Wreck on Broadway
Rescue personnel work to free an injured driver trapped in a van near Broadway and 9th Street in Quincy, Wednesday afternoon, February 29, 2012.
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Liberty vs Brimfield in Sectional Semi-Final
Liberty’s Jared Shover drives between Brimfield’s Ryan Wilbur, left and Jason Cluskey to put up a shot during liberty’s loss to Brimfield at the Lewistown Sectional Semi-Final Tuesday.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Spring Cleaning
Ethen Geiser runs around with his rake as he helps his grandmother Joyce Geiser clean up the leaves on so. 18th Monday.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Shady Shot
Tyler Trautvetter tries to get a shot off around Jacob Tournear at the Johnson Park basketball courts Monday.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Raider Rumble
Quincy Notre Dame High School coach Eric Orne grins while doing the “Raider Rumble” as he begins his opening remarks to the student body, parents and friends gathered at the QND Pitt for an assembly Monday afternoon celebrating the QND girls basketball team’s state championship.
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Slideshow: Following the Lady Raiders at state
A conference room at the Doubletree Hotel in Normal is filled with players, parents and fans of the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team as Father Leo Enlow, pastor at St. Peter Church, prepares to say Mass before Saturday night’s game. Herald-Whig Photo Editor Phil Carlson spent the day with the team as it prepared for the championship game. Click on the photo above to view a 50-photo slideshow.
QND tops Breese Central for State Title
Quincy Notre Dame players head to midcourt to kick off the celebration as the final seconds tick off the clock during their IHSA Class 2A Championship victory over Breese Central Saturday night in Bloomington. The Lady Raiders topped Breese 62-31.(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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Quincy Notre Dame’s Shannon Foley, center, tries to steal the ball from Breese Central’s Taylor Wilken (10) and April Gebke in first-half action of their IHSA Class 2A Championship game Saturday night in Bloomington. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy Notre Dame’s Kristen Gengenbacher (3) ties up Breese Central’s Maddie Timerman in first-half action of their IHSA Class 2A Championship game Saturday night in Bloomington. At left is QND’s Jordan Frericks. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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Special Olympics Polar Plunge
Quincy Police Department DQRE Bears take the plunge during the polar plunge at Upper Moorman Park Saturday. The funds raised from the Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge will benefit Special Olympics Illinois West Central/Area 11, which serves athletes with intellectual disabilities in eight counties.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Mad City Money
Evan Higgins from Griggsville figures up his entertainment purchases during the Mad City Money educational event at John Wood Community College Saturday. The event was hosted by Members First Credit Union and is designed to teach kids financial literacy in an adult world. The Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search students are from the JWCC district.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Liberty/Seymour-Payson Regional Title Game
The Liberty High School Eagles celebrate their Boys Class 1A regional championship win over Seymour- Payson Friday night at Liberty High School.
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Seymour-Payson’s Aaron Edwards watches the Liberty boys basketball team celebrate their win Friday night at Liberty High School. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Visit the Whig Gallery Saturday to view over 70 photographs from tonight’s game.
Ladies Night Out
Christina Johnson, far right, and her friend Yolanda Maynor, of Quincy, shop for a designer handbag at Gerilynn Malone’s “Premier Diva” display during the annual “Ladies Night Out” event held Thursday night at the Ambiance in Quincy. More than 50 local businesses were represented at the event.
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QU Womens Basketball
Quincy University’s Lucy Cramsey redirects the ball in mid-air as Springfield’s No. 14, Megan Bergerud looks on during Thursday night basketball action at Quincy University Pepsi Arena in Quincy.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin speaks to local reporters during a press conference at the Quincy Regional Airport maintenance hanger for Cape Air Thursday, February 23, 2012.
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Rich and Connie Niemann Make Donation to Quincy University
Rich Niemann Sr., QU president, Robert Gervasi, and Connie Niemann before announcement that the Niemann’s are donating money to develop the Connie Niemann Center for Music at the North campus facility.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND Boys Basketball
Quincy Notre Dame High School’s Nick Dietrich heads for the basket during Wednesday night Class 2A basketball action against Illini West at Beardstown High School. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Payson Griggsville Hoops
Griggsville-Perry’s Levi King, left, and Dillon Butler, right, scramble for the ball with Seymour Payson’s Jake Voss, center, during Wednesday night’s Boys Class 1A regional basketball action at Liberty High School. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Ash Wednesday at St. Francis
Renee Goldinger gets an ash cross on her forehead during an evening Ash Wednesday mass at St Francis Church. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
School Board Entertainment
Dewey School kids performed a song for the Quincy School Board Wednesday before the school board meeting to show the board what they learned during Kindness and Justus Week. The theme of the presentation was Kindness Brings Peace. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Lonny Lemon points to entrance to the parking lot of the second proposed plan that the school board building committee recommends the board adopt during the school board meeting Wednesday in the Baldwin Round room. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Riverfront Trail
City Planner and development director Chuck Bevelheimer, left, explains the proposed riverfront trail to Jan Hummel, second from left, Randy Stark, and Allie Lymenstull, right during an open house at city hall for the public to view the proposed plan.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Liberty Boys Basketball
Liberty High School’s Jordan Obert takes it to the hoop during Boys Class 1A regional basketball action against Jacksonville ISD Tuesday night, February 21, 2012 at Liberty. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
QND Boys Basketball
Quincy Notre Dame High School’s Alex Fitch goes up for two past Beardstown’s Greg Gibson during Tuesday night’s Class 2A Boys Regional Basketball Tournament at Beardstown High School.
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School District Debt Funding
Quincy School District Business manager Bud Martin gives a presentation to a large crowd explaining the schools reasoning for asking for bonds to pay off debt, at the Quincy University Hall of Fame Room Tuesday. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Quincy School District Business manager Bud Martin tries to answer the questions from John Tournear, of Quincy, in front of a large crowd during a town hall meeting about funding the school debt, at the Quincy University Hall of Fame Room Tuesday. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Catch Me If You Can
Chelsea Shoop plays tag with several neighborhood kids on the playground equipment at Blessed Sacrament School Tuesday.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Day at the Park
Courtney Larson, left, laughs as she tries to get a shot off against her fiance, Ethan Morton, during a game of pick-up basketball Monday afternoon at Johnson Park. The two said they were off work for the day so they decided to go spend some time at the park. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
