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seat belts Click It or Ticket

Capital Area Region

IDOT, ISP enforcing seat belt for Memorial Day travel

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and more than 200 law enforcement agencies throughout the state are teaming up to remind the public to buckle up and drive sober over the Memorial Day weekend. The effort coincides with the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign running through May 26. ​ “Wearing a seat belt should be second nature for every driver and every passenger,” said Stephane B. Seck-Birhame, IDOT’s bureau chief of Safety Programs and Engineering. […]

todayMay 21, 2026 76 2 2

Quincy School Board

Adams County

Quincy School Board extends superintendent search

QUINCY -- The Quincy School Board is extending its search for a new superintendent by two weeks. The board wants to match candidate expectations with the district’s priorities. Board members held second-round interviews in January, then continued talks with the finalists. During those talks, School Board President Shelley Arns said finalists wanted more pay than the district had budgeted. She said the district was ready to offer more than the roughly $200,000 paid to the previous superintendent. Even with that […]

todayFebruary 5, 2026 112 4 7

Quincy Shootout basketball

Adams County

No Quincy Shootout on Saturday

QUINCY -- The annual classic known as the Quincy Shootout will be operating under an abbreviated schedule due to inclement winter weather. Don't fret - there will be games tipping off on Friday under a scaled-down schedule. Games will be tipping off at different times from Blue Devil Gym, The Pit, and John Wood Community College. Tournament organizer Eric Stratman announced late Thursday that the event will not take place on Saturday, factoring in freezing temperatures and the looming winter […]

todayJanuary 23, 2026 127 5 8

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Adams County

Final multiplier announced for Adams County

SPRINGFIELD - Adams County now has a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, per the Illinois Department of Revenue. The property assessment equalization factor, often called the "multiplier," is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties. This is required per state law. This equalization is particularly important because some of the state's 6,600 local taxing districts overlap into two or more counties. Those include school districts, junior college districts, and fire protection districts among others. If there […]

todayDecember 22, 2025 90 10 10

IDOT funding opportunity for new charging stations

Capital Area Region

Funding opportunity for new EV charging stations

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday the third official notice of funding opportunity through the Illinois National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program, which will provide approximately $65.6 million for the construction of charging stations across the state. The latest opportunity builds on the first two rounds, which awarded funding for 62 charging stations along Illinois interstates to help meet Gov. JB Pritzker’s goal to have 1 million electric vehicles on Illinois roads by 2030. “With Gov. Pritzker leading […]

todayDecember 10, 2025 184 24 13

extreme heat advisory

East Central Illinois Region

Heat Advisory extended to Thursday

A Heat Advisory currently in place has now been extended to Thursday evening. At 1:06 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service announced an extension to the current Heat Advisory, which was initially to expire at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Other areas received an extension to the advisory yesterday evening. The amended Heat Advisory is now set to expire at 9 p.m. on Thursday. For more information stated in the original story, click here.

todayJune 23, 2025 256 21 19

extreme heat advisory

Capital Area Region

Extreme heat expected through Tuesday

The Bi-State region will be experiencing humid conditions and scorching extreme heat this weekend through early next week. The majority of the region is under a Heat Advisory starting at noon local time on Saturday and currently set to expire Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. According to the National Weather Service offices in Lincoln, St. Louis, and Paducah, heat indices could get as high as 106. The exception lies in Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois and […]

todayJune 21, 2025 216 22 20

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Adams County

Quincy police blotter: November 2024

QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department has reported the following activity for November 2024, and are as follows: November 1-2 Courtney P. Cookson, 34, Quincy for FTA Possession of Meth and FTA (Pike County) Obstruction of Justice at 200 N. 36th St. 140 Jessica R. Blankenship, 35, Hannibal, Mo., for Speeding at Gardner Expressway and Jackson St. on 10/31/2024. 113 Carrie L. Saxberry, 53, 828 N. 4th for FTA Driving While License Suspended. Lodged 135/112 Amanda L. Jones, 43, 908 S. 24th for […]

todayDecember 29, 2024 819 2

The Rink Mt. Sterling

Brown County

Mt. Sterling ice rink opens for second season

MT. STERLING -- West Central Illinois residents have another opportunity this winter to go ice skating with the return of the ice skating rink in Mt. Sterling. A report from WLDS notes that the rink has added new features this year, including games, photo backdrops, and refreshments. The rink is open for general admission from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays, and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. It […]

todayDecember 5, 2024 229 2

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