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‘I don’t have to worry about hearing that noise again’: Neighbors celebrate as buses leave Hampshire Street for new facility
QUINCY — Employees with the Quincy Public Schools’ transportation department are nearly finished with the move into their new home. Some of the neighbors couldn’t be happier. The former K&L Arena at 1600 N. 43rd, which QPS bought for $2 million in June 2022, will be the...
Bross wants motion questioning local interpretation of Pretrial Fairness Act to be ‘heard and addressed’
QUINCY — Bills of indictment were filed Thursday against two men lodged in the Adams County Jail, but the debate continues over how the Pretrial Fairness Act, also known as the Safe-T Act, is being interpreted in Adams County. The arraignments of Kareun Brewer, 21, of Springfield and Latwaon...
Veterans of only Illinois Army National Guard unit to deploy to Vietnam present plaque to military museum
QUINCY — The Illinois State Military Museum’s Armed Forces Day Military Vehicle Show on May 18 included a special presentation by veterans of the Quincy-based 126th Supply and Services Co. at the museum in Springfield. The unit was the only Illinois Army National Guard unit to deploy to...
Celebrate Quincy’s German roots Friday and Saturday in South Park
QUINCY — Germanfest, the Quincy Sister City Commission’s annual event, will return to Quincy May 31 and June 1. This free family event celebrates Quincy’s German roots with music, food, drinks and more in Quincy’s South Park. Hours are 5 to 11 p.m. Friday and 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday.
The Quincy City Council should crack down on door-to-door solicitors
Unexpected door-to-door salesmen who are schlepping their goods or trying to sell you their religion?. I’m sure many of them are legitimately trying to do their work (or God’s work), but how do you know?. Girl Scouts selling cookies? Athletes selling Shakespeare’s Pizzas? Boy Scouts (Er … Scouts,...
Aldermen, administration spar over street projects
QUINCY — Libraries are supposed to be quiet places. But with the Quincy City Council meeting in the Quincy Public Library because of renovations at City Hall, aldermen and members of the administration raised their voices Tuesday night as they debated how to prioritize street projects in the city’s seven wards.
OPINION: Thank you, Governor Pritzker, for keeping the Veterans Home in Quincy
For those who haven’t watched the latest edition of Muddy River Gems by Mark McDonald and Randy Phillips, you certainly should. The program shares the progress of the nearly $250 million construction of the new and expansive facilities at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy. This represents more than half of recent expenditures on construction at the state’s five homes for veterans.
Plan Commission OKs three-tenant development at 12th and Hampshire that includes return of Deters Frozen Custard
QUINCY — The Quincy Plan Commission voted Wednesday night to recommend approval of a special permit for a planned development to allow for the construction of a multi-tenant commercial development at 200-208 N. 12th and 1215 Hampshire. The development now goes to the Quincy City Council for its approval...
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