Police & Courts

Hannibal home total loss in Thursday fire

A home in Hannibal was a total loss after a fire Thursday night in Hannibal. The Hannibal Fire Department was called at 7:11 p.m. to 514 Olive on a report of a structure fire.

Police & Courts

Sheriff's Department warns children getting into cars with strangers

The Adams County Sheriff's Department is warning county residents to warn their children about the dangers of getting into a car with stranger.

Police & Courts

Kahoka man injured when truck runs off road in Scotland County

A Kahoka motorist was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday in Scotland County.

Daily Blotter

DAILY BLOTTER: Dec. 13, 2019

Compiled from logs emailed by the Quincy Police Department at 5:38 p.m. Dec. 12.

Daily Blotter

DAILY BLOTTER: Dec. 12, 2019

Compiled from logs emailed by the Quincy Police Department at 5:23 p.m. Dec. 9, 5:18 a.m. Dec. 10, 5:09 p.m. Dec. 10, 4:56 a.m. Dec. 11, 4:59 p.m. Dec. 11 and 5:24 a.m. Dec. 12.

Police & Courts

January arraignment set for Quincy man charged in shooting death

A January arraignment has been set in the case a Quincy man charged in the Dec. 4 shooting death of another Quincy man.

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Quincy man pleads not guilty in May death

The Quincy man charged in the strangulation death of another Quincy man has pleaded not guilty to charges.

Police & Courts

Quincy man makes first court appearance in standoff case

QUINCY -- The Quincy man arrested Friday after a short standoff on Quincy's north side and then arrested Sunday in Hannibal, Mo., after escaping the Blessing Adult Psychiatric Unit made his first court appearance Tuesday in Adams County Circuit Court.

Zachary D. Nokes, 46, faces charges of intimidation, a Class 3 felony; and aggravated assault, a Class A misdemeanor, in Friday's standoff at 2043 Maple. He also is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony; and possession of stolen firearm, a Class 2 felony, in a burglary Thursday in rural Camp Point.

Charging documents say that Nokes told a woman that he would kill her if she did not let go of a gun. Documents also state that he burglarized the house in Camp Point and possessed a 20-gauge shotgun.

Nokes was arrested after the standoff with Quincy Police. He was being held in the Blessing Hospital psychiatric unit when he escaped, reportedly because a locked door had malfunctioned. He was later...

Police & Courts

Quincy man pleads guilty to sex abuse charges

A Quincy man faces up to 17 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to sex abuse charges, including one where he encouraged his roommate to sexually abuse a child.