Library Opens
Patrons enter the newly added entrance and lobby area of the Quincy Public Library Tuesday morning, May 31, 2011. The library opened after being closed for two weeks to move into the new section of the building.
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Park Band Memorial Day Concert
After receiving the key to the city from Mayor John Spring, Pam Potter conducted the Quincy Park Band in it’s annual Memorial Day concert at Clat Adams Park Monday. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Ellington Strawberry Festival
Jillian Kirkpatrick looks over the strawberries at the annual Strawberry Festival in Ellington Presbyterian Church Monday. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QHS Graduation
Quincy Senior High School students disembark from school buses and begin to make their way to Flinn Stadium for graduation ceremonies held Friday evening, May 27, 2011. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Joplin Relief
Student volunteers from Southeastern HIgh School help Quincy Notre Dame High School students load the 100 cases of water onto a truck they collected and donated to the Joplin relief effort. Students from area schools are participating in collecting, donating and loading supplies on the truck trailer stationed at a parking lot next to KHQA Friday, May 27, 2011. The t.v. station is working with the Adams County chapter of the Red Cross and with Dot Foods to collect money and items for Joplin. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Private Joe
Dressed as Civil War soldier “Private Joe,” Bob Craig, left, curator of the All Wars Museum at the Illinois Veterans Home, chats with John Wingerter, IVH adjutant, while the pair greeted visitors and staffers before the start of the home’s annual Memorial Day program Friday afternoon in Quincy.
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Mack Attack
Members of the Pop’s Pizza Ballers basketball team and others gather to practice their Gus Macker game moves Thursday afternoon, May 26, 2011 at the Masonic Temple parking lot in Quincy. The annual Memorial Day weekend tournament kicks off Friday evening in downtown Quincy. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Gala Event
From left, Carol Smith, of Du Quion, looks over her high school yearbook pictures and scrapbook with friends Ethel Holladay, and Janice Franklin. Smith was being treated to a “mystery birthday party” by friends who planned a royal gala luncheon at the Quincy Steamboat Co. Thursday. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Storm Spotter
A bolt of lightning touches down in the distance behind Greg Korschot, a storm spotter with Adams County Emergency Management, who was keeping an eye on weather along the Quincy riverfront from a parking lot behind the Microtel Inn Wednesday afternoon in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson )
Honoring the fallen
Illinois Veterans Home employees, from left, Brian Meade, Keith Gerhardt and Aaron Lubbert place rows of American flags along the entrance to Sunset Ceremony Wednesday morning in Quincy. The flags are being placed in honor of Memorial Day. IVH workers said smaller flags will be placed at each grave beginning Thursday morning at 6 a.m. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson )
Wishful Thinking
A semi tractor-trailer heads north on U.S. 61 past a sign advertising regular gas for $.67 cents per gallon at the Abel’s Shell convenience store Tuesday morning in Hannibal, Mo. Store owner Mark Abel said moisture caused by the morning rain was responsible for the electronic glitch. A store worker was quick to clarify that while the sign was not working, regular gas was still selling for $3.67 per gallon. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson )
Disaster Relief Effort
Nathan Ruxlow, 13, of Quincy, uses a plastic lid to shield the rain as he and other volunteers with The Crossing church’s Studio Youth Ministry stand by to load supplies donated by area citizens into a semi-truck trailer earmarked for the relief effort in Joplin, Mo. The Crossing is partnering with churches and social services in Joplin, and plan to accept donations at the Crossing church 48th Street location through Wednesday evening, with plans to leave for Joplin Thursday morning, May 26. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt) Return to Herald-Whig home page to view video.
Fugitive Chase
Adams County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Lohmeyer, left, and two unidentified men escort fugitive Henry Blackwell to a waiting squad car after he was apprehended in the basement of a home at 607 S. 14th Street Tuesday afternoon in Quincy. Blackwell, who had already been handcuffed and was being escorted to the Adams County Jail, escaped the vehicle he was being transported in. He then led numerous law enforcement authorities on a lengthy chase across several city blocks before being apprehended. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Numerous law enforcement officers rush to surround a home at 607 S. 14th Street early Tuesday afternoon in Quincy as they searched for fugitive Henry Blackwell. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy Police officer J.D. Summers searches a back yard in the 600 block of South 14th Street as authorities closed in on fugitive Henry Blackwell Tuesday afternoon in Quincy. Blackwell led numerous law enforcement officials on a lengthy chase across several city blocks before being apprehended. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Neighborhood residents and other interested onlookers watch as Adams County Sheriff’s Dept. authorities help fugitive Henry Blackwell to a waiting squad car at 607 S. 14th Street Tuesday after he was apprehended in the basement of a home. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Seat Belt Enforcement
Quincy Police officer Dave Ludwig keeps an eye on passing motorists during a seat belt enforcement operation Tuesday morning at the intersection of Fourth and Maine in Quincy. The Illinois Dept. of Transportation is working in conjunction with state law enforcement agencies to boost safety efforts for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Ellington School Fun Day
Ellington School kindergarten student Kyndall Causey, center, checks her team’s location during a life-size game of Candyland with classmates Saya Geisen, left, and Alison Entrup during the school’s “Fun Day” Monday afternoon at Moorman Park. Students spent their last day of school playing a variety of games in the park. Teachers have a work day Tuesday before students return to school Wednesday to pick up their report cards. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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House Fire
A charred south side of a home at 710 S. Sixth is seen Monday morning. The house was vacant at the time of the blaze and no one was injured. Authorities have said the fire is “suspicious.” (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Kroc Center Pool
Work continues at the Kroc Center as workers began installing the huge water slide. The pool itself is made into a lazy river type that has water flowing around different areas of the pool. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QU Graduation
Vinson Sill of Quincy talks with his daughter Anabelle, 17 months, as she plays with the tassle on her father’s cap minutes before the beginning of graduation ceremonies at Quincy University Sunday, May 22, 2011.
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Goose Step
A goose and her chicks embark on an early morning walk at Clat Adams Park Sunday, May 22, 2011. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
QHS Regional Finals
Quincy High School’s Anna Leenerts, left, and Alton High School’s Sabrina Torres fight for control of the ball during Saturday’s regional finals soccer match at Flinn Stadium in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Quincy Senior High School’s head soccer coach Travis Dinkheller hugs a tearful Kelsey Kipley after the girls soccer team loses to Alton High School in Saturday’s regional finals soccer match at Flinn Stadium in Quincy.
QND Baseball/Illini West
Quincy Notre Dame High School’s No. 3 is forced out at second during Saturday’s regional final game against Illini West at QND.
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CSC Graduation
Angela Barry of Liberty, Ill., adjusts her boyfriend’s tie, Ben Thompson of Pittsfield, Ill., as her mother Kay Barry prepares to take a photo of the couple prior to the beginning of the Culver-Stockton-College graduation ceremony held Saturday, May 21, 2011 at CSC in Canton. Thompson is graduating with a degree in nursing. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Mr. Wiffle
Owen Gilleland of Quincy takes a swing at bat as he and his team, Entrup Drywall & Painting, warm up for the start of The Growing Tree Foundation and WGEM Sports Center Wiffle Ball Tournament held Saturday, May 21, 2011 at QU Stadium. All proceeds from the event benefit the Madonna House in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Quincy Tennis Sectional
Quincy Notre Dame High School’s Jack Nudo returns a volley during doubles action against Sacred Heart-Griffin during the Quincy Tennis Sectional at the Quincy Raquet Club Friday, May 20, 2011.
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Quincy Senior High School’s Alex Reed plays his match against Jacksonville’s Sam Roth during the Quincy Tennis Sectional at the Quincy Raquet Club Friday, May 20, 2011.
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