenever she kneads bread dough. Read more about Cate's cooking and watch a video of her preparing cream puffs here.
• Two dozen QU students sharpened their job-seeking skills during a "speed networking" event Tuesday. Click here to watch an interview with speed networking organizer Kristen Liesen and see how the event worked.
• U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling is among members of the House Armed Services Committee who want to prevent the move of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to other facilities such as the prison in Thomson.
• Angela Knowles, 30, of Greentop, Mo., has drawn a 25-year sentence for her part in the killing of a Knox City man more than four years ago.
• Dalton Hoover scored from the right baseline off an inbounds play as time expired to send the Pittsfield boys basketball team to the Class 2A state tournament with a 43-42 victory over Teutopolis in the Springfield Super-Sectional Tuesday night on the Un
• Dalton Hoover scored from the right baseline off an inbounds play as time expired to send the Pittsfield boys basketball team to the Class 2A state tournament with a 43-42 victory over Teutopolis in the Springfield Super-Sectional Tuesday night on the Un
• Dalton Hoover scored from the right baseline off an inbounds play as time expired to send the Pittsfield boys basketball team to the Class 2A state tournament with a 43-42 victory over Teutopolis in the Springfield Super-Sectional Tuesday night on the Un
• Dalton Hoover scored from the right baseline off an inbounds play as time expired to send the Pittsfield boys basketball team to the Class 2A state tournament with a 43-42 victory over Teutopolis in the Springfield Super-Sectional Tuesday night on the Un
• Initial autopsy results show Robert E. Niffen, 42, of Barry died Saturday of asphyxia, with extensive foreign material within the mouth consistent with mud, after he walked away from a traffic crash early Saturday morning.
• Steven Neil, who is charged with murdering a 3-year-old in Florida, has ties to Adams County and the Mendon area, but little information about him is available.
• Mayor John Spring and Mike Klingner of Klingner and Associates are set to head to Jefferson City, Mo., on Wednesday to testify for tax legislation regarding the hydropower project at Lock and Dam 21.
• Don Crim reminds us that The Fight of the Century — undefeated “Smokin’ ”Joe Frazier against undefeated Muhammad Ali — took place 40 years ago tonight in Madison Square Garden.
• Weather may be a lesser concern than rising fuel costs for farmers this year.
• A Hannibal woman is arrested after police said she left her 3-year-old granddaughter in an unlocked car while she shopped at Walmart.
• The Quincy YMCA is one of 13 YMCAs around the nation to receive a $12,000 grant to develop a communitywide plan to facilitate ways to lower area childhood obesity rates.
• Rodney Hart has a discussion with his bicycle, scooter and lawnmower that are all waiting for warmer weather to arrive.
• The winner of the Q34 Bonus Bucks format at Quincy Raceways and 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa, will win $1,500.
• Steve Eighinger says Paul McDonald's performance of Maggie May is the top single performance of the American Idol season so far. Which one is your favorite?
• Steve Eighinger says Subway has now surpassed McDonald’s as the world’s largest restaurant chain.
• When Bret Michaels performed in Quincy in August 2010, he promised that he would return. The rockstar is being true to his word.
• Steven Neil, a former Quincy, Ill., resident, has been charged in connection with the beating death of a 3-year-old boy in Florida.
• Missouri statewide tornado drill has been postponed until Thursday.
• A Friday night fight at River City Billiards resulted in a 48-year-old man being injured and 23-year-old Hannibal resident being arrested.
• The murder trial for a Hannibal man accused of killing his fiancee just two days before their planned wedding has been continued from next week to May.
• Now that temperatures are above freezing more often, potholes are making their annual appearance to the frustration of drivers who must avoid the hazards.
• Only the weather stands between construction crews and the groundbreaking for major improvements at Hannibal Regional Airport, including the airport's first terminal.
• Bret Michaels is slated to perform April 3 at Backwaters in Quincy with tourmates BMB.
• Erica Carmean doesn't have to worry about whether a big crowd showing up at The Herald-Whig's Monster Garage Sale.
• Matt Hopf says someone recently took a page from Chicago and launched a fake Quincy Mayor John Spring Twitter account.
• The murder trial for a Hannibal man accused of killing his fiancee just two days before their planned wedding has been continued from next week to May.
• Bret Michaels is set to perform in Quincy on Sunday, April 3, we will have more information soon from Bryan Smith of TNT Action Sports.
• Abe Huls wins the online vote as the favorite to win the stock car class at Quincy Raceways this season. Next up: the modified class.
• Steve Eighinger says Las Vegas has set the odds on Lauren Alaina as the 9-2 favorite to win American Idol. Who is your pick?
• Marylynne Richards suggests setting a good example of fitness for your children on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Don Crim says it appears Mike Huckabee and Scott Walker aren't letting the facts getting in the way of a good story.
• Jack Schrader, who retired Monday after 15 seasons as the head coach at Truman State University, is now the men's basketball coach at Culver-Stockton.
• Chuck Bevelheimer says he is "hopeful" that an assisted senior housing project will go forward at the former Newcomb Hotel at Fourth and Maine.
• Quincy police continue to investigate a Feb. 21 fire that destroyed an apartment building at 20th and Chestnut, but little has been revealed about the potential cause of the blaze.
• No objections were raised during a public hearing at Thursday's Quincy Preservation Commission meeting as the group is nominating three properties for local landmark status in the city.
• Two 27-year-old Pittsfield residents were arrested Thursday night on drug charges after a traffic stop and subsequent search of their car and home.
• The shot Monica Williams admits she fired at her neighbors' house Tuesday is far from the opening salvo in what has escalated into a neighborhood battle.
• Becky Albert did not know she had won the American Business Women's Association woman of the year award until the presenter got into the middle of the biography at Thursday night's meeting.
• After a night of wild cards and eliminations, Paul McDonald is still No. 1 on Steve Eighinger's list of Idol favorites. Who were you sorry to see go home Thursday?
• A Quincy man driving in the wrong lane on Broadway at 7:24 p.m. Wednesday hit two law enforcement vehicles, injuring himself and a Springfield driver.
• A 24-year-old Hannibal man remains lodged on $100,000 cash-only bond in the Pike County Jail in Bowling Green on an assault charge stemming from an incident Tuesday afternoon in the 2100 block of Spruce of Hannibal.
• U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will be the keynote speaker Saturday when Missouri Democrat Days returns to the Hannibal Inn at U.S. 61 and Market Street.
• The North East Community Action Corporation this year stands to increase the number of homes it will provide with no-cost weatherization. WATCH A VIDEO ON THIS LINK.
• Quincy's Early Childhood and Family Education Center won't know until summer if it will get state funding for the 2011-12 academic year. — Find out what the ramifications from this will be.
• See Mary Poletti's a video of the North East Community Action Corporation’s weatherization crew working on a home in Durham, Mo.
• Pia Toscano is Steve Eighinger's new No. 1 among the girls on American Idol, but he says there is puh-len-tee of talent staring her down. Who did you like from the women?
• As WrestleMania 27 grows closer, Don O'Brien is tossing out old WWF YouTube clips from WrestleMania and old school WWF in general.
• Find out which song each of the women are singing for tonight's American Idol episode.
• Outspoken Sixth Ward councilman Jeff Lyng livened up Tuesday's Hannibal City Council meeting, revisiting a couple of budget questions related to agenda items on which he’d dissented recently.
• The Hannibal City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a letter of support for the proposed hydroelectric plant on Lock and Dam 21 in Quincy.
• The Hannibal City Council on Tuesday approved undertaking a laundry list of repairs at the shuttered Molly Brown House.
• Bill Koch is the first to admit it's not the chance to do veterinary work that gets him out of bed every morning. It's the people, the clients of his Western Illinois Veterinary Clinic.
• The city of Quincy has recommended that Cape Air be awarded a four-year contract to provide air service to Quincy Regional Airport.
• A debate about whether the names of people with Illinois firearms owners identification cards should be made public pits state Attorney General Lisa Madigan against the Illinois State Police. What are your thoughts on this matter?
• Leaders in three West-Central Illinois communities are happy to hear the U.S. Census Bureau shows population increases for them, but they doubt the numbers represent true growth.
• Steve Eighinger talks about the list of contestants for "Dancing With the Stars" and Jon Bon Jovi's birthday in today's High 5. Who do you want to see dance this year?
• Gas prices have taken some unceremonious jumps in recent weeks, what are your thoughts on this? (Video of the effects on small businesses attached to this story on whig.com)
• Palmyra's new County Market store is set to open today as the city's largest supermarket and the third location in Northeast Missouri.
• Paul McDonald and Jacob Lusk are Steve Eighinger's favorites after the guys perform Tuesday night on American Idol. Who did you like?
• Attorney Gen. Lisa Madigan's office issues a ruling that declares the names of gun permit holders to be public information that must be disclosed. The Illinois State Police, which oversees such permits, is preparing a possible court challenge once h
• The Hannibal City Council approved undertaking a laundry list of repairs at the shuttered Molly Brown House. City councilmen questioned the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau's level of responsibility for the childhood home of Titanic survivor
• Emergency management officials are keeping an eye on the rise of the Mississippi River as spring rains pick up. But the smaller tributaries flowing into the river are often even more volatile. Are you affected by spring flooding yet?
• Listening to graphic testimony and deciding the fate of a man accused of very serious crimes isn’t easy. Rodney Hart gives credit to the jury in the Darrold Wayne Frisbie trial.
• The attorney for Quincy School Board President Melvin "Bud" Niekamp met Monday's deadline to file a brief with the 4th District Appellate Court in the appeal of the quo warranto decision against Niekamp. Now it's up to the opposing at
• A Hannibal man was ticketed Monday after police said his vehicle crashed into the Radio Shack building in the Huck Finn Shopping Center.
• An Adams County jury deliberated for five hours Monday night before finding Darrold Wayne Frisbie of Quincy guilty on two of five aggravated criminal sexual assault and three drug-related counts.
• Pam Shaffer said it has been a difficult year for the Adams County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
• The Rev. John Bryant is confident the storm will pass.
• Bebe Rime of Edina, is an artist and poet who creates unique inspirational pieces and portraits of people using primarily pastels.
• All but a few signs along the Chicago-Kansas City Expressway have been installed across Illinois and Missouri.
• Nelly Furtado received $1 million from Libyan nutball Muammar el-Qaddafi a few years ago for a private concert for members of his family, but is now giving that money to charity in light of what is currently going on in Libya. Should Beyonce, Mariah Care
• Steve Eighinger is thrilled that Paul McDonald is scheduled to sing the first-ever Rod Stewart song on American Idol. McDonald is slated to perform “Maggie May.”
• Three people were injured in a three-vehicle accident involving a school bus Monday in Payson on Ill. 96 at the intersection of South Franklin.
• A driver on his way home after getting his tongue pierced told police he passed out at the wheel of his truck before he hit a traffic sign, a bush and finally a house at 1230 N. 25th.
• An Adams County jury finds Darrold Wayne Frisbie guilty of two aggravated criminal sexual abuse counts and three drug-related counts.
• An Adams County jury has found Darrold Wayne Frisbie on five out of eight counts. Frisbie, 37, was on trial for aggravated criminal sexual abuse and several drug-related counts.
• Friend of Darrold Wayne Frisbie provided alibi, wife also testifies; Jury in Adams County Court to begin deliberations
• See how the QND fans' "I Believe That We Will Win" chant performed at the state basketball tournament compares to the chant done at Utah State.
• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission received a motion today on behalf the city of Quincy as it starts the appeal process in the dismissal of the city's preliminary permit and licensing application to develop hydropower at Lock and Dam 21.
• Steve Eighinger divides the field of 24 American Idol finalists into three categories: Guaranteed to advance, questionable and no chance.
• Morgan County was selected over proposals from Christian, Douglas and Fayette counties to be the site of the FutureGen 2.0 project.
• Steve Carlin was the choice by online voters to win a third straight and fifth overall hobby stock track title at Quincy Raceways.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Duke Snider's death and $5 box lunches at Hardee's in today's High 5.
• A 22-year-old Quincy man who admitted to smoking pot and drinking alcohol with Darrold Wayne Frisbie on previous occasions testified Monday morning that he was with Frisbie the night a juvenile male claimed he had a sexual encounter with Frisbie.
• A former Hannibal High School principal now heading up Bowling Green High School has been named the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals' 2011 Missouri High School Principal of the Year.
• Three Quincy homeowners moved into new houses last weekend. It's hardly unusual — part of life, really — except that they're moving into one another's houses.
• A Kirksville woman has been arrested on burglary charges in Lewis County.
• Adams County Board Chairman Mike McLaughlin has appointed James A. Keller as county coroner, effective today.
• The city of Quincy is pursuing a $654,000 grant for streetscape work around the Salvation Army Kroc Community Center and the Adams County Health Department.
• Commodities moving through Lock and Dam 21 in 2010 dropped to nearly the lowest level in the past 19 years, according to statistics released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Eighinger: Let's take Bieber to Bonkers, Rush to Mister Bill's and Jordan to KFC for lunch
• One restaurant, bar complex to open in downtown Quincy this week
• Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team claims 2A state title
• Following QND teams at state tournaments is a long and tiring day . . . but worth it
• Sen. Kirk and Rep. Schilling tell Quincyans that both parties and the people need to work together to fix nation's problems
• The city of Quincy's hydropower corporation agreed to hire a Washington, D.C. law firm to represent the city in the administrative appeal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order to dismiss both the preliminary and license application to de
• Harrison Monumens recently donated a memorial plaque honoring Quincy Police Department canine officer Max, who died late last year.
• The 6:30 p.m. game at the Class 2A girls state basketball tournament between QND and Nashville can be seen on Channel 15 on Comcast cable.
• Steve Eighinger says surprises like Paul McDonald, Jacob Lusk, Tim Halperin, Pia Toscano, Karen Rodriguez and Ashton Jones make the whole American Idol process worthwhile.
• For the first time in school history, and for the first time in Ken Mansell's 20-plus seasons as head coach, QND gets to wrestle on the state's biggest stage.
• Quincy University's Andreas Coleman hasn't let his brother's shooting death in May prevent him from being a valuable member of the men's basketball team.
• U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling will hold a joint town hall meeting at John Wood Community College auditorium at 2 p.m. Saturday.
• Quincy Mayor John Spring, a Democrat, says he voted in Tuesday’s Republican primary election that saw incumbent GOP 5th Ward Aldermen Jennifer Lepper defeat Steve Kennedy.
• Missouri data from the 2010 census was released, and Marion, the region's most populous county, was among the counties growing, experiencing a roughly 1.2 percent jump from 28,449 to 28,781 residents.
• A Quincy Police officer testifies he overheard a phone conversation between a 16-year-old boy and Darrold Wayne Frisbie about obtaining Valium pills and having sex.
• A red Ford Explorer crashed through the front of Rent-A-Center at 2535 Broadway about 10:40 a.m. Thursday.
• That recent winter storm that swept across the nation this month caused a nationwide shortage of blood. To make up for the shortage, the American Red Cross is undertaking "Recovery 2011" to replenish its supplies.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Steffan Nass is the first to admit the challenge in getting people to think about the possibility of agro-terrorism involving foreign animal diseases.
• Two things happened during the Darrold Wayne Frisbie trial in Quincy that Rodney Hart has never seen in a decade of writing about crime and courts.
• Blake Toppmeyer takes a look at the four teams that will compete for the Class 2A girls basketball state title this weekend.
• Steve Eighinger says viewers of American Idol can for their favorite singer via their Facebook accounts. Will you?
• Quincy's hydropower corporation is expected to vote on an agreement Friday afternoon with a Washington, D.C., law firm to appeal last week's order from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that dismissed the city's preliminary permit a
• A Quincy teen gave graphic testimony about a sexual encounter with Darrold Wayne Frisbie during Frisbie's aggravated criminal sexual abuse and drug trial in Adams County Court.
• Gasoline for U.S. motorists already costs more than at any point since 2008, despite ample supplies. Gas prices in Quincy were at $3.37 Thursday morning - a rise of 12 cents per gallon. How much higher do you think it will rise?
• Getting around has gotten a lot easier for Kay Rowley. Rowley takes advantage of the new Pike County Public Transit providing door-to-door service for county residents.
• Two incumbent Quincy aldermen beat back challenges in Tuesday's primary election, which saw slightly more than a 9 percent turnout.
• The Quincy City Council unanimously approved a measure Tuesday night to lower the city's 2010 property tax levy.
• Locating a wanted man Friday in Hannibal led police to the arrest of three more people.
• A third person has been arrested in connection to the Feb. 13 burglary of a residence in the 1000 block of Bird Street when five people forced their way into a woman's apartment and stole several items.
• Jill Reis' decision to give up her job as principal of Berrian School to become assistant regional superintendent of schools for Adams and Pike counties is now in a "holding pattern."
• A jury selected Tuesday will begin hearing testimony today in the trial of a former Quincy student teacher charged with aggravated sexual abuse.
• Liam Neeson has done it again, soaring to the top of the box office charts over the weekend with Unknown. Have you seen it? What did you think?
• Don O'Brien writes about Trevor Bayne (who?) and Carmelo Anthony in today's Two for Tuesday.
• Mary Lynne Richards is dying to get out there and run before a marathon, but her doc says no, good news is that muscle memory is strong. Read more on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Quincy Preserves took one on the chin financially when frigid, windy weather put a damper on the organization's Christmas candlelight home tour Dec. 12.
• A former Quincy Public Schools student teacher facing drug and sexual abuse charges had his jury trial start this morning in the Adams County Courthouse.
• Thirty-eight years ago, Carla Gosney heard about a job organizing volunteers. The rest, as she says, is history.
• Jim Jacques, who works at WBBA Radio in Pittsfield, is the winner of the Central Illinois Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Robert Ross Personal Achievement Award.
• One of the three people injured in Saturday's 1-72 fatal one-car accident on the on-ramp from Interstate 72 to northbound Interstate 172 remains hospitalized today in Blessing Hospital in Quincy.
• Jane Sigler's daughter, Sheyanna Sigler, died in a car crash last Nov. 28. Now her family is undertaking several efforts to memorialize their daughter, who was an 18-year-old senior and cheerleader at Highland High School.
• Joe Holtschlag, co-owner of the apartment complex at 20th and Chestnut, looked over the charred upper floor while securing the facility Monday afternoon.
• An iPhone app might make you a better Catholic. That's the position a cell phone application developer is taking in releasing the first iPhone application sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church. What do you think about this?
• Investigators have ruled out accidental cause and suspect arson in a major 20th and Chestnut fire early this morning.
• Rodney Hart says stay tuned because he might, repeat might, hear more about the early morning fire at 20th and Chestnut on "Hart of the Matter."
• A massive fire early Monday destroyed part of a plastic recycling facility in LaGrange. First photo: Smoke pours from the charred remains of Orco Industries, a plastic recycling facility on the north side of LaGrange, Mo. Orco burned early Monday in a
• A three-alarm fire early Monday morning destroyed an eight-unit apartment building at 20th and Chestnut sent several people to Blessing Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, burns and other injuries.
• The fire consumed about half of Orco Industries' facilities in the former LaGrange Foundry complex on Main Street, LaGrange Fire Chief Henry Gunsauls said.
• A massive fire destroyed part of a plastic recycling facility in LaGrange, Mo., this morning. No injuries were reported in the fire at Orco Industries in the old LaGrange Foundry complex. Eight area fire departments responded to the blaze. More informati
• Two people were arrested Sunday afternoon in connection numerous vehicle burglaries at various locations in Quincy since Christmas Eve.
• Several people were injured early this morning in a fire that destroyed a large apartment house on the southeast corner of 20th and Chestnut.
• Quincy Notre Dame High School hopes to give its students a head start in developing graphic design skills through a new Macintosh computer lab, what do you think of this plan?
• Quincy Exchange Club's Law Enforcement Day awardees let actions, not words, speak for them
• Federal permit application denied for Quincy hydropower project; future of project uncertain
• The Rev. John Richard Bryant, the senior bishop and presiding prelate of the Fourth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will be the guest speaker at the Feb. 26 Brotherhood Banquet at Country Comfort Inn and Suites.
• Students at Monroe Elementary School temporarily evacuated the building about 9 a.m. Friday after a line to a pressurized hot water tank burst, causing water to flood a hallway.
• A Quincy man was found guilty Thursday of theft and possession of a stolen vehicle, and will be sentenced as a Class X offender.
• The United Way of Adams County celebrated the success of its 2010 campaign Thursday night as part of its 73rd annual meeting.
• Brock Stout hopes taking small steps now will mean a big dividend for Hancock County's economy in the future.
• Illinois Kids Count proponents say the years between birth and age 8 are worth investing in, do you agree?
• Alan Steigelman, vice president of finance at JWCC, is retiring at the end of January 2012. Rodney Hart talked with him about his decision.
• Don't forget to purchase your Ladies Night Out tickets before next Thursday. Tickets are $15 and include food, chances at drawings & prizes from area businesses. Tickets: The Herald-Whig lobby or whig.com.
• Waldenbooks in the Quincy Mall will remain open, dodging the closures for 200 Borders-owned properties nationwide. Do you still read books or are you an e-book reader?
• A Hannibal man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree robbery in connection with a Christmas Eve incident.
• Teachers union president Michelle Eberlin and School Board member Jeff Mays have a heated discussion about school reform proposals.
• QND will play Friday against No. 1 ranked Peoria Notre Dame without senior guard Connor Cramsey and sophomore forward Alex Fitch.
• JD Gravina, the women's basketball coach at Quincy University, has been suspended for tonight's game against Lewis University for breaching the league's sportsmanship policy.
• A Quincy man faces multiple charges after an incident late Wednesday night at Ninth and Lind.
• The Great Lakes Valley Conference has issued a one-game suspension for Quincy University women’s basketball coach JD Gravina and assistant coach Brittany Carper for breaching the league’s sportsmanship policy.
• Former Quincy University star Josh Kinney is expected to battle for a spot in the White Sox bullpen this spring.
• U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he supports Cape Air getting a four-year contract to continue air service between St. Louis and Quincy Regional Airport through the Essential Air Service program.
• Carol Frericks will take over as superintendent in the Western School District on July 1.
• Thomas Mowen, 30, faces up to a 30-year prison sentence after being convicted of home invasion and residential burglary. He was arrested and charged after a November 2009 incident where a woman was beaten and robbed.
• The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners have approved $500,000 worth of capital improvements. Equipment upgrades make up about one third of the expenditures, with the rest going to a variety needs ranging from 54 aluminum picnic tables at South P
• The Quincy School Board will try again to sell the former Board of Education headquarters at 1444 Maine. The minimum asking price is $300,000. Is that a fair price for that facility?
• Jack Lavin, Gov. Quinn's chief of staff, and budget director David Vaught said eliminating the salaries of 600 superintendents could save Illinois $100 million. Is the elimination of regional offices of education and consolidation of school district
• D.A. Points and Bill Murray get an A, and DeMarcus Cousins gets an F, in the latest version of Don O'Brien's Mid-Week Grades.
• Stevie Dirt picks Jeff Gordon, not Jimmie Johnson, to win the Sprint Cup championship this year. Who is your pick?
• USA Today reports that no fewer than 27 sequels are scheduled to be released in 2011. What's your favorite movie sequel of all time?
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works stands to lose money in 2012 when a large southern Illinois power plant in which it is a part owner through Missouri's state utility authority becomes operational.
• A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was presented to Blaine Brown of Quincy, and he wasted no time accepting it.
• Gov. Quinn's budget office released copies of a list of about $7 billion in overdue bills that the state owes vendors. Does that list make you think legislators should approve $8.75 billion in borrowing for Quinn's budget plan?
• A Quincy man was found not guilty of theft after a jury trial Tuesday in connection with taking items from a large trash bin.
• Police surveillance on Quincy's north side resulted in an officer spotting a drug transaction Tuesday on a parking lot at Sixth and Broadway. One man was arrested.
• A Quincy man was arrested Tuesday night after local law enforcement said a string of residential burglaries were reported in Quincy and Adams County.
• Steve Eighinger said the Feb. 1 blizzard made him grateful for snow plow drivers and people who push grocery carts through the slush. What did it make you appreciate?
• Brown County High School football coach Tom Little is the 13th person inducted into the Packers Fan Hall of Fame.
• Officials and residents had a host of concerns Tuesday about proposed changes to the configuration of U.S. 61/24 on the east side of Palmyra.
• Mary Poletti offers a neat account of blizzard business from the folks at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. Three babies were born during the historic storm.
• U.S. Census reports indicate that most counties in Western Illinois had minor population losses during the last decade. Does this concern you?
• Rodney Hart says the story about Robert Moman hiding crack cocaine in his person is a disgusting one — but it has to be told. Or does it?
• One effort to cut the cost of Illinois government that appears headed for approval by the Legislature is probably the consolidation of the Illinois comptroller’s and treasurer’s offices.
• A contestant on this week’s American Idol is raking in cash … by taking over college house parties with her awesome band … and there’s a Doobie Brothers connection.
• Quincy Raceways modified driver Michael Long placed 13th in Monday night’s 29-car Gator Championship for DIRTcar UMP Modifieds at Volusia Speedway Park.
• Steve Eighinger offers his take on the latest controversy surrounding Tiger Woods in today's High 5.
• The winery was intended as just a fun retirement venture. Sheila Osbourne never dreamed it would balloon like the wine glasses it fills.
• Rodney Hart says Christopher and Victoria Kelley, who own Table Sixteen Productions in Quincy, are holding a casting call for their film "Villiany For The Lonely."
• A Kahoka driver was seriously injured at 5:38 p.m. Monday in a two-car accident on U.S. 136 two miles west of Wayland.
• Mara Clingingsmith has been named president and CEO of KHQA and Connecttristates.com, according to Chris Cornelius, president and COO of Barrington Broadcasting Group LLC, which owns the local CBS and ABC television stations and Internet portal.
• Quincy Mayor John Spring told the Quincy City Council Monday night that he expects an agreement will be reached by March 31 with taxing bodies in Missouri on the tax structure for the proposed hydropower development on Lock and Dam 21.
• A 21-year-old Hannibal man was arrested by Hannibal police on a warrant Sunday afternoon while officers were checking suspicious activity in a vehicle in the 1200 block of Lyon.
• John Mullins put his passion for the past of Payson, Plainville and Fall Creek into print.
• The Adams County Finance Committee plans to implement some changes in the budgetary process this year that members hope will lead to additional costs savings and greater public scrutiny.
• The Quincy Family YMCA plans to break ground in early April on a 2,280-square-foot Kids Fit Zone addition to the east side of the facility at 3101 Maine.
• Two Hannibal residents were taken into custody Sunday night in connection with a residential burglary earlier in the day, and police said more arrests are pending.
• The Quincy School Board's Curriculum Committee is checking out a possible new way to measure how local schools are doing in some key areas.
• Emily Webel has a confession to make. As a farm wife, she has plenty to say -- and she has a growing online audience ready to listen.
• A Quincy man faces up to 30-year prison sentence after an Adams County jury finds him guilty of possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine and obstruction of justice.
• U.S. 136 was closed at Wayland for most of Monday afternoon after a report of a suspicious package along the highway that turned out to be a hoax.
• Spring is beckoning, based on the warm spell forecast to run through this week. That means Mark Twain Lake’s about to get a whole lot busier.
• Olympian Dara Torres is coming to Missouri this weekend to swim in the annual Missouri Grand Prix swim meet after having major knee surgery.
• When Julie Marra is down or looking for inspiration, she turn to a romantic comedy. They usually make you feel better about your own situation.
• Two Hannibal residents were taken into custody Sunday night in connection to a residential burglary in Hannibal that day. More arrests are pending.
• So do the Cardinals pony up $30 million a year for 10 years for Albert Pujols? Or do they wait until after the season to see if any other teams get into the bidding?
• The National Weather Service last month predicted the distinct possibility of significant flooding along the Mississippi River this spring. That report has emergency management officials on both sides of the river in a holding pattern.
• Fox has announced the first performances by the Top 20 on American Idol will be taped prior to the nights they actually air.
• Quincy area modifed drivers Dave Wietholder and Michael Long qualified for the feature in the 40th annual DIRTCar Nationals at Volusia Park Speedway in Barbersville, Fla.
• It had probably been 20 years since Steve Eighinger had watched any of The Godfather trilogy until this past weekend. He had forgotten how good these films are.
• A Pleasant Hill man spent two years researching the story of "The Wereth Eleven," a docudrama to air nationwide Wednesday on the National Geographic Channel.
• Hannibal teen Jared Keim is the subject of a Facebook campaign urging him to try out for the TV talent search "American Idol."
• John Mullins' recently-published "Our Heritage: A Photographic History of Plainville, Payson and Fall Creek Illinois" offers almost 300 pages and more than 300 pictures with information on the three communities and the surrounding area.
• Dr. Irving Schwartz, a cardiologist with Blessing Physician Services, says many people are unwilling to make the needed sacrifices to prevent or reverse heart disease.
• A Hull woman was killed Saturday when a car she was a passenger in hit the rear of a semi tractor-trailer parked off I-72 near Barry.
• What would you prefer to receive for Valentine's Day? Vote on The Herald-Whig's poll at www.whig.com.
• Sondi Brockmiller expects to sell Backwaters sometime in March to Rich and Lora Marcolla, Duane and Julie Venvertloh, and Bryan and Donna Smith.
• Alderman Dan Brink, R-6, thought Quincy Mayor John Spring did a good job delivering his “State of the City” address Friday at the Quincy Exchange Club meeting.
• Jessica M. Martin-Cate gives some news on controversy surrounding the newly reunited Adema that may make tonight's concert in Mount Sterling even more interesting on her blog "The Breakdown."
• Booters and Mount Sterling may never be the same after tonight. Hard rock band Adema is coming through town because Mount Sterling native the band's vocalist and guitarist, Tim Fluckey, remembers his roots.
• A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was struck by a car at 7:50 p.m. Thursday at an accident scene east of LaBelle.
• Both drivers were injured in a two-car accident at 3:20 p.m. Thursday on Route MM at Veterans Road on the west edge of Hannibal.
• The Quincy School District may be close to selling the former Board of Education headquarters at 1444 Maine.
• Attorney and former Quincy Mayor Charles "Chuck" Scholz is one of 10 members of the new Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation meeting this week in Washington, D.C.
• Quincy Mayor John Spring said a positive attitude is necessary for the city to continue to move forward in 2011 as the country continues to rebound from a crippling economic downturn.
• Superintendent Lonny Lemon says the Quincy School District is still tallying cleanup costs related to last week's blizzard that may be reimbursable through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
• Matt Hopf takes notes on relationships as Valentine's Day nears.
• Two weeks after opening with little fanfare, Talayna's at 615 Hampshire is busy for both lunch and dinner.
• Two-time track champion Tony Dunker talks about what he has in store for the 2011 season, and what is up for the rest of the Team Four operation.
• Steve Eighinger says Hollywood Week is where the real American Idol season begins.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Ruth Marcus, Keith Olbermann, Twitter and "Live to Dance" in today's High 5.
• What makes the difference between a politician surviving a sex scandal and being crushed by one?
• The Commerce Bank at 100 Huck Finn Shopping Center was reportedly robbed this afternoon.
• A Chicago man accused of fatally shooting Quincy resident Ian Barksdale likely will have his first-degree murder trial bumped from March to May.
• A Canton man was arrested Monday in the Lewis County Sheriff's office on a drug charge.
• Watch an audio slide show of the Hannibal Boxing Club on Blake's blog "Topp's Tips."
• A 62-year-old Memphis woman was seriously injured at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday when the ATV she was operating overturned.
• Gary Hamilton calling it quits after a long and distinguished career as Adams County coroner. Rodney Hart says he can’t imagine what the job of a coroner must be like.
• The Quincy School District has submitted a request for state approval to use life-safety funds to help finance the cost of upgrading the underground drainage system at the Flinn Stadium playing field.
• The Quincy and Jacksonville offices of Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois are pooling their fundraising resources for a second straight year with the help of the varsity boys basketball teams and school administrations from both towns.
• The U.S. International Trade Commission will vote today on whether to allow a tax on magnesium exports to expire, a high-level decision that will have a trickle-down effect on manufacturing jobs in Northeast Missouri.
• A coroner's job never ends, but the end of the job is near for Gary Hamilton.
• Ken and Lisa Marks' efforts to tell the stories of Hannibal appear to be snowballing as winter wanes.
• Hannibal held its second and final public hearing Wednesday on a proposed ordinance restricting the parking of commercial and industrial vehicles on residential property.
• Robert Clayton III has asked Gov. Jay Nixon to appoint someone to replace him as chairman of Missouri's Public Service Commission.
• Rodney Hart offers a little friendly advice for the next meth head who wants to cook in the Calftown neighborhood.
• Illinois Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Chicago, is proposing to raise the minimum wage to $10.65 per hour over the next four years.
• A Warsaw, Ill., man was arrested Wednesday on a weapons charge.
• Six people were arrested Tuesday night after authorities say evidence of "numerous" methamphetamine labs were discovered at 628 S. Eighth, near the corner of Eighth and Payson.
• Keith Olbermann will soon be back on night-time television. Steve Eighinger says, well, that’s just great, isn’t it?
• Three people told police they were battered by two men who invaded a residence at 327 Elm about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday and demanded money.
• A New Salem man was injured at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday in a one-car accident on 290th Avenue, one mile west of Ill. 107 in Pike County.
• A Quincy man suspected in six hit-and-run incidents Tuesday morning near 12th and Jersey has been ticketed.
• Steve Eighinger says there is not a day he goes through life without questioning the world around him.
• At first blush, Norman Schnellbacher's two careers have clear parallels. The Quincy Air Evac Lifeteam pilot is a retired Army pilot whose service included a stint as a medical helicopter pilot. There are slight differences between his mission now an
• Legislation that would allow Illinois to borrow $8.75 billion is seen very differently by lawmakers from different parties.
• After 50 years practicing law, Russell Goehl has no plans on slowing down in the near future.
• City of Quincy and Adams County employees will receive pay for days county and city offices were closed during last week's record snowstorm.
• The 20th annual "Operation Snowflake" retreat for about 100 Adams County seventh-graders will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday at Salem Evangelical United Church of Christ, Ninth and State.
• Claire McCaskill is trying to recast herself as the moderate she was in 2006 — a prosecutor-turned-politician who prevailed in a red state.
• Doug Wilson says initiative petitions related to early voting and reducing the size of the Missouri House have met state standards that will allow them to be circulated as for inclusion on 2012 ballots.
• Three Clark County residents were taken into custody midday Saturday when police attempted to serve an arrest warrant on a Kahoka man in rural Clark County.
• A 45-year-old rural Valley City man was killed about 5:30 a.m. Monday when he was pinned under a large overhead garage door while it was closing at the former Tate Cheese Co. site in Valley City.
• An X-ray of Ali Schwagmeyer's right ankle shows no fracture. Some ligament damage was suffered, but not to the point that will keep the Quincy University junior from returning to the court this season.
• The Missouri Department of Transportation is seeking public comment on possible improvements to U.S. 61/24 along the east side of town.
• Steve Eighinger talks about San Francisco auditions and Hollywood Week on his "Idol Nation" blog.
• Overwhelmed by last week's record snowfall, Hannibal is hiring a private contractor to get rid of the massive snow piles that plowing efforts left behind.
• Bond money has been delivered for the Quincy Public Library renovation project, but an additional $130,000 in private funds is being raised for furnishings and other items.
• A prisoner in the Lewis County Jail accused of choking and seriously injuring a fellow inmate in December pleaded guilty last month to misdemeanor assault.
• Rodney Hart says, in the wake of Sunday’s awful national anthem rendition by Christina Aguilera, he spoke with a veteran singer on the subject.
• Denny Woodworth wound up as one of only seven drivers to win $10,000 or more in a season over the past five years.
• Steve Eighinger gives his High 5 for 02/08/11 on "I Have A Lot to Share."
• Rodney Hart says Christina Aguilera is getting deserved grief for flubbing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
• As Quincy students returned to classes Monday despite encountering many snow-clogged streets and sidewalks, school officials were relieved no transportation-related incidents were reported.
• Riley Hummert, a seventh-grader at St. Peter Elementary School, was thrilled to be part of a human conveyor belt that moved donated items from school classrooms to the gymnasium.
• Overwhelmed by last week's record snowfall, Hannibal is hiring a Quincy-based contractor R.L. Brink to get rid of the massive snow piles that plowing efforts left behind.
• Question: Which Super Bowl commercial was your favorite this year? Answer on the home page at www.whig.com!
• Two Clayton men were arrested at 3:28 a.m. Saturday on various charges after police were called to a Golden tavern for a physical altercation.
• Paula Connell says she is not the most "computer literate" person in the world, so when St. Vincent Home began its move to full electronic medical recordkeeping, she admitted to a little apprehension.
• Fred Kientzle IV didn't think about potential dangers when he heard two people were stuck in the water near Lock and Dam 21 last Memorial Day.
• Did you enjoy lastnight's halftime show at the Super Bowl? Jessica M. Martin-Cate wants to know on her blog "The Breakdown," where she recounts some of her favorite performances over the years.
• Major Dan Jennings said, "We want to become ingrained in to the community as soon as possible." He and his wife, Major Dorene Jennings, are the new Salvation Army leaders for the Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center.
• Steve Eighinger found himself doing things like going to the bathroom and taking the dog out during the game so he wouldn’t miss any of the commercials.
• Watch video from Friday night's "Dancing with the Local Stars" fundraiser for Cornerstone.
• Culver-Stockton College has received a $250,000 grant from the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation of Bayport, Minn.
• Some Hannibal residents hanging out at Java Jive Thursday were curious about what the city might do with the snow. A few people wondered if the city might dump it in the river. That’s probably not such a great idea.
• Rodney Hart and his skiing friend are back at it on the slopes of Quincy.
• Now that the weather is allowing everyone to get back outside and back to routines, it’s time to make fitness a priority again.
• Check out video of a huge "igloo" that a group of Quincy kids have built.
• Snow or no snow, the business of life and death continues this week in Quincy.
• Between snow-packed streets lined with waist-high snowbanks, a sign of normalcy climbed down a ladder next to a house dripping with icicles. (Watch a video of Hannibal digging out from snow storm)
• Being snowed in hasn't been a hardship for Koleen Lord. It's been another opportunity to spend time with the newest member of the family — granddaughter Aubrey born on New Year's Day.
• Mary Poletti asks what will history call this week's record-shattering snowstorm?
• Business in Quincy was picking up Thursday, but most merchants said customer traffic had not fully rebounded from this week's blizzard.
• Fire crews are at the scene of a large downtown structure blaze Thursday afternoon.
• Watch a snow rumble video on Mary Poletti's blog "Notable in NEMO."
• Mary Poletti has video of those digging out on Mo. 79 on her blog "Notable in NEMO."
• The Quincy Public Schools will be closed Friday, marking the fourth consecutive day that classes have not been held this week because of Tuesday's blizzard.
• Some Quincy car owners found out the hard way this week that the city is serious when it issues a snow emergency.
• Mail service in the area is getting back to normal as residents and businesses try to dig out from this week's record snowfall.
• Local grocery stores and pharmacies are returning to normal operations in the wake of this week's massive snowstorm, which played havoc with supplies, home deliveries and customer parking.
• Matt Hopf follows a Quincy postal carrier through the snow.
• The Quincy Public Schools will be closed Friday, marking the fourth consecutive day that classes have not been held this week because of Tuesday's blizzard.
• A scheduling change in the Superfan Shootout will now pit the QND girls basketball team against QHS at 7 p.m. Friday at The Pit.
• Fire crews are at the scene of a large downtown structure blaze Thursday afternoon in Griggsville.
• Bernadette "Bernie" Postle will be speaking from personal experience when she talks about the benefit of "pet therapy dogs" for those with Alzheimer's disease when she addresses the First Fridays gathering sponsored by the Quincy
• John Hirner quickly admits he has never seen a response "quite like this" to Friday's Cornerstone Foundation for Families annual Night of Celebration.
• As Northeast Missouri unearthed its homes, cars and roads from a historic snowstorm, heavy drifting on country roads overtaxed county snowplows, leaving many rural residents to fend for themselves.
• Area hospital services are slowly returning to pre-blizzard conditions -- a.k.a. normal.
• Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 1:52 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. 24, two miles west of West Quincy.
• A Quincy family had an unusual encounter with this week's blizzard-like weather conditions.
• Amtrak train service between Quincy and Chicago remains canceled for Thursday, following heavy snow across Illinois.
• Joe Lohmeyer was patrolling roads Tuesday night during one of the worst snowstorms in recent memory. He was up near the Hancock County line, his truck was in a ditch, it was dark and the snow was flying harder and harder.
• Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. That pretty much is what Terry Bower's days and nights consist of when the Quincy area is walloped with a winter storm.
• Many hotels were at or near capacity Wednesday night as businesses had workers stay overnight to avoid the possibility of missing work due to conditions.
• Several local couples will forever have stories to tell about their children being born during Quincy's historic 2011 snowstorm.
• Truck traffic was beginning to return to normal Wednesday afternoon at Dot Foods headquarters in Mount Sterling.
• A once-in-a-lifetime snow day at Culver-Stockton College came with knee-deep snow and bitterly cold wind gusts, leaving many students at a loss as to how to spend their unexpected time off.
• Despite the heavy snow and hazardous road conditions, the Adams County Ambulance Service is managing to transport medical patients to Blessing Hospital without any significant problems.
• The Air Evac 5 helicopter ambulance service based in Quincy did not make any runs Tuesday during the peak of the snowstorm, but the company might be able to respond to certain calls the remainder of this week if conditions are suitable.
• George Ash has seen a lot in his time, but he's never seen anything quite like the brutal winter storm front that moved through the area this week.
• Click here to see Steve Bohnstedt's photo slideshow.
• Amidst the snowplow drivers and National Guardsmen who have mobilized to handle the historic snowstorm that hit Northeast Missouri Tuesday, a group of faith-based disaster responders stand ready to assist as the aftermath of the storm unfolds.
• Rodney Hart has an interesting experience riding with city snowplow driver Kevin Angell and his crew Tuesday afternoon, click here to watch the video.
• The 1844th Transportation Company based in Quincy is currently providing assistance to the Illinois State Police after Gov. Pat Quinn ordered the National Guard soldiers to provide direct transportation for troopers.
• The Branford Group has an online listing for an auction of the Huck Fixture facility in Quincy to be held March 3 due to a "facility closure."
• Rodney Hart goes downtown skiing.
• Steve Eighinger gives his High 5 for 02/02/11 on "I Have A Lot to Share."
• As marketers prepare to spend millions on Sunday, The Daily Beast analyzes which big game commercials — from tackled grannies to streaking sheep — actually worked. View the best — and the worst here.
• Quincy officials believe all city streets will be passable between 7 a.m. and noon Thursday, barring unforeseen problems.
• Here's an interesting snow photo that a reader submitted to the Herald-Whig Community page today. Submit your snow photos here: www.whig.com/Community)
• Amtrak service between Chicago and Quincy was canceled Wednesday.
• Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. That pretty much is what Terry Bower's days — and nights — consist of when the Quincy area is walloped with a winter storm.
• Herald-Whig will resume home delivery Thursday
• Judy Hays called it being "proactive." Hays said the company was in touch with its oxygen customers before the winter storm arrived in the Quincy area around mid-day Tuesday.
• The Missouri Department of Transportation prepares for a snowstorm all year long. Now it is putting those preparations to the test.
• A Quincy woman convicted in December of methamphetamine delivery had her sentence continued Tuesday because she is due to give birth any day.
• Kenny Schaffnit doesn't worry too much when the forecast calls for snow, even lots of snow.
• The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum is out of contention for a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh grant.
• Steve Eighinger says a Groundhog is not such a different species after all.
• Adams County officials declared a state of emergency at 9 p.m. Tuesday and pulled snow plows off the road.
• Culver-Stockton became the last institution of higher learning in Northeast Missouri to cancel classes Tuesday as a major snowstorm struck the area, breaking an unofficial tradition that has lasted nearly a century.
• Rodrigo Marroquin and Martin Salkeld both came from the balmy climate of Lima, Peru, to play tennis at Quincy University. They realized coming here that the winters would be different.
• Steve Eighinger shoots video in the storm.
• Six-year-olds Ainsley Bennett and Lydia Boland of Hannibal, Mo., brainstormed about what to do during snow days from school, then decided on a dog-walking or babysitting business.
• The murder trial of Hannibal resident Manuel Cazares has been delayed another day because of a winter storm.
• Emergency personnel in the area are trying to head off any problems that could be associated with the snowstorm.
• Kevin Angell has a request for Quincy drivers brave enough to drive in a snowstorm. Please respect the snowplow.
• Hannibal Regional Hospital officials are advising area residents to remain in their homes for the duration of the winter storm that has engulfed Northeast Missouri and about one-third of the nation.
• Several industries and stores in the Quincy area closed down on Tuesday or planned to be closed Wednesday, due to heavy snows and bitter winds.
• The Adams County chapter of the American Red Cross is making preparations to open up to three emergency shelters for anyone who gets stranded, faces a power outage or is otherwise in need of a temporary home during the snow crisis.
• Despite the heavy snowfall, some businesses are determined to stay open.
• The Adams County chapter of the American Red Cross is making preparations to open up to three emergency shelters for anyone who gets stranded, faces a power outage or is otherwise in need of a temporary home during the snow crisis.
• Battling the Blizzard: Jessica M. Martin-Cate takes a video camera down Broadway across into West Quincy, Mo., and back today at noon.
• Some major medical facilities in West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri are closing while others have plans in place to deal with what could be a winter storm of historical significance.
• Quincy Mayor John Spring announced a snow emergency Tuesday morning for the city, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has activated the Illinois National Guard ahead of a snowstorm forecast to bring feet of snow to the state.
• A tax objection case involving 112 Quincy properties in Ellington and Melrose townships is moving on in Adams County Circuit Court.
• Blessing Physician Services, Quincy Public Library and more added to the cancelled/postponed list due to weather.
• Area residents woke to ice-glazed cars, sidewalks and some slippery streets this morning, but that's just a taste of winter weather still to come.
• Grocery stores in Quincy ran out of some items Monday as shoppers prepared for an impending snow storm, but shelves were restocked overnight and business remained brisk this morning.
• One person was injured at 8:20 a.m. Monday on Route D at Route O, two miles east of Santa Fe.
• Judy Smith had fallen in love with cooking and baking during a home economics class in junior high school.
• If it lives up to all the hype and expectations, the big snow moving into the Quincy area this week is destined to be compared to all the other major snowstorms that achieved legendary status locally over the years.
• Rodney Hart says he found Old Man Winter near Fifth and Hampshire Monday morning.
• The major snowstorm forecast for Tuesday could affect regional schools for days, playing havoc with transportation and digging deeper into the snow days districts have budgeted for the year.
• The Adams County Emergency Management Agency said officials were watching forecasts carefully and making final contingency preparations for the storm that is set to drop between 16 and 24 inches of snow.
• Two-time defending hobby stock champion Steve Carlin will open the 2011 season with the longest active streak of top-five points finishes in any series.
• Steve Eighinger writes about a little old lady who got pushed too far by her town's public library in today's High 5.
• Major medical facilities in West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri have plans in place to deal with what could be a winter storm of historical significance.
• The Marion County Commission has reservations about a proposed hydroelectric plant at Lock and Dam 21 in West Quincy because of project staff's efforts to drastically reduce the plant's tax liability.
• The murder trial of Hannibal resident Manuel Cazares has been delayed at least one day with the impending arrival of a winter storm.
• On the Hart of the Matter blog, Rodney Hart says "don't panic, it's only snow."
• Quincy mayor confirms Cape Air has canceled flights in and out of Quincy Regional Airport and St. Louis for Monday afternoon, Tuesday due to weather concerns.
• Mary Lynne Richards suggests exercising indoors due to weather on her blog "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• The city of Hannibal is looking at ways to rehabilitate the Molly Brown House after water damage prevented the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau from opening the small museum last year.
• List of events cancelled/postponed because of weather.
• “Saturday Night Live” star Kristen Wiig played Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in a spoof of Bachmann’s tea party response to the State of the Union address.
• As the region braced today for what could be a monstrous snowstorm, emergency management officials are reminding citizens the most important thing is to be prepared.
• A classic history of America's Hometown is on its way to re-publication as a fundraiser for the library that guards its author's works.
• Jury selection began this morning for the murder trial of Hannibal's Manuel Cazares.
• The North East Community Action Corporation has run out of funding for the emergency heating assistance to disadvantaged Northeast Missourians, a shortfall that could leave hundreds of people temporarily without heat as a bitterly cold winter drags on.
• QND coach Scott Douglas will not be on the sidelines for tonight's game against West Hancock. Douglas is home ill. Assistant Bob Sheffield will coach the team in his place.
• Jessica M. Martin-Cate asks you some music trivia questions of her own in honor of QND's Music Trivia night this weekend on "The Breakdown."
• Local officials along with AT&T announced the expansion of mobile broadband services in the area just one month after 3G service was activated in Quincy.
• To watch the actual explosion of Challenger happen, stripped of all its news context, is still jarring today.
• Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee will be the featured speaker at the 70th annual Hannibal-LaGrange University booster banquet on Nov. 15, university officials announced this week.
• A change in federal regulations is forcing Blessing Hospital's hospice services out of Northeast Missouri.
• A Pleasant Hill man who owns Foiles Migrators in Pittsfield pleaded not guilty Thursday to 23 charges of violating federal wildlife laws.
• Handicapped patrons of Quincy's two Hy-Vee gas stations have a new option for obtaining assistance at the pump.
• Steve Eighinger says M*A*S*H would not be among his top 20 shows of all time in today's High 5.
• Steve Eighinger says the metamorphosis of American Idol is nearing completion, much sooner than expected and much better than anticipated.
• Quincy Medical Group's Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Department can now better monitor its own effectiveness and efficiency.
• A 25-year-old Canton man was arrested Thursday on a Class A felony drug charge by members of the Lewis County Sheriff's Department and the Northeast Missouri Drug Task Force.
• A lawsuit filed by a Springfield newspaper reporter who was arrested while covering a murder trial last May in Quincy has been dropped after a settlement was reached.
• Logan Cox of Quincy and Garrett Tramel of Canton, Mo., were among tens of thousands of abortion opponents in Washington, D.C., who rallied on the National Mall and marched to the Supreme Court Monday.
• A Quincy hotel sued by the city in 2009 for unpaid hotel-motel taxes is once again behind in making its monthly payments and could be again threatened with closure.
• Justice will unfold next week in St. Charles, when Manuel Cazares goes on trial for the 2009 second-degree murders of Carl Epley and Amanda Thomas.
• Adams County's unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, from 7.1 percent in November. Quincy's rate fell to 6.7 percent from 7.4 percent. Neither rate has been this low since April 2009.
• Attorneys say they are ready to proceed Monday with the murder trial of former Hannibal resident Manuel Cazares.
• One of the occupants of a house at 1115 S. 19th has been arrested in connection with a Tuesday night fire.
• Payson Seymour's Abram Wiseman is playing through pain of a torn labrum to support his brother, Alex, during his senior season of basketball.
• A tip of a suspicious vehicle on Ward Island leads to the arrest of two Quincy men on a charge of burglary stemming from an incident several weeks earlier at one of the island's river camps.
• Hannibal police use taser to arrest man who jumps out of window and is found hiding in church of basement.
• The West Central Illinois Center For Independent Living will unveil a youth computer lab Friday and invites the community to check out new computers, software, games and more.
• In preparation for Catholic Schools Week, St. Peter School students have been collecting items needed by Madonna House, the nondenominational Christian shelter for women in crisis.
• The city of Canton is moving forward on implementing the nearly $2 million grant it received in October to clean up and develop its riverfront.
• Students at St. Peter Elementary School will soon be lining up to get a hands-on lesson in community service.
• The intrigue is only beginning as to whether Rahm Emanuel, former congressman and chief of staff to President Barack Obama, is eligible to run for mayor of Chicago.
• NASCAR just turned its world upside down with its new scoring system — and all for the better, at least in Steve Eighinger's opinion.
• If you’re looking for another breath of fresh air among television programs, Steve Eighinger says to try "Fairly Legal" Thursday night on the USA Network.
• Steve Eighinger awards his medal winners from the Milwaukee auditions for American Idol and notes Steven Tyler's continued rise in popularity.
• Junior Mike Davis is the most physical player on the QHS basketball team and typically draws the toughest defensive assignment inside. Few have been tougher than last Friday night.
• Former teammates and friends will gather near the Pittsfield High School football field at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in a memorial event to honor Tyler "Max" Zumwalt, who died in a car crash earlier this week.
• Blessed Sacrament Elementary School in Quincy is the first Catholic school in Adams County to receive the "Leader in Me" award for its use of the Seven Habits leadership curriculum.
• Jill Reis, principal of Quincy's Berrian School for the past six years, is named assistant regional superintendent of schools for Adams and Pike counties.
• It will be interesting to see what happens after an Illinois appellate court declared the $31 billion Illinois Jobs Now! program violated the single subject rule. An appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court is guaranteed.
• Culver-Stockton College soon will have a new men's basketball head coach. John Windham has resigned his position, effective at the end of this season.
• Steve Eighinger writes about a restaurant in Arizona offering turtle tacos in today's High 5.
• Former KPNX weekend weatherman Dick Leighton forgot he was supposed to work a Friday night back in 1987. He apologized later, saying he had been out having a few drinks. At 10 p.m. he went on air live. The rest is history.
• Deborah Potter, executive director of NewsLab, offers a scathing analysis of the decline of CNN.
• Tuesday’s meeting of the Hannibal Fire Board sought to address the critical but not always high-profile issue of juvenile fire-setters.
• Rodney Hart remembers meeting Leisha Kelly in November 2004 after “Katie’s Dream” was published, and she seemed very content living in the rural Clayton countryside with her husband and two young children.
• The 4th District Appellate Court has rejected a motion to lift the stay on the "judgment of ouster" issued in September against Quincy School Board President Melvin "Bud" Niekamp.
• An appeals panel rules that the state's $31 billion capital construction program violated the single subject rule, endangering work on highways, schools and other projects.
• In a press release after the State of the Union address, Bobby Schilling agreed with Obama’s call for civility. He also welcomed parts of the president’s agenda.
• Doug Wilson talks with local lawmakers to get their reaction to President Obama's State of the Union speech.
• Hannibal will receive $100,000 in federal transportation funds for its Main Street sidewalk project, Canton nearly $160,000 for its levee trail and scenic overlook, and Frankford about $52,000 for sidewalk improvements.
• A Knox City hog producer has sued Knox County over a 2009 ruling that he cannot build a new hog confinement.
• A family was at home at the time fire broke out in the basement garage of 1115 S. 19th about 6 p.m. Tuesday. The family of three escaped unscathed.
• Two Adams County residents were killed in a three-vehicle accident about 6 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 24 near the Mendon-Fowler Blacktop west of Fowler.
• Since men (still) have no idea how idea how to read a woman's mind, Steve Eighinger offers three hints for women on how to figure out where a man is coming from.
• Honorary chairman Dave "Chickenman" Comer provided an emotional sendoff Tuesday night for this year's American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Adams County.
• How well do you know the history of Quincy Raceways? Try this quiz.
• What might be the saddest-ever peripheral story about an American Idol candidate is supposed to air Wednesday night when the auditions reach Milwaukee.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Flavor Flav's entrance into the chicken business in today's High 5.
• The U.S. Bank in Bowling Green was the victim of a robbery Tuesday afternoon.
• A Plainville woman pleads not guilty to a theft charge in connection with what authorities say was a six-figure bilking of her boss.
• Lt. Brad Lacey has been named interim commander of the Illinois State Police District 20 post in Pittsfield, replacing retired Capt. Pat Staples.
• Don O'Brien writes about Jay Cutler's injury and how far the Cleveland Cavaliers have fallen in today's Two for Tuesday.
• Yes, it's cold, and the ground is still covered in snow. Rodney Hart says it could be worse. You could be blown over.
• The river region in Northeast Missouri is one of the best places in the country to watch for bald eagles.
• Republicans point to a study that claims that the health care law will result in 1.6 million lost jobs. That number comes from a study by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. The problem with this study, PoltiFact points out, is that it isn
• Football fans who do this "we" and "us" business are a little over the top. "You" don't play in the game, and "you" have never scored a touchdown.
• Jean Kinder, the Quincy School District's director of food service, is taking a "wait and see" approach regarding the proposed new federal guidelines for making school lunches healthier.
• "This could be the last year of the Little People's in Quincy," says Nan Ryan, founder and executive director of the Pepsi Little People's Golf Championships.
• Driver of car involved in crash with Amtrak train dies
• Some people remember their vacations from the pictures in their camera or the stamps on their passports. Runners mark their journeys with their soles.
• Donna Veile, the junior high school principal at Camp Point Central, takes over July 1 as the superintendent of the Payson School District.
• Lenny Bart, 49 of Summit, N.J., has been hired to replace Dominic Cattero, who led the Quincy Community Theater since 2004.
• The Mendon School District is exploring the possibility of buying a laptop computer for each student in grades 5-12.
• Sitting in your room eating lasagna and ignoring a fire alarm while enjoying a good beer buzz? Sounds like a senior year in college moment to Rodney Hart.
• Former Quincy Alderman Eugene "Smoky" Mueller died Sunday at age 86. He is remembered as a tireless advocate who served his 2nd Ward constituents for 40 years.
• Steve Eighinger says more than 30 million slices of pizza will be consumed worldwide on Super Bowl Sunday (and he will eat many of them himself).
• Don Crim says Keith Olbermann’s anger drove his ratings, but it also drove his bosses at MSNBC crazy.
• A group of Monroe City Catholics are working to keep a piece of Northeast Missouri's African-American heritage alive, aided by a recent grant from a national Catholic aid group and a newly heightened awareness of the site's most famous son.
• Missouri's 524 school districts will receive $189 million this year in federal stimulus funds, but they're being instructed to keep back $112 million of that money to cover an anticipated deficit.
• The Adams County Ambulance Board and the Adams County Finance Committee are looking at multiple options while searching for a place to house three primary ambulances and a smaller backup ambulance indoors.
• The Huck Finn Shopping Center has gained a new tenant as Sears shuffled locations, with a new independent retailer preparing in its former building.
• American Idol is still looked at as the “Death Star” by rival programs and networks, and that doesn’t appear to be changing any time soon.
• Steve Eighinger realized how long of an offseason it has already been Saturday night about five minutes into the Quincy Raceways annual banquet.
• Mary Lynne gives tips on combatting winter weight gain on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• Volunteers today kicked off an effort to raise $398,000 for Quincy Notre Dame High School.
• The Illinois auditor general's office releases an audit showing several repeat findings involving the Regional Office of Education for Adams and Pike counties.
• Volunteers today kicked off an effort to raise $398,000 for Quincy Notre Dame. The QND Foundation's 34th annual fund drive was launched at a breakfast meeting in the QND cafeteria.
• Eighteen years is a long life for a cat, and fortunately for Deborah Gertz Husar, a long time to love an angel with fur.
• A woman wanted on a federal drug charge tried to hide from police during a search of 1126 1/2 N. Sixth, but she fell through the ceiling of an attic.
• All units of the Tri-Township Fire Department were called to a structure fire at 6901 State about 6:45 a.m. this morning in sub-zero temperatures.
• Quincy School Board member Jeff Mays says he doesn’t want to “do away” with tenure altogether, but he believes seniority alone should no longer be the only factor involved in deciding whether to retain a teacher. Do you agree with Mays?
• Paris Tassin is not going to be the next American Idol, but it’s stories like hers that make the show so darn fascinating.
• A St. Louis wind energy company plans to develop a 150-megawatt wind farm in Pike County west of Pittsfield, with the total cost of the project expected to be between $250 million and $300 million.
• Missouri Department of Transportation officials solicit input from the Palmyra City Council and other community members on possible changes to the configuration of U.S. 61 on the east side of town.
• Listen to John F. Kennedy's inaugural address that he gave in 1961.
• Mary Poletti says a Sears Hometown Store is coming soon to the former Steve & Barry’s space, and there's more potentially exciting business information.
• Titan International, Inc. closed an exchange agreement Wednesday, transferring about 6.6 million shares of common stock to the holder of a $59.6 million note due in 2017.
• The principal of Veterans Elementary School in Hannibal recently shared the best practices that have brought her school up to snuff with state standards and made achievement a priority.
• A new security screening system used for the first time at Wednesday's Quincy School Board meeting was conducted without a hitch, according to Billy Meyer, the district's chief of security.
• A new security screening system used for the first time at Wednesday's Quincy School Board meeting was conducted without a hitch.
• Western School Board members have done second interviews with three of the six superintendent candidates on the list to replace Rodger Hannel.
• A health care leader described as "the Energizer Bunny" and two news and broadcast industry pioneers were inducted into the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
• Two Louisiana residents were slightly injured at 12:08 a.m. today in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 54 at Pike County Road 277.
• The Quincy Park District's after-school program has seen a 24.7 percent drop in enrollment after a rise in registration fees.
• A Hannibal teenager sustained minor injuries at 2:35 p.m. Wednesday in a one-car accident on Route H, two miles north of Center.
• The Quincy School Board agreed Wednesday to cooperate with the city of Quincy in realigning the intersection of 33rd and Maine.
• Two Peoria residents were arrested at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in a Diamond Motel room on heroin and meth charges.
• Eric Orne didn't think he was watching a season-ending injury unfold when QND sophomore Jordan Frericks went down with what was later ruled a low right ankle sprain.
• Steve Eighinger is pumped that ohnny Depp is going to play Tonto in a Disney big-screen version of the old black-and-white TV show The Lone Ranger.
• Stevie Dirt ranks Justin Reed at No. 7 on the list of most dominant drivers at Quincy Raceways in 2009 and 2010.
• Idol is so back and Steve Eighinger is so glad. He said, "It’s as if a long-lost friend just knocked on the door when you least expected it."
• The Western School Board accepts a bid from Lisa Smith, owner of Mama Duck's Day Care, and expects to close the sale in 30 days subject to a legal opinion. Still to be determined, though, is how much Smith will pay for the building.
• Quincy School Board member Jeff Mays speaks out in favor of proposed legislation that would give Illinois school districts more leeway in releasing tenured teachers who fail to do a good job in the classroom based on student test scores and evaluations.
• LaPrairie couple seriously injured in vehicle/train crash
• Adams County first responders were on the scene Wednesday at an accident between Amtrak's Carl Sandburg train and a vehicle between Golden and LaPrairie.
• A map of tax rates in surrounding states shows that Illinois has a lower personal income tax rate than all except one surrounding state.
• Emergency crews responded Wednesday afternoon to the scene of a crash between a car and an Amtrak train on the tracks between LaPraire and Golden.
• Visitors to the Quincy Regional Airport no longer have the option to get meal or a cup of coffee.
• A former Lewis County sheriff's deputy arrested last month on a felony rape charge allegedly involving a 15-year-old girl will have a court hearing in March.
• The driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash near Lewistown waives his right to a preliminary hearing on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
• Quincy Mayor John Spring: "I’m extremely high on Cape Air, but I will certainly listen to any proposals that are good for our community."
• Two airlines have submitted proposals to the U.S Department of Transportation to offer air service from Quincy Regional Airport for two years, with one airline proposing service to Chicago as an option.
• As the aging process continues, Steve Eighinger says he's also noticed his tolerance level for certain things has lessened.
• Steve Eighinger has waited since last May for the return of American Idol, and now that it’s almost here, he feels like the world is a much better place.
• Rodney Hart says the debate about the legalization of marijuana continues to rage.
• An arrest warrant on drug charges is pending for a 19-year-old Hannibal man stemming from a Saturday afternoon incident in the 200 block of South Arch.
• Toni Hemming's fledgling project, Domestic Abuse Re-lief, hopes to turn grant funding, donations and volunteer labor into permanent housing for women and their children.
• Jack Thomas, provost and academic vice president at Western Illinois University, has been named the university's 11th president, effective July 1.
• Frances A. Karnes, a Quincy native and 1960 graduate of Quincy College, recently donated the Karnes Book Collection to the University of Southern Mississippi.
• Rodney Hart says all of the changes to the astrological year is a huge deal because he's a Sagittarius but now would become a Scorpio.
• The Salvation Army announces that a record $349,773 was raised during its 2010 Christmas campaign.
• Pittsfield actor Ryan Carnes will appear as a guest star on Thursday night's episode of "Bones."
• Don Crim says the St. Louis Cardinals need to get a deal done, and the Pujols camp needs to rescind the arbitrary deadline that is only a month away.
• Rodney Hart tries to see how far he can slide on an ice-covered parking lot in dress shoes. Check out the video.
• Richard Petty tells Stevie Dirt that NASCAR fans should begin to expect future races better suited to fit the needs of television.
• Steve Eighinger writes about the 50 greatest baseball nicknames in history on his latest edition of the High 5.
• Richard "The King" Petty, the iconic figurehead of NASCAR's past, present and future, was in Quincy on Monday touring Knapheide Manufacturing.
• Almost 43 years after his death, Martin Luther King's words continue to build an intangible kind of momentum, as seen in today's celebration of his life at Bethel AME Church in Quincy.
• Growing biomass crops could be an easy, and potentially profitable, transition for some area farmers.
• Mary Lynne suggests setting smaller goals to get started exercising and make long-term goals seem more attainable on "Blog, Sweat and Tears."
• The Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools Foundation and the Quincy Notre Dame Foundation will host free one-hour workshops starting this week on "The Money Blueprint: Seven Keys to Building a Strong Financial Foundation."
• The Golden Globes honor "Social Network," "Black Swan," and more Sunday night.
• Quincy School Board President Melvin "Bud" Niekamp has hired a new attorney to represent him in his appeal of the quo warranto lawsuit.
• A 23-year-old Rushville man was killed when he was thrown from his overturning vehicle at 9:27 p.m. Sunday on Sugar Grove Road west of Rushville and a quarter-mile north of Ill. 103 in Schuyler County.
• Two Troy residents were slightly injured in a one-car accident at 3:30 p.m. Saturday on U.S. 36, a mile west of Hunnewell.
• A tip from an off-duty Quincy police officer late Sunday afternoon led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Lebanon man on a charge of possession of a stolen firearm.
• Norman Hare knows libraries' future is in question. In fact, that question is at the heart of the Marion County Library District's creation.
• Illinois workers who expected to see a little larger paycheck this year will be disappointed.
• Three Canton residents were arrested Tuesday after unrelated investigations by the Canton Police Department, Northeast Missouri Drug Task Force and Lewis County Sheriff's Department.
• A Quincy man faces charges in Nevada after authorities say he was stopped in a vehicle containing more than 38 pounds of marijuana.
• Clark County High School announced Friday morning that Matt Smith has resigned as the school’s head football coach.
• A high percentage of area farmer intend to plant Bt hybrids in 2011.
• The $20.7 million multi-phase renovation of Good Samaritan Home remains on track and should be completed by early 2012.
• Earl Bricker's last official day in the Quincy and Mount Sterling offices will be Feb. 28. He is taking a job as director of the community impact division with the United Way of Adams County.
• In a recent edition of Newsweek, columnist George Will opines about all things “Neanderthal” from the previous year. One of them involved free cab rides in Quincy.
• Quincy Notre Dame High School will host another music trivia night at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, in St. Peter School's gymnasium, 25th and Maine. Proceeds will support financial assistance for QND students.
• Hannibal's dream of bringing back passenger rail service is still alive, says its champion, even as he moves on.
• Historic preservation experts are up in arms about the demolition of the historic Clark County Courthouse, which on Thursday became the subject of a state lawsuit against the Clark County Commission.
• Quincy Fire Department crews failed to find any gas leaks Thursday after responding to numerous calls from residents saying they smelled gas.
• The story about the Payson woman found not guilty of retail theft, despite being stopped on her way out of the store with $300 worth of stuff in her cart, has prompted strong response.
• Anyone attending a Quincy School Board meeting in the future will have to walk through a metal detector or be searched with a wand.
• Doug Wilson discusses the idea of hiding anger and hurting feelings in his column.
• A state fire marshal is expected to arrive Friday to attempt to determine the cause of a Thursday afternoon house fire at 700 E. Fremont in Camp Point.
• Generally speaking, the influenza season is expected to be rather mild. January and February are typically two of the worst months for widespread outbreaks of the flu, but both nationwide and locally it appears there are no major concerns on the health h
• Don O'Brien names Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo his slap of the week for firing the equipment manager who had been with the team for 44 years.
• Steve Eighinger celebrates Apollo Creed's birthday and tells us what the snowiest cities in America are in the latest edition of the High 5.
• Chad Rodgers was hired last month to be the operations director of the Kroc Community Center being built at Fifth and Vermont in Quincy.
• In the latest installment of “DOBservideo,” Herald-Whig Sports Editor Don O'Brien talks with Quincy University senior Courtney Shuman.
• Hear comments from both Adams County Chairman Mike McLaughlin and Quincy Mayor John Spring at the GREDF annual meeting Wednesday night.
• Ameren crews dispatched to the Quincy area this morning said the odor was NOT mercaptan, an additive for natural gas to give its distinctive smell.
• Assistant Fire Chief Keith Frank said 15 calls have been received from people smelling natural gas, but firefighters with gas-detecting meters have found nothing.
• Quincy Fire Department crews are responding to numerous calls from residents on the east side of town complaining about smelling gas.
• The investigation into a stolen tow truck at Mendon led to the arrest of two 20-year-old Adams County men.
• Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against the Clark County Commission for violating the terms of a $57,500 grant it received through the Historic Preservation Revolving Fund to make repairs to the Clark County Courthouse in Kahok
• A Quincy man received a six-year prison sentence after admitting he exposed himself to young children on two different occasions in October.
• The hills on each side of Curtis Creek have had heavy use since Tuesday's snowstorm as residents bundle up and the sleds zip down the hills.
• Amy Voss believes the "Savvy Caregiver" is a needed program, one that is specifically targeting family caregivers of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
• Jonathan Martin of Politico writes that in the span of a single news cycle, Republicans got a jarring reminder of two forces that could prevent them from retaking the presidency next year.
• QND's Alex Fitch learned Wednesday he has a small fracture above the ankle in his fibula. Initially, the injury suffered last Friday had been ruled a bad sprain.
• Brad Havermale, a 125-pound senior on the QHS wrestling team, carries a 14-3 record into this weekend's QHS Wrestling Invitational.
• Fears that a $300 million wind turbine project in Adams County might be in danger were put to rest at the Great River Economic Development Foundation annual meeting.
• Is Rock Island's Chasson Randle the best player in the history of the Western Big Six? Or Quincy's Bruce Douglas? Or Galesburg's Joey Range?
• Excluding the people killed in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, more than 150,000 Americans have been murdered since the start of the 21st century.
• Nationally ranked QU women ready to make their move in GLVC North standings.
• The Great River Economic Development Foundation new website launched late Wednesday afternoon.
• Entertainment Weekly has picked its top all-time individual American Idol performances, with Fantasia's "Summertime" coming in at No. 1.
• Steve Eighinger says Daniel Craig has been signed to star in the next James Bond movie.
• If you haven't had a chance to do any sledding yourself this week, Rodney Hart takes you down the South Park hill with a video camera.
• The Adams County Special Education Association is exploring the possibility of seeking a $750,000 line of credit to help meet payroll costs.
• Two Hannibal men have been taken into custody in connection with the theft and possession of electronic equipment taken from a Hannibal residence.
• Don O'Brien gives the QND girls basketball team an A and the uniforms of the University of Oregon football team an F in his latest Mid-Week Grades.
• The Quincy University women's basketball team has a unique way of getting ready for practice some days. Check out the latest DOBservideo.
• A Missouri man was sentenced to 17 years in prison nearly two years after a methamphetamine investigation began near Kinderhook.
• Two Hannibal men have been arrested in connection with an early morning taxi cab robbery.
• Democrats in the Illinois Legislature have approved a 66 percent income tax increase. Local lawmakers voted against the bill and called on their peers to cut programs and spending.
• The attorney who filed the quo warranto lawsuit against Quincy School Board President Melvin "Bud" Niekamp is asking the 4th District Appellate Court to lift the stay on the "judgment of ouster" issued against Niekamp in September.
• Quincy's annual Fourth of July fireworks are being moved from the riverfront to the Illinois Veterans Home for one year only.
• Junior Jack Cornell played a pivotal role in Illinois' turnaround in football, starting at guard the final three games and seeing significant minutes throughout the season.
• Steve Eighinger offers a sampling of the kind of humor guys in their 50s think is hilarious when it comes to growing old.
• Steve Eighinger offers American Idol food for thought as the Jan. 19 season premier moves closer and closer.
• Ted McGlaughlin is charged with two counts of burglary and one count of property damage after Quincy Police investigated a burglary to a residence at 3380 Genevieve.
• A Payson woman claiming she forgot to pay for $300 worth of items at the Quincy Walmart is found not guilty of retail theft after a two-day trial in Quincy.
• Mary Poletti writes about Mo. 168, slick courthouse steps and Lyndon Bode's busy life after covering Monday's meeting with the Marion County Commission.
• The Marion County Library District is ready to seek county voters' support in April for the tax levy that will fund its operation.
• Check out video of Rodney Hart's first practice for the upcoming Dancing with the Stars competition.
• The Quincy University women's basketball team has jumped into the USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 coaches' poll at No. 23.
• Sherri White, an oncology nurse at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield, helped put together an educational breast cancer awareness video.
• A 16-year-old Durham girl is killed when her car crossed the center line and hit a semi on Mo. 6, two and one-half miles west of Lewistown.
• A report circulated at Monday's Curriculum Committee meeting compared Quincy against 25 other comparably sized downstate school districts.
• The group working to bring a permanent Moberly Area Community College campus to Hannibal might break ground on the new facility this year.
• Democratic leaders are preparing for a last-ditch push on a tax increase in the final day of lame-duck session of the Illinois Legislature.
• Steve Eighinger celebrates the birthday of "Cousin Itt" and says Kim Kardashian will be in a provacative Super Bowl commercial in today's edition of the High 5.
• Tuesday is the 30th anniversary of the death of Alan Madden, who was 5 years old when his battered body was found in the living room of his Quincy home on North 11th. It was one of the saddest days this city has ever known.
• Two Perry residents plead guilty to charges in connection with giving a 15-year-old female cocaine and then photographing graphic sexual acts.
• Rodney Hart asks: Was Jared Loughner playing with a full deck? Probably not. Would that strategy fly in court? No easy answer to that question.
• Five people from Northeast Missouri and West-Central Illinois entered federal guilty pleas last week in a drug conspiracy case in Lewis and Knox counties.
• Huck Fixture Group has confirmed that more than a dozen employees were laid off Dec. 30.
• A man was arrested for having a prescription drug without a prescription after a routine search of the Lewis County courtroom Jan. 3.
• Clark County officials are in the midst of demolishing their historic courthouse to make room for a $4 million new facility voters approved last spring.
• A Philadelphia, Mo., woman is in stable condition today in Blessing Hospital with injuries sustained when she was struck by a van at 10th and Broadway.
• Pawn shop operators don't know whether their industry is an accurate barometer of the economy, but they know business is very good.
• Archer Daniels Midland recently has complied with a request from the city of Quincy to stop construction at its Front Street facility.
• Hannibal-LaGrange University will celebrate its change to university status with a special chapel service at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
• Madonna House finds itself strapped financially. Director Barb Hicks has one word for the crisis. "Urgent," she said.
• Monday is more or less a national holiday for Steve Eighinger, because it’s Rod Stewart’s birthday.
• A LaBelle man was arrested Thursday after Lewis County Sheriff's deputies said a pipe bomb was found at his residence.
• A Quincy man was arrested Thursday in connection with drug warrants and an investigation into the stealing of a Toys For Tots change collection jar.
• Quincy police are investigating a potential child abuse case after a 2-month-old old Quincy infant was taken to St. Louis Thursday with critical brain injuries.
• The U.S. Post Office at 36th and Locust will have several employees available from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday to take passport applications.
• Today's Turn Back the Clock photo is of Carolyn Powell, believed to be the first woman to win a race at Quincy Raceways, back in 1975 — when she was six months pregnant.
• The new American Idol crew is on the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Oprah Winfrey's love of ... herself ... and her TV network in today's High 5.
• Physicians and nutritionists worry that "The Biggest Loser's" focus on competitive weight loss is, at best, counterproductive and, at worst, dangerous.
• During the response of a possible burglary of a LaPrairie residence, police spotted a stolen car that fled the scene and was not found.
• A Quincy man was arrested Wednesday in connection to the theft of thousands of dollars of items from Harris Corp. Some of the stolen property was recovered from the arrested man's residence.
• The SIU Quincy Family Practice Center received two awards this morning for excellence in the fields of care for diabetes and coronary artery disease.
• Quincy Regional Crime Stoppers reported 463 calls were taken in 2010, resulting in 66 cases brought to the board and $8,713 approved for payouts.
• Quincy and a United Kingdom-based company remain in contact in hopes of reaching an agreement to install a fiber-optic network throughout the city.
• Eagle watching, a favorite winter pastime, has returned to the area.
• Legislative leaders say a hike in the state income tax, coupled with $1 per pack in higher cigarette taxes and additional borrowing, will wipe out the state deficit and send more money to schools.
• The owner of the only grocery store in Warsaw has a message for the community.
• A 42-year-old Perry man was found dead at the bottom of a 20-foot ravine in a harvested field with his ATV after a full day's search had been conducted by air and land involving many area fire departments, police, volunteers, friends and family memb
• After 23 years, Ed Husar's fantasy football team finally won the championship.
• ANOTHER FANTASY FOOTBALL season is down the drain. This year, however, something strange happened. For the first time since I became embroiled in this fall/winter ritual 23 years ago, my team actually won the league championship.
• More than halfway through the candidate filing period for April's election in Hannibal, only the incumbents have filed for the seats in question, but an administrator for Hannibal School District 60 says the slow filing pace isn't unusual.
• Matt Schuckman can't figure out why Dale Murphy is getting so little support from Hall of Fame voters.
• The latest picture in Stevie Dirt's Turn Back the Clock feature was taken 37 years ago at Vine Hill Speedway in Bowling Green, Mo.
• One concept for revamping American Idol that was considered for this year pitted Idol winners against former finalists who maybe deserved a second chance.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Khloe Kardashian's new reality show and Pop Tarts in today's High 5.
• An Illinois National Guard soldier will compete against Rangers from the active Army, Army Reserves and other state’s National Guards in the Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Ga., in April.
• Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders will meet today to consider hiking the Illinois income tax rate to 5 percent, up from the current 3 percent rate.
• Relatives and friends of the late Samantha Otte gathered this morning at the Transitions Vocational Training Center to celebrate her 21st birthday by distributing $19,300 in grants to a dozen organizations that benefit children in the Quincy area.
• Ted Williams, a homeless man, was living in a tent just a few days ago in Columbus, Ohio. He has used his velvety, deep voice to land a job with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
• A Quincy man arrested in connection with a stolen vehicle investigation last month pleaded not guilty Wednesday and had his case put on the March jury docket.
• The Great River Economic Development Foundation will unveil the group's new website and the "next generation of GREDF" at its annual meeting starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Oakley-Lindsay Center.
• A fire of undetermined nature destroyed a vacant house at 2725 Lind, and an elderly woman was rescued from a neighboring house that also suffered significant damage Wednesday night.
• U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling told FOX Business Network’s Neil Cavuto Wednesday that “it’s time to start doing some cuts before we look at raising the debt ceiling at all.”
• Procrastinators, and those who want to keep their money just a few hours longer, will be gratified by changes in the tax deadlines this year.
• The decision to change some of the words in Mark Twain's books has infuriated Cindy Lovell, Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum executive director.
• The Ashland Hercules Water Tech chemical plant in Louisiana stands to lose 70 percent of its workforce this spring when its parent company completes the sale of the chemical business enterprise encompassing the plant.
• The Troublesome Creek bridge on Route E in Knox County is closed for emergency repairs and will remain closed until 4 p.m. Friday.
• The newly elected treasurer of Monroe County has resigned four days after she was to be sworn in.
• Kristin Huls, an Extension veteran now working as a product coordinator at ADM, takes over Jan. 16 as the director of the Adams/Brown/Hancock/Pike/Schuyler unit.
• Permanent restrictions on wind energy development passed the Clayton Village Board Tuesday night. Trustees voted 5-0 to restrict development in the village and within a 1.5-mile radius surrounding the town limits.
• The St. Louis Cardinals caravan will make stops in Hannibal, Mo., and Quincy on Jan. 15. Scheduled to appear are Kyle McClellan, Bryan Anderson, Zach Cox and Matt Carpenter.
• Two Quincy brothers are indicted on federal drug charges and could face up to life in prison if convicted.
• A Quincy man arrested in November for several methamphetamine-related charges had one charge dismissed and pleaded not guilty to two other counts during a preliminary hearing Tuesday.
• A new public administrator has been named for Marion County, ending the county's waiting game for replacements for two public officials who retired Dec. 31.
• Bobby Schilling is sworn in to the U.S. House as part of a freshman class that includes many Republicans and tea party members focused on holding the line on government spending.
• A proposed constitutional amendment to limit spending growth in Illinois may come up for a vote today. The plan is being billed as a partial answer to the state's record $13 billion budget deficit.
• Having an uncased gun inside a vehicle results in a Palmyra, Mo., woman being arrested after police responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle in the 3400 block of South Glendale Drive.
• The 112th Congress will be sworn in today, and opinions differ on the impact of Republicans regaining control of the House after being out of power for four years.
• Steve Eighinger debates with a friend as to why living in Quincy is better than living anywhere in California.
• QND ranked No. 2, Illini West No. 6 in Illinois Class 2A girls poll.
• Central boys ranked No. 9 in Illinois Class 1A poll; Pittsfield, Illini West, QND also receiving votes.
• Don O'Brien gives the Chicago Bulls an A and Baltimore Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon an F in his latest version of the Mid-Week Grades.
• Stevie Dirt has started a countdown of the top 10 photos from all of those old-time racing pictures many fans were so kind to submit last summer.
• Steve Eighinger offers his thoughts on the top 10 most searched topics on Yahoo and Google.
• A Quincy woman charged with forging a prescription for Adderall and other counts pleads guilty to two felonies.
• Marion County Clerk Valerie Dornberger and County Treasurer Joelle Fohey were sworn in, making official the retirement of two longtime county officials.
• City officials continue to work with a Chicago-based developer in hopes that the Newcomb Hotel will be redeveloped and occupied for the first time in decades.
• As Marion County swore in its newly elected and re-elected officials Monday morning, two were conspicuously absent.
• Faith Miracle Ministry has bought a building that Pastor Kim Britt hopes to turn it into a sort of one-stop shop for community aid -- housing, counseling, life skills classes and a day care center for at-risk women, along with a thrift store, a food pant
• A Hannibal man is sentenced to 10 years in prison after Judge Rachel Bringer revoked his probation for a controlled substance conviction.
• Maj. Alan Wurtz and his wife, Maj. Carol Wurtz, have been reassigned to a suburban Chicago Salvation Army office and are leaving Quincy after eight years.
• A prisoner in the Lewis County Jail accused of choking and seriously injuring a fellow inmate last month will have a preliminary hearing Feb. 7.
• Cold weather and sunny skies translated into record-setting results in the National Audubon Society's 111th annual Christmas bird count in the Quincy area.
• The Western School Board will take its first look at applicants for the superintendent's job during a special meeting Wednesday.
• Two people are arrested after West Central Illinois Task Force agents said they acted on a Quincy Regional Crime Stoppers tip and searched a Loraine residence.
• Check out the rest of the pairs for the "Dancing with the Stars" event and a great illustration of Rodney Hart preparing for his performance.
• Cornerstone has lined up 15 pairs of local residents (including Rodney Hart) to perform after its annual dinner on Feb. 4 as part of its "Dancing with the Stars" event.
• To say the Rev. Martin Eden was surprised when he opened his office door at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Monday morning would be an understatement.
• Jim Freels is part of a group of more than 15 friends who have started a benefit fund for George Geisendorfer, who was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome a couple of months ago.
• Sara Bareilles already has two Grammys to her credit, but she has yet to take that final step to “superstar” status. Steve Eighinger says that could be changing any day now.
• Don O'Brien explains how he spent part of his New Year's Eve spending time with ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews.
• Father John Burnette, who left St. Peter Church in Quincy in the fall, is shown singing during a Christmas service in an NBC video from Afghanistan.
• When Dave Comer turned 63 a few months back, he received a birthday present he was not expecting. He was told he had cancer.
• Three named to Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce's Business Hall of Fame
• New laws target politicians, pets, drivers
• Quincy High Blue Devil band gets TV time in Orlando. #citrusbowlparade
• ADM's Front Street expansion plan requires special permit
• A few success strategies for keeping your New Year's resolutions
• Illinois State Police trooper pleads guilty to attempted obstruction of justice
• Barnes in giving mood in QND victory over Rockridge
• Rodney Hart explains why finding a bass proves to be a Christmas story
• Pittsfield High School club stresses community service
• Quincy native makes major gift to historical society.
• Adams County Sheriff's animal warden Jenny Benjamin has something for pet owners to think about during the cold winter months. "How would they like it if they had to stand out there for 10 minutes in the freezing rain without shoes and clothes?
• Pam Potter, conductor of the Quincy Park Band, has been named the first recipient of the Conductor of the Year award from the National Association of Concert Bands.
• Bing Crosby's dreams came true this weekend as Quincy saw its first white Christmas since 2002.
• As he contemplates the approaching end of the legal career that dominated his life for the past 60 & ½ years, Quincy attorney Charles A. Scholz can't help but smile and crack a joke.
• Steve Eighinger chooses Allison Iraheta (over Chris Daughtry) as the all-time best fourth-place finisher in American Idol history.
• Check out the video version of Rodney Hart's Christmas Carols of Doom.
• Unemployment rates fell in Quincy and Adams County during November, capping a year of big gains.
• Ashley Tague, the Scotland County girls basketball team's senior point guard and leading scorer, has Type 1 diabetes.
• Drex Rothweiler, former director of Mark Twain Solid Waste Management, pleads guilty to felony stealing and is sentenced to three years in prison.
• The Quincy School Board approves a two-year extension to the contract of Trish Viniard, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.
• The Quincy School Board rejected two efforts Wednesday night to reduce a proposed increase in the district's Tort Fund tax levy.
• Mary Lynne Richards says to go to bed early tonight so you have more energy to tackle those last minute holiday tasks.
• Adams County Sheriff Brent Fischer recently was installed as the chairman of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
• In a new, long-term tweak to its format, Survivor will send each of its voted-off castaways to a new Redemption Island.
• As the 2011 season nears, Steve Carlin is on the threshold of surpassing Eddie Dieker in the most important of all the career statistics — track championships.
• While most political leaders are either calling for fair and balanced redistricting or promising it, some analysts say problems are guaranteed in the 10 states that will lose U.S. House seats and the eight states gaining seats.
• Hannibal School District 60 administrators opened sealed bids for the district's bond-issue construction projects, which include the new Mark Twain Elementary School building,
• The investigation of a recent string of burglaries in Hannibal has resulted in police taking five Hannibal boys into custody.
• Steve Eighinger lists his top 10 celebrity/public figure deaths in the past year that created the most buzz. Who makes your list?
• Employees of the Quincy School District's Transportation Department delivered some holiday cheer to four needy families this morning.
• The Quincy Neighborhood Federation recognized Quincy School District employee Brent Cassens with its 26th annual Theda Jansen Award.
• The Hotel Elkton is no more, and apartments are now replacing hotel rooms at the corner of Fourth and Jersey. Also, owners Mark and Kim Neiswender want to assure Quincyans the Patio Restaurant is still going strong.
• Steve Eighinger says the ultimate bottom line is girls sports is going to play second fiddle to most male activities. Right, wrong or indifferent, that’s the way it is. And it’s not going to change anytime soon.
• Sports Illustrated’s NASCAR Review/Preview picks Jimmie Johnson to win his sixth title in a row.
• The top two finishers from last season's American Idol — Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox — are struggling at the cash register, in term of sales concerning their debut CDs.
• The theft of the Staff of Asclepius, a medical symbol, off the wall outside of the Rapp Clinic at 921 N. 24th is certainly perplexing.
• Eliminating the gerrymandered 17th Congressional District has been a popular theory when discussions of House seats are made.
• Slow population growth means Illinois, Missouri and Iowa each will lose a single congressional seat in the 2012 reapportionment as Western and Southern states grew faster.
• Hannibal Regional Hospital received a nearly $73,000 Christmas present from its auxiliary Monday.
• The Palmyra Parks and Recreation Department received an early Christmas gift in the form of a sizable land donation for a new park.
• You've waited all year, and now they've finally come - Rodney Hart's annual homemade Christmas Carols of Doom!
• The driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash last month near Lewistown will have a preliminary hearing Jan. 18 for an involuntary manslaughter charge.
• Six more candidates stepped forward Monday to file nominating petitions for the April 5 Quincy School Board election. That means voters will choose from 11 candidates to fill four seats.
• Two Hannibal men were arrested in connection with an alleged assault of a police officer and being uncooperative in the subsequent investigation.
• A Ralls County man is arrested for failure to register as a sex offender, failure to appear for a driving under the influence charge and a parole warrant for being an absconder.
• Quincy and Pike County are out of the competition to land a facility that would store carbon emissions thousands of feet below the ground as part of the FutureGen 2.0 project.
• The presidents of John Wood Community College and MacMurray College sign a formal articulation agreement during a press conference at JWCC's Pittsfield Education Center.
• Incumbent Jeff Mays stepped forward Monday to file petitions seeking re-election to the Quincy School Board.
• The phrase “government takeover of health care” has been the biggest political punchline of 2010.
• The Quincy School District is taking a technological leap forward in a dozen classrooms this fall at Quincy High School and Quincy Junior High School.
• Illinois has a budget deficit estimated at $13 billion or more. The shortfall has been hitting regional agencies for years, but is especially bad at this moment.
• Research studies show most adults gain some weight over the holidays. Don’t despair, because this year can be different.
• A Quincy man is arrested after local law enforcement officers said he was apprehended in a stolen vehicle.
• Stereotactic radiosurgery is the newest - and most accurate - tool to shrink or eliminate tumors and abnormalities by using higher doses of radiation more precisely and in fewer treatment sessions.
• A new innovative hysterectomy procedure is now being offered in Quincy, one that can lead to faster recovery time, less pain and smaller incisions.
• James Redhage, an avid outdoorsman and animal lover from Bowling Green, Mo., has left a $3.4 million dollar estate endowment to the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in honor of his dogs.
• Tim Eaton, owner of the Quincy Jimmy John's, said there has not been much communication from health officials about a case of salmonella in Adams County connected to alfalfa sprouts.
• The Western School Board is moving into the next phase of its search for a new superintendent. The application deadline was Friday for the job now held by Rodger Hannel,
• Cassandra Codd is crowned queen of the 80th annual Beaux Arts Ball, a fundraiser for the Quincy Art Center that was held at the Oakley-Lindsay Center.
• The Board of Directors for the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau met Friday to accept the resignation of Beau Hicks as director. However, as of 11 a.m., the board had not formally accepted Hicks’ resignation. The board's meeting started
• Quincy Board of Education Vice President Tom Dickerson and Stephanie D. Erwin of 432 Spring Lake Drive filed their nominating petitions today to run in the spring election.
• A moratorium on field trips by the Quincy School District has resulted in a big drop-off in attendance at the Quincy Museum, which goes out of its way to provide exhibits geared for kids. So the museum decided to take some of its exhibits directly to stu
• The beginning of the new year brings with it several changes in laws throughout the country. David Adam asks: Is it too late to add a few more edicts to the books?
• Tourists spent $78 million in Adams County last year, ranking 22nd out of 102 Illinois counties.
• Joseph Murphy of Vanderbilt University stressed the need for a communitywide effort in Quincy to reduce the achievement gap within a school system.
• Steve Eighinger offers a sampling of the reviews for Crystal Bowersox’s much-anticipated debut CD, “Farmer’s Daughter.”
• Steve Eighinger celebrates Neil Diamond's selection into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• Decorating, baking, shopping, work and school commitments, holiday parties and get-togethers all make it difficult to find time for fitness this time of the year.
• Scott Dasch, a clerk at the Ayerco convenience store at 24th and State, knew what kind of feedback he would get after changing the sign to show gasoline selling at $2.99.9 per gallon on Wednesday afternoon.
• Christmas arrived early today across parts of West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri.
• A Ewing man has been charged with forgery and could face additional charges in Illinois.
• An extensive investigation results in the arrest of four Quincyans on meth charges after a search is made of a residence at 326 S. Tenth.
• An Illinois Department of Transportation snowplow was involved in one of four accidents in Adams County Wednesday night on icy roadways. No injuries were reported.
• The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash last month near Lewistown that killed a Highland High School cheerleader has had his charges upgraded from reckless driving while intoxicated to involuntary manslaughter.
• The Deery Brothers Summer Series late model tour and Sprint Invaders sprint car series will both return to the Quincy Raceways 2011 schedule.
• Quincy Mayor John Spring has fond memories of Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin, who was found dead Wednesday in his Springfield home.
• Congress will not be growing any time soon after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to increase the size of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Two schools in Illinois and one in Missouri make the list of the 50 colleges and universities considered to be the biggest hotbeds for student drug use.
• Two of Jeopardy’s most successful champions (Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter) will play two games against “Watson,” a computer program developed by IBM’s artificial intelligence team.
• 'Malice and hate will not bring her back': Richmiller family speaks out about Brianne Buss verdict.
• Brianne Buss of Clayton is sentenced to five years in prison by Judge William Mays. She must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence. Buss, 23, pled guilty in October to aggravated driving under the influence charges for her role in a fatal crash near
• Brianne Buss of Clayton is sentenced to five years in prison by Judge William Mays. She pled guilty in October to aggravated driving under the influence chargers for her role in a fatal crash near Paloma.
• Three longtime Culver-Stockton College faculty members have announced plans to retire at the end of this academic year. They are Sue Abegglen, professor of education; Tom Kenney, assistant professor of business administration and economics; and Mike Brad
• A Quincy woman charged with residential burglary and taking a firearm pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
• Steve Eighinger says it seems like his 'overrated' White Christmas comment earlier this month has ruffled a few feathers.
• The Quincy School Board is launching an effort to address the educational "achievement gap" involving children from diverse economic, racial and cultural backgrounds.
• Hannibal Middle School continues its innovative push back against the dilemma of childhood bullying with a forum aimed at parents.
• Be sure to catch QU women's basketball coach JD Gravina's video impersonation of Vanilla Ice on Don O'Brien's blog, DOBservations.
• Don O'Brien gives the Phillies an A and the New York Jets' strength coach an F in this week's version of the Mid-Week Grades.
• Mary Poletti has a video capturing some of the highlights of Hannibal Middle School’s forum on bullying Tuesday night.
• An anticipated leadership showdown between Adams County Board Chairman Mike McLaughlin and board member Rick Gengenbacher did not materialize Tuesday night, and McLaughlin will continue to preside over meetings.
• The Redmon and Lee Youth and Adult Community Center comes under fire at a community meeting as the Quincy Housing Authority releases for the first time a list of reasons why it has issued an eviction notice to the organization.
• Matt Hopf will be blogging live from the Adams County Board meeting tonight, where a new chairman may be named and $9.1 million tax levy will be considered.
• Mary Lynne Richards offers simple steps to help stave off infection this flu season.
• The Quincy Department formally opened the new sub post in the Quincy Mall. Located next to Zales right in the middle of the mall, QPD now has a presence on the busy east end of town.
• NBC is going to launch a new singing competition program that takes aim at Fox’s American Idol and its upcoming series, The X Factor.
• The United States Modified Touring Series is returning to Quincy Raceways on May 15, according to the series' website. It will mark the first USMTS show in Quincy since July 2004.
• A prisoner in the Lewis County Jail was severely choked by a fellow inmate Monday night. Gregory Walker, 26, of Wayland, was listed in critical condition Tuesday afternoon in Blessing Hospital's intensive care unit.
• A prisoner was severely choked by a fellow inmate at the Lewis County Jail in Monticello, according to the Lewis County Sheriff's Department.
• A Palmyra driver was slightly injured in a two-vehicle accident at 1:25 p.m. Monday on U.S. 61, two miles north of New London.
• Rodney Hart says 'tis the season for shopping, celebrating, having fun at Christmas. And, sadly, for shoplifting.
• Three Hannibalians are arrested after incident which started as a fight between two men at a residence in the 2200 block of Hope.
• A 44-year-old Mendon man is arrested in an Oregon motel on child sexual abuse charges after being tipped off by Illinois authorities.
• Quincy High School is making plans to require students to take a third year of science to graduate.
• Titan Tire Corp., a unit of Titan International, Inc., has agreed to buy Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's European and Latin American farm tire division.
• When it comes to experience of cutting down Christmas trees, the Mathews family of Liberty has plenty of experience.
• The Adams County Board is expected to vote Tuesday on a $9.165 million tax levy for the 2010 tax year that would raise property taxes for county residents.
• The Quincy City Council approves to continue the special service tax that provides about a fourth of the funding to the Historic Quincy Business District.
• Quincy's hydropower corporation took a first glimpse at its $1.232 million budget from January through June 2011, which includes money that could be used for negotiations between a potential equity partner and Quincy to develop power at Lock and Dam
• A Hannibal man driving in the 1200 block of Church Street is arrested by a Hannibal police officer after assaulting female passenger.
• Former Quincy University and John Wood Community College star Joel Box got himself a little ink in the prestigious Wall Street Journal over the weekend.
• A $50 million to $100 million auction is going on right now between Coca-Cola and Pepsi for sponsorship of Simon Cowell’s American version of X Factor.
• A diaper-clad baby was found outside Sunday in Hannibal as frigid temperatures and snow gripped the area.
• Steve Eighinger finally got around to watching Toy Story 3 over the weekend with a couple of his grandsons and was blown away.
• Quincy Regional Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or people who took the Staff of Asclepius, a medical symbol, off the wall outside of the Rapp Clinic.
• Two Quincy residents are arrested and an off-duty Quincy Police officer suffered a knife wound after a fight at Ninth and Maine.
• The QHS boys basketball team will open play at the Schnucks Holiday Classic in Collinsville on Dec. 28 with a 6:30 p.m. game against Chatham Glenwood (5-2).
• The Central High School boys basketball team has earned the No. 1 seed at the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament.
• What a great time had by all at the benefit for Pat Cornwell, the Quincy music store owner and musician who died last month.
• Two candidates for the Quincy School Board trudged out in 16-below-zero wind chill temperatures Monday morning in hopes of getting their name listed first on the ballot in the April 5 election.
• A pregnant Quincy woman convicted by an Adams County jury of methamphetamine delivery tested positive for drugs after the trial and is in the Adams County Jail.
• High winds and freezing temperatures added to the battle in fighting a late Saturday night blaze at a rural Payson home/business.
• The decision on the location of a facility that would store carbon emissions thousands of feet below ground as part of the FutureGen project is not expected until early next year.
• Expectant parents rushing to the hospital were involved in a traffic accident in Mendon. There were no injuries, but the expectant father was ticketed. The baby, a girl, was born in Blessing Hospital in Quincy Saturday afternoon.
• Does anyone else think the amount of money being spent for elective office has gotten way out of hand?
• Don Crim says out-of-control public pensions aren’t just a problem in Illinois.
• Jared Schlipmann's first track championship ranks as the sixth-best story at Quincy Raceways this past season.
• Steve Eighinger writes about the arrival of winter, wishes Happy Birthday to a famous Bond girl and names his most/least exciting NFL teams.
• Steve Eighinger picks Kellie Pickler as the best all-time sixth-place finisher in the history of American Idol.
• Norine K. Hammond, who served as legislative aide to the late state Rep. Rich Myers, R-Colchester, is appointed to fill out Myers' unexpired term in the Illinois House.
• Falling temperatures and fewer daylight hours don’t mean that your outdoor running or walking routine has to go into hibernation for the winter.
• Jay Newton-Small of TIME magazine takes an in-depth look at the phenomena known as Sarah Palin. The question is this: What does she want?
• Rodney Hart asks: Does a prison, probation and/or jail sentence deter others from committing similar crimes?
• Golden Village Trustees approved permanent restrictions on wind energy development within its limits and 1.5 miles around the community.
• A Hannibal, Mo.-based company has announced it wants to build a private barge dock and port facility in South Quincy.
• A Quincy teenager is sentenced to serve the next 26 days in jail, four years probation and ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution in connection with a February Flinn Stadium fire which destroyed three buses.
• The Monroe City Board of Aldermen vote to immediately end the temporary closings of two railroad crossings in town, but a third crossing will close for five days.
• The Monroe City (Mo.) Board of Aldermen voted Thursday night to immediately end the temporary closings of two railroad crossings in town, but will soon close another crossing for five days. No decision has been made about what two crossings BNSF Railroad
• A federal grand jury in Springfield returns a 23-count felony indictment charging a Pleasant Hill man with conspiracy, wildlife trafficking and making false writings in connection with the illegal sale of guided waterfowl hunts.
• A Quincy man is sentenced to eight years in prison for assaulting another Adams County Jail inmate in the jail in July.
• It’s that time of year that we’re more stressed out than usual, but making time for fitness is just as important.
• A suspended Western Illinois University student is indicted by a federal grand jury for making nine bomb threats against the school.
• Rodney Hart says he hates the cold weather. But it does bring ice, which is good for skating. And playing in the snow is fun!
• Tonight's girls basketball doubleheader between between QND and Helias in Jefferson City has been called off due to a tragedy in the Helias school community. No makeup date has been determined.
• Two men walking behind a business in an alley near the 200 block of South Main in Hannibal draws the attention of a patrolling police officer, leading to one man's arrest.
• Mike Flynn, a Quincy native who is now editor-in-chief of the Big Government web site, has seen big changes in the way political advertising and news coverage has evolved.
• American Idol producers are contemplating more changes for the new season, including taking the contestants on a road trip to Las Vegas and airing behind-the-scenes footage from the top 12 finalists’ house.
• Steve Eighinger says Snooki and "The Situation" will have special roles this year when New Year's Eve is celebrated.
• A mandate from Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad will lead to closure of two of the eight railroad crossings within Monroe City's boundaries.
• The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners approves a 25.5 percent tax levy increase that will generate enough funds to save about one-third of the scheduled cuts in programs, services and maintenance.
• It seems some conservative Republican lawmakers are having second thoughts about the idea of banning earmarks after campaigning extensively on the issue and being elected to change the way things are done in Washington.
• A two-day benefit will be held for Pat Cornwell this weekend at Turner Hall and will feature several area bands, including reunion performances by Pat's former bands and his son's former band, Floating Otis.
• Quincy Raceways may have ushered in a new star in 2010 — Bobby Anders, the twentysomething hobby stock driver who almost denied Steve Carlin a series record-tying fourth championship.
• A Michigan woman who has been missing since Nov. 18 may be in the Northeast Missouri area.
• Quincy School Board President Melvin "Bud" Niekamp says he plans to run for a new School Board seat in the April 5 election even though he has more than two years remaining on his current four-year term.
• Mary Lynne Richards says rest is crucial for you to make progress and perform at your maximum when you're part of a fitness program.
• The Quincy man accused of a 17-year-old murder made his first appearance inside the Schuyler County Courthouse Tuesday.
• If you could hang a sports poster from your childhood in your house today, what would it be?
• Don O'Brien gives Culver-Stockton College an A and Albert Haynesworth an F in the latest edition of the Mid-Week Grades.
• Methamphetamine-related charges against a Quincy woman have been dropped, while a man arrested at the same time in January has been sentenced for similar charges.
• Baking, and crafting, with the students is a holiday tradition at Loraine Elementary School.
• Challenger Scott Syrcle dropped his recount effort against Pike County Treasurer Jeff Gerard after about half of last November's votes were recounted and found to be accurate.
• Steve Eighinger says the final ratings for The Walking Dead are in, and they are borderline amazing.
• Rodney Hart says he's a sucker for Christmas simply because of the music. Some of it is so bad it’s good.
• Deputy Chief Bill Madore, Hannibal's acting fire chief during more than a year of turmoil in the Fire Department, is named permanently to that top job.
• An FBI-affiliated speaker on violence against police officers is providing continuing education this week to the Hannibal Police Department and other Northeast Missouri law enforcement agencies.
• What will your legacy be? It dawned on Steve Eighinger this morning that the best way for that to happen would be to have something named after him.
• There seems to a genuine buzz that American Idol execs are planning to cut back on the number train-wreck auditions and place more of an emphasis on the auditions that showcase actual talent.
• Quincy Police are investigating a possible hit-and-run incident after finding an unresponsive man in the Oakley-Lindsay Center parking lot early Monday morning.
• It's a safe bet "Happy Birthday" has never been sung in the Adams County Courthouse courtroom until Robert Adrian was officially made a judge Monday.
• ADM has succeeded in getting a lower real estate assessment on two large properties it owns just outside Quincy's city limits. The result will mean thousands of dollars in savings for ADM but thousands of dollars in losses for local taxing district
• Two apartment complexes in Quincy were boarded up as the city received complaints from area residents on the condition of the property.
• A driver at Quincy Raceways believes that no matter how well things may go, especially at the beginning of the season, management must realize there will still be some apprehension on the part of both drivers and fans. What was “broken” did
• Steve Eighinger writes about most-searched movie titles and all of the changes on Facebook in today's High 5.
• Tonight’s Quincy City Council meeting is the first one during which aldermen can take up a measure continuing a special service area tax that provides about a fourth of the funding to the Historic Quincy Business District.
• Steve Eighinger picks Kimberly Caldwell as the best seventh-place finisher in the history of American Idol.
• Mark Halperin, writing in TIME magazine, believes President Barack Obama will need luck to win back the core groups that helped elect him in 2008.
• Check out the job that a "sketch artist" did on a local criminal for a Spanish-speaking television station.
• The Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning NewSong's brand of Christian modern pop has collected 20 No. 1 singles. NewSong will perform Monday in Quincy.
• The Hannibal Regional Hospital Auxiliary will be hosting a holiday house tour on Saturday. Five distinctly different homes will be showcased on the tour.
• There are reports that fans will be able to vote online in the early stages of this year's American Idol.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Ozzy Osbourne's birthday and whether Jon Gruden should be the football coach at the University of Miami in today's High 5.
• For some fans, some of Tony Dunker's on-track antics have cast him as a villain. To others, the driver of No. 4 is an all-around good guy.
• Political consultant Ben Goddard wonders if body language indicates that Barack Obama will decide to be a one-term president.
• A Wall Street Journal report shows the administration of President George W. Bush had the worst track record for job creation since the government began keeping records in 1939.
• Listening to Ron Santo moan when the second baseman bobbled a sure double-play grounder was priceless, and his love for the game was genuine.
• Mary Hendrickson Linneman recently published "True Tales," a book written by her late husband, Jack Hendrickson, who died in 2003.
• Illinois communities like Quincy may get relief on pension costs after lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that will reduce future benefits for police officers and firefighters.
• Adams and Brown counties have officially consolidated their American Red Cross operations.
• Hannibal Middle School has implemented a multi-pronged anti-bullying initiative aimed at helping students respond to the increasingly high-profile childhood torment.
• Chadrick R. Dietrich, 34, of Canton, Mo., is scheduled to be in Marion County Court on Dec. 14 to face Class A felony charges of first degree assault and armed criminal action stemming from the Nov. 23 stabbing of his estranged wife and a 12-year-old
• A Quincy man facing multiple methamphetamine-related charges had his preliminary hearing postponed after his attorney filed a motion for a new judge.
• Cape Air has set another monthly record for boardings in Quincy. It also is lowering the one-way fare to $29 on one evening flight to St. Louis and one morning flight back to Quincy Regional Airport.
• The trial of a man accused of murdering Quincyan Ian Barksdale in May is moved to the March 14 jury docket during a brief status hearing.
• A Quincy University student pleaded not guilty to burglary and theft charges in Adams County Circuit Court and is free on bond.
• Two Hannibal man have been taken into custody in connection to the Nov. 26 burglary at Branco Technologies in which several electronic items were stolen.
• Voting will continue for another month in the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum's quest for a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh grant.
• Check out Don O'Brien's story about QU basketball player Josh Edmonds — as well as O'Brien's video interview.
• State Rep. Rich Myers, died Wednesday. He has been undergoing treatment for cancer for several months.
• The two-time track champion Tony Dunker says he plans on exploring other tracks next season and will (likely) not be at the Bullring, at least on a full-time basis.
• Steve Eighinger is happy that two of his favorite topics make Yahoo's Top 10 most searched items for the year.
• Three people are arrested in connection with methamphetamine and other drugs found at a residence in a 36th and Maine trailer park.
• Jeffrey A. Kennedy, 42, of Quincy has been indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 34-year-old Susan Bonser, who was found stabbed to death in her Rushville apartment on Oct. 18, 1993.
• Mason Fairley’s shot to beat Poplar Bluff was pretty electric, but where does it rank among the best buzzer-beaters in Blue Devil Gym history?
• County officials and county board members were sworn in during a brief ceremony this morning, a month after the Nov. 2 election.
• The Marion County Sheriff's Department has received a complaint from a resident of a lottery scam.
• The still-unfinished CD "Mark Twain: Words and Music" debuted Tuesday night amid a big-ticket celebration at the Mark Twain Museum.
• Caren Kemner says she’s strongly considering offers from both Quincy University and Culver-Stockton College to take over their women’s volleyball programs. She’s met with both schools and hopes to have a decision made by Dec. 15.
• Thanksgiving weekend was a prime example of why Steve Eighinger should never leave Steve Land or be given any sort of responsibility above breathing.
• Local health care providers say a one-month reprieve from lower Medicare reimbursements does not solve a problem that threatens health care for about 46 million elderly or disabled patients.
• Don O'Brien gives Illini West's football team an A and Arizona quarterback Derek Anderson an F in his Mid-Week Grades.
• Steve Eighinger writes about a special group of people who plan to visit the Super Bowl in Dallas this year.
• Steve Eighinger picks Mandisa as his favorite ninth-place finisher in the history of American Idol.
• Don Crim opines about parking in front of the Salvation Army, the stoplight at 14th and Maine and putting up Christmas lights.
• A search of a residence at 1102 Hutmacher Road results in the arrest of one man on a drug charge.
• A couple members of the Washington Theater Redevelopment Commission will likely meet with the city administration in the next few weeks as they look to see what direction they take to redevelop the theater.
• The Lewis County C-1 School Board elects Neil Jennings as a new member at a special meeting.
• Fresh off leading Quincy Notre Dame to its best season since 2004, Caren Kemner has stepped down from her position as volleyball coach.
• Acting appropriately, it seems, at an office Christmas party never goes out of style, even during the festive season.
• Scott Syrcle wants to take a closer look at some of ballots cast in the November election in Pike County where he lost a close race against County Treasurer Jeff Gerard.
• Don O'Brien discusses the 49ers-Cardinals Monday night game and LeBron's return to Cleveland in his Two for Tuesday.
• As the holiday shopping season kicks off, you may have someone on your list who is focused on getting healthy and fit. Here are some ideas for that person, or for yourself.
• The owner-occupant of the mobile home at 1512 Penthouse Drive, near 24th and Locust, evacuated his burning home but not before he suffered smoke inhalation.
• A Quincy, Ill., driver is one of three persons injured in a three-vehicle accident on Mo. 79, south of Dyer Road in St. Charles County.
• Blessing-Rieman earned accreditation of its two nursing degree programs after an on-site survey by representatives of The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
• A poll earlier this month shows 47 percent of Americans believe the country’s best days are behind us.
• Huge news - and it all seems good - concerning the late model division at Quincy Raceways.
• You might want to check the content of the whipped cream atop your next hot fudge sundae.
• Former American judge Paula Abdul is "waging war" against her former show.
• For everybody who can't seem to stop and remember what Christmas is really all about, this story is for you.
• A 37-year-old Philadelphia man is arrested in connection to the Nov. 24 robbery of Casey’s General Store in the 3800 block of MM.
• An 18-year-old Highland High School senior and cheerleader from Lewistown died Monday of injuries suffered in a one-vehicle accident Sunday on Route H.
• Mark Kirk says his first priority is to be an “anti-tax, fiscally conservative” voice in the lame duck session of the 111th Congress.
• You can have the best investigators with the best equipment, but many times people are caught simply because other people are being observant.
• A 37-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested in connection to the Nov. 24 robbery of Casey's General Store in Hannibal.
• An 18-year-old Lewistown resident dies of injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident Sunday on Route H, one mile north of Lewistown.
• Vicki Uhlenbrock is sentenced to four years of probation for stealing more than $100,000 from her former employer.
• Local educators are expressing misgivings about a national push to consider changing the practice of paying teachers higher salaries for additional education.
• More interest was shown in the upcoming Quincy School Board elections during the past week. Claire Safford of 1809 Grove picked up four sets of petitions for the April 2011 elections.
• Two teens were arrested Sunday morning on burglary charges in southeast Quincy.
• Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was one of the most popular singers of the 1970s, having sold more than 32 million albums in the United States alone.
• Jerry Roush of Quincy helped an African woman with polio acquire a personal transportation device. Now the woman is helping others like herself.
• Steve Eighinger salutes comedic legend Leslie Nielsen, who died Sunday at age 84.
• Jennifer Lopez won’t be hurting for pocket change, thanks to her new gig as an American Idol judge. She agreed to a salary of $12 million.
• Baby Boomers are making the biggest splash in the online dating pool. At Match.com, the 50-to-65 age group is the online dating site’s fastest-growing demographic.
• Tonight's meeting of late model drivers and owners will be one of the most important in Quincy Raceways history.
• Benjamin Sarlin of The Daily Beast handicaps the early field for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
• Leslie Nielsen, who dazzled with deadpan in The Naked Gun and Airplane!, died Sunday at a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84.
• Ser Whitaker intercepts a pass at the Illini West 18-yard line with 28 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to preserve the Chargers’ 22-20 win Friday in the Class 3A state championship game at Memorial Stadium.
• Friday was the busiest and earliest starting shopping day of the year for Quincy retailers.
• Mary Lynne Richards says you can enjoy the leftovers from a Thanksgiving feast without wrapping yourself in those extra pounds by Christmas.
• Steve Eighinger picks Chris Sligh as the best 10th place finisher in the history of American Idol.
• Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, may not be the party’s choice when committee members vote in two months.
• Identity theft and Internet thieves proliferate during the Christmas season, so take time to prepare before you click and shop.
• Stevie Dirt offers the lyrics to "The 12 Days of a Bullring Christmas."
• Steve Eighinger offers a solution to all the controversy over full-body scanners at the airports.
• There is no doubt in Amy Rosson's mind she would not be able to work today as veterinarian technician without the medical procedure she had a year ago.
• Adams County Treasurer Jean Reddington is heading into her last couple of days in office as Terry Asher will take the oath of office Wednesday morning.
• Mark Davison has become something of a legend at The Country's Best Yogurt (TCBY), 18th and State.
• Don O'Brien says Chris Duerr has a right to his opinion, but his recent piece of QU football is flawed thanks to some factual inaccuracies.
• Representatives of the Quincy Federation of Teachers and the Quincy School Board have signed the one-year contract agreement reached last month with teachers and paraeducators.
• Three juveniles have been arrested in connection with a massive five-alarm fire at Fifth and Ohio in early October.
• Hy-Vee store director Steve Labs has been handing out $50 store gift cards to needy customers over the last few days, fueled by an anonymous donation from a regular shopper at the Harrison store who wanted to make a difference.
• Demolition of the bungalow at 2002 Maine has begun after months of meetings, threats of litigation and a public yellow yard sign campaign asking that the residence be left intact.
• Jimmie Johnson gets an A and Brad Childress gets an F in the latest edition of Don O'Brien's Mid-Week Grades.
• The suspension of two lawyers for (in part) each lawyer having sex on the hood of a car in a public area is detailed in the latest release from the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
• Steve Eighinger says it's time to change the traditional Thanksgiving meal. Bring on pizza, accented by fries (or tater tots), strawberry cheesecake and Ho-Hos.
• A Gem City Armored Security employee arrested Oct. 13 in connection with a theft from a Mercantile Bank ATM machine at Fifth and Maine pleads not guilty.
• Through October, Quincy has had 1,014 traffic crashes. That’s down from 1,091 the same time frame a year ago, and down from 1,140 in 2008 and 1,222 in 2007.
• Steve Eighinger says St. Louis has nearly four times more crime than the average U.S. city.
• Stevie Dirt asks: Who is the greatest modified driver in the history of the Bullring?
• Steve Eighinger says Brandon Rogers is the best 12th place finisher in the history of American Idol.
• Don O'Brien writes about the new WWE champion and the new National League MVP in his Two for Tuesday.
• To help celebrate Thanksgiving, a day that has evolved into food and football and more food and football, Real Clear Sports offers its 2010 Top Turkeys in Sports.
• The six minutes of Walter Cronkite reporting live after learning President Kennedy had been shot will be forever remembered by old and young alike.
• The Quincy Society of Fine Arts has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help market Quincy's cultural tourism opportunities.
• Ellen Michaels was pleased, but not all that surprised, to learn that the Starbucks which she manages in Quincy was recognized as the No. 1 performing store in the Midwest this year.
• A Quincy woman charged with forging a prescription for Adderall and other counts had her December jury trial continued to the January docket.
• An 18-year-old accused of making several bomb threats against Western Illinois University will be remain in federal custody until he goes on trial.
• Don't be offended, Harry Potter fans. Rodney Hart says it's his fault he lives in a hole and is blinking in bright Hogwarts sunlight for the first time. He understands the appeal and love the concept. He just hasn't ridden a broom and pl
• Shane Wolfe, 38, of Mendota, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the February burglary of the Craig and Kim Ator residence in Pittsfield.
• Farmers in seven Northeast Missouri counties are eligible for federal aid in recouping their losses from this spring and summer's inclement weather.
• The Quincy City Council hears that the city received $662,262.92 in sales tax in August - up 0.9 percent from last year - and $701,482.04 from the home rule sales tax, a 7.7 percent increase.
• Local musician Pat Cornwell died Saturday. A huge benefit for him Dec. 11-12 at Turner Hall in Quincy is still being planned.
• A poll looking at possible Republican contenders in the 2012 presidential campaign shows four well-known names in a dead heat.
• The Quincy School Board voted at its Oct. 20 meeting to release the minutes from a series of 10 executive sessions held between April 21 and Sept. 22.
• Check out the video of Barbara Bush's comments about Sarah Palin and a bridge implosion that TV cameras missed.
• Saying it is "the right move at the right time for the right reasons," Jeremy Schroeder, executive director of the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, announced a big push last week in Springfield.
• First Bankers Trust's three-story, 30,000-square facility at the corner of 12th and Broadway is moving toward its scheduled April 1 completion date without any glitches.
• Ryan Seacrest may be in the cast of "The Expendables 2," the follow-up to Sylvester Stallone’s summer hit that reunited action stars from 20-plus years ago.
• Justin Reed seems to be walking, talking, driving proof there is such as thing as a "natural" when it comes to racing.
• The New York Daily News reports a Christian pastor in New Jersey is commanding his church leadership to get off Facebook because he says too many congregants are using the social tool to cheat on their spouses.
• Steve Eighinger writes about Harry Potter, Faith Hill and the Sprint Cup championship in today's High 5.
• American Idol will move to Wednesdays and Thursdays next year as part of a major schedule revamp, Fox announced Friday.
• A “Flash Mob” featuring a 100-member choir performed last week at a food court near Niagara Falls in Canada.
• Steve Eighinger writes about 'The Event," Robitussin and salads in today's version of the High 5.
• The whole Big Ten Conference and whoever else was involved in putting Saturday's Illinois-Northwestern game together deserve one big slap for their decision on the layout of the field.
• Fewer than half of all Americans know that Republicans will have a majority in the House next year, but not the Senate, according to a new poll.
• Matt Hopf is going to leave cooking on Thanksgiving to the professionals this year. Maybe he'll put together a cheese tray.
• The Army Corps of Engineers will make land available and solicit proposals as early as this spring for a new resort and conference center on the shores of Mark Twain Lake.
• Going to see the Harry Potter movie on Friday? Tweet your reactions with #QHWPotter hashtag and we feature them on www.thelocalq.com/
• Sarah Palin rips American Idol for sending the wrong message to American children and accuses the show of hosting “talent deprived” contestants.
• Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds has been named by People as the 2010 Sexiest Man Alive. What? Did they forget about Steve Eighinger?
• Several members of Congress have called for an end to NPR’s public funding. One of them is Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, the congressman for Missouri’s 9th District, which includes Northeast Missouri.
• The murder trial for a Hannibal man accused of killing his fiancee just two days before their planned wedding will start March 15 in Audrain County.
• An officer on patrol spotted a man wanted on active warrants and arrested him after a brief foot chase.
• The Western School Board plans to sell the shuttered Hull school and the surrounding ground by sealed bid, likely at its Jan. 19 meeting.
• “Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.” What do you think of that statement?
• Even though the Quincy School District’s tax rate is expected to go down slightly as a result of the proposed tax levy now being considered, many Quincy residents will actually pay slightly more in property taxes.
• The Hannibal Board of Public Works will explore partnering with a private telecommunications start-up to bring high-speed broadband Internet to America's Hometown for city and commercial use.
• The stink continues over Hannibal's sanitary sewer overflows, with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources now threatening the city with a fine and planning to discuss penalties.
• A Quincy man is arrested for arson after a fire at 1812 N. 17th.
• American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has told TVGuide.com that more changes are coming for the show’s milestone 10th season, including eliminating the round of 24.
• Ownership at Quincy Raceways is attempting to address all major issues, from concession prices to condition of the bathrooms.
• The Quincy School Board tentatively adopts a $32 million tax levy, but the issue could face a rocky road before it comes up for a final vote in December.
• Season 5 runner-up Kat McPhee has a prediction on who will replace Simon Cowell as the “evil” judge on American Idol.
• An Ursa woman is arrested in connection with a burglary at Pop's Pizza in February.
• John Ortwerth gets an A, Gus Johnson gets a B and the Chicago Cubs get an F in this week's version of the Mid-Week Grades.
• Prosecutors say a rural Wisconsin man blasted his TV with a shotgun after watching Bristol Palin’s “Dancing with the Stars” routine, sparking an all-night standoff with a SWAT team.
• Rescue personnel responded to the area of 11th and Broadway after a vehicle and school bus crashed Wednesday morning in front of Blessing Hospital.
• The Dollhouse Museum: Then and Now opens today in the balcony of Taylor's Fine Furniture.
• Black Friday is one of those American phenomenons that sets us apart from most of the rest of the world. Steve Eighinger can sympathize with the rest of the world. He never has understood the appeal of the whole Black Friday thing.
• Steve Kennedy has filed petitions to run as a Republican in the 5th Ward. In the 6th Ward, Steven DeMoss has filed his petitions to run as Democrat.
• A Quincy man was arrested Tuesday for several methamphetamine-related charges after authorities say he engaged in meth trafficking by mail.
• The Herald-Whig's largest edition of the year, chock full of Christmas sales ads, will be coming out on Nov. 24 — the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
• You might have to invest in a few Hallmarks this month if you're an American Idol fan. Seven prominent former Idols are celebrating birthdays in November.
• In the three years of the Stevie Dirt Regional Rankings for late models, one specific item is evident: Quincy drivers dominate the top spots of the SDRR.
• Rodney Hart says students and staff at Western Illinois University are finally breathing a sigh of relief.
• Who says you can't go home again? Who says you can't resurrect classic TV programs? Steve Eighinger says you can and you should. See his ideas in the latest High 5.
• Rich Zeidler was named recipient of this year's Williams Award at Tuesday night's Transitions of Western Illinois annual dinner.
• The FBI and local authorities believe they have arrested the man and former student responsible for the "vast majority" of false bomb threats made at the Western Illinois University campus in recent weeks.
• Steve Carlin can be the first three-peat champion in hobby stock series at Quincy Raceways.
• Steve Eighinger says Carrie will always be the poster girl for American Idol. Sorry, Kelly Clarkson fans, but Carrie's still the queen of Idol Nation.
• The companies working with the federal government to develop the FutureGen clean-coal project said Tuesday that they have received six bids from prospective carbon-storage sites around Illinois.
• Want to know how much a state employee made last year? Don Crim has the place for you to go.
• Listen to David Adam's interview on WGEM's News Talk Live about the production of "175 Years of Headlines."
• Missouri Farm Bureau says there’s plenty to be thankful for this year, including a Thanksgiving meal for $42.52 — just under last year's price.
• Nineteen nonprofit organizations were presented checks totaling nearly $23,000 this morning from six Community Foundation of the Quincy Area funds.
• A former Western Illinois University student has been arrested by federal authorities in connection with a bomb threat issued on Oct. 25.
• Democrat Steve Duesterhaus in the 2nd Ward, and Republicans Paul Havermale in the 3rd Ward and Jennifer Lepper in the 5th Ward have filed petitions to seek re-election.
• The Quincy School Board is considering a proposed tax levy that calls for more than doubling the tort immunity tax rate while keeping the district's overall tax rate at about the same level as last year.
• Reuters is reporting former U.S. President Bill Clinton is to have a cameo appearance in "The Hangover 2."
• Don O'Brien loved Gus Johnson's call of the end of the Jaguars-Texans game and is glad basketball season is here because the weather is nicer.
• Don Crim writes about Sarah Palin's TV show debut and the brewing war between Keith Olbermann and NBC.
• Mercantile Bancorp, Inc., has reported $7.5 million unaudited net loss for the third quarter that ended Sept. 30. For the first nine months of the year, Mercantile has a net loss of $11 million.
• Twenty months ago, somebody took a chance on Mark McElroy. Now, he graduates Thursday from Adams County Drug Court.
• Julie Ann Marra, who dressed as Hermione Granger for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1," says Potter fans will be pleased.
• Ryan Seacrest says incumbent Randy Jackson is “more aggressive than he has been in the past” on the American Idol judges panel.
• Quincy has submitted a 39-page proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy to host the storage site for the FutureGen 2.0 project.
• University of Illinois Extension has assigned five educators to the new Adams/Brown/Hancock/Pike/Schuyler unit effective July 1.
• The Quincy Police Department is asking for information concerning a person allegedly impersonating a police officer.
• Pike County has submitted an application to house a proposed carbon dioxide storage facility tied to the FutureGen Alliance.
• Black Friday, also known as National Shopping Cattle Call Day, is a mere 11 days from wreaking its annual havoc.
• One year after Christina Whittaker mysteriously vanished after being kicked out of a downtown Hannibal bar, Cindy Young refuses to believe her daughter is dead.
• Some of the old sizzle may be gone, but The Simpsons will be back next fall for its 23rd season.
• The more Steve Eighinger hears from Steven Tyler, the more he thinks he might be the breath of fresh air America Idol needed.
• Did you wonder what happened Lee DeWyze, who won the 2010 American Idol title?
• Comparisons of Obama to Jimmy Carter might not be as accurate as comparisons of Obama to George H.W. Bush would be.
• John Ortwerth, the winningest coach in the history of Quincy University's men's basketball program, died Sunday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 79.
• Final score: Rochester 23, QND 21.
• QND update: Weiman 1 yard run. 10:19 to pay in 4th. Rochester leads 23-21
• Western Illinois University has increased its reward to $10,000 to try and stop a recent spate of bomb threats on campus.
• Gus Rieckhoff gave the Quincy School Board’s Building Committee an earful Friday for not properly posting its meeting agenda in advance outside the Board of Education headquarters at 1416 Maine.
• The Quincy School Board's Building Committee agrees to let local sports boosters obtain a more detailed estimate of what it would cost to install artificial turf at Flinn Stadium.
• A 58-year-old Pike County man claiming he was "somewhat" seduced by a 6-year-old girl is sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison for sexually assaulting her last year.
• Culver-Stockton College is in the market for new men's and women's soccer coaches and a volleyball coach, while Quincy University is searching for a new women's volleyball coach.
• Salvation Army officials gave members of the local media a first glimpse at the inside of the facility that, when finished, will more than quadruple the space offered by the old structure.
• Mary Poletti says it's a bad time of year to be a deer, and it's almost as bad a time of year to be a driver in an area with a large deer population.
• The Quincy Fire Department has responded twice in the past month to incidents of carbon monoxide in homes.
• Four people ranging in age from 15 to 23 were arrested on drug charges early Friday in Hannibal after a search warrant was served in the 2000 block of Chestnut.
• A 41-year-old Nebo man was killed Friday morning when he fell at Pike Feeds in Pittsfield.
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