Paw Pals is asking for the help of the community to come together and help us with our 2nd annual Pet Food Drive! We are always in need of donated dry cat & dog food, we receive donated food from various donors through out the year, but right now our pantry is running near dry. [...]
Mixed Media Artist Daniel Botkin at the Alliance Gallery in December Pre-Modern Visions For a Post-Modern World The Alliance Gallery in Hannibal is especially pleased to welcome Daniel Botkin as their featured artist during the month of December. Botkin, who lives in East Peoria, Illinois, studied art at Illinois Central College and Illinois State University [...]
On the Second part of the Qtown Halloween podcast special we continue our discussion with the River Town Paranormal Society. On this episode we discuss the day to day operation of a paranormal investigation team. We discuss methods of investigations, equipment used, different theories about what ghosts are and how their presences may be experienced. [...]
10 months in the Making, the 2nd Qtown Podcast is here. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview with Quincy, Illinois paranormal investigation group River Town Paranormal Society (RTPS). In part 1 we discuss and list out the places in Quincy, Illinois most often labeled as being Haunted. RTPS gives their specific input [...]
The small town of Fandon, Illinois just northeast of Quincy played an important role in a farcical state succession movement in the 1970′s.
It’s the little things that makes Quincy special to me. Today I grabbed a quick lunch at Washington perk in what was once one of the first banks in Quincy. Next time you’re there check out the amazing craftsmanship that went into the bank vault doors. There are so many small details right down to [...]
The Quincy Morning Whig August 13, 1897 Boy bitten by rattlesnake. Robert Fullman was being treated at Blessing Hospital after being bit by the snake. His hand and arm were badly swolen, but he was expected to recover. The boy was working on the farm picking cucumbers. When he moved a vine he uncovered the [...]
“When the party of gypsies rounded up by the police here Monday afternoon were released, they left the city- and they left in a hurry” This story comes from the Quincy Daily Journal, and tells of a suspicious band of gypsies…a term often referring to those “shady” people who were just passing through town. More [...]
