QUINCY — The Adams County Health Department is investigating nine cases of cyclosporiasis identified among county residents within the past 24 hours, part of a broader multistate increase in the ...

QUINCY — Muddy River Opera Company will present a Summer Sky Concert on Thursday night at the Lorenzo… ...

CANTON — Mid-America Port Commission Chairman Doug Aeilts says it’s easy to see the Mississippi River as a barrier rather ...

Deborah Gertz Husar has covered West-Central Illinois and agriculture at The Herald-Whig since 1989. She is a graduate of Knox College and received a master's degree in public affairs reporting from ...

GRIGGSVILLE — An hours-long multi-agency search ended safely Monday night after a missing autistic youth was located unharmed inside a vacant home near his residence, authorities said. The Pike County ...

QUINCY — After less than two weeks in business, Chuck Lankey said he’s already had a phenomenal response to his new food truck. Lankey’s newest endeavor, the Good Portion Mobile Kitchen and Catering, ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Two Northeast Missouri teachers have been selected as Regional Teachers of the Year by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Brock Sousa, 12th-grade ...

By Deborah Gertz Husar Herald-Whig Staff Writer LIBERTY, Ill. — Nine-year-old Brad Barry says he’s looking forward to the latest addition to the Liberty School — a new playground. “We […] ...

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The new Nauvoo Temple Visitor Center, dedicated Saturday, helps people understand the "why" behind the temple, the most striking feature of the city's landscape. (H-W Photos/Deborah Gertz Husar) 2/14 ...

HANNIBAL — Hannibal-LaGrange University announced that internationally acclaimed Christian recording artists and hymnwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty will headline the institution’s annual Booster ...

QUINCY — Over the objection of neighbors, the Quincy City Council approved the expansion of a paved parking lot for a long-standing Quincy business. Neighbors raised objections to the expansion of the ...