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Hannibal Tuesday after the Storm

Hannibal stormStudents, faculty and staff work together to clean up debris Tuesday afternoon following Monday night’s storm that left dozens of downed trees and damage on the campus of Hannibal-LaGrange University.  (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)

Hannibal stormMike Stewart of Hannibal, is among the army of volunteers cleaning up downed trees on the campus of Hannibal-LaGrange University Tuesday following Monday night’s storm.  Stewart said he is pitching in to help because his daughter Clara Stewart is a student at the University.  (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)

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Hannibal Storm Damage

Hannibal Storm_113aLarry Stephens walks through the ground floor rubble in Gallery 310 Tuesday morning in the historic district of Hannibal, Mo. An upper story wall from a neighboring business, Groomingdale’s Pet Boutique, was blown onto the second floor of Gallery 310 in Monday night’s storm. That floor couldn’t support the weight of the bricks and wood and it then fell through the ceiling onto the ground floor of the gallery. Larry Stephens’ wife, Connie Stephens, is one of the artists who’s work is exhibited in the gallery. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Hannibal StormA woman talks on her cell phone while walking in the 300 block of N. Main St. Tuesday morning in Hannibal, Mo. A section of the building housing the Groomingdale’s Pet Boutique, seen behind her, fell onto a neighboring building, collapsing the floor of the circa-1800′s historic structure. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Hannibal StormBuilding owner Joe Noonan looks over second floor damage from Monday night’s storm in the upper floors of a building in the 300 block of north Main Tuesday morning in downtown Hannibal, Mo. Noonan said he owns four buildings in the strip, including Gallery 310, which had its second floor caved in due to the collapse of an upper floor of a neighboring building. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Hannibal StormA massive tree that toppled onto a home during Monday night’s storm is shown Tuesday morning in the 1900 block of Crescent Drive in Hannibal, Mo. H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Hannibal StormA woman surveys damage from Monday night’s storm as she heads to a house on Forest Hill Road Tuesday morning in Hannibal, Mo. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Hannibal StormA flyer touting a weekend garage sale remains affixed to a toppled electric pole bearing transformers and power lines Tuesday morning along Crescent Drive in Hannibal, Mo. The pole was one of several in the town knocked over by Monday night’s storm . (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Hannibal StormLee Hinds, a maintenance worker for the Hannibal Parks and Recreation Dept., works on removing a fallen tree from the Central Park gazebo area Tuesday morning in Hannibal, Mo. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Hannibal StormIgnoring the fallen limbs and power lines Monday night’s storm all around him, a runner makes his way down Ridgewood Drive Tuesday morning in Hannibal, Mo. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Hannibal StormAn awning from a downtown business blown of in Monday’s storm wraps around a utility pole Tuesday morning in downtown Hannibal, Mo. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)


Tornadoes Rip Through Oklahoma

CORRECTION Severe Weather A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. The relationship between the woman and the child was not immediately known. A tornado as much as half a mile (.8 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)

Severe WeatherEmergency workers pull out a woman that was trapped in a building that was destroyed off of 4th Street and Interstate 35 after a tornado ripped through Moore, Okla.,  Monday May 20, 2013.  (AP Photo/ The Transcript,Kyle Phillips )

Severe WeatherJoAnn Anderson sorts through the rubble of her home after a tornado on Monday, May 20, 2013  in Moore, Okla. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney)

Severe WeatherChildren wait for their parents to arrive at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south  Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson.  (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman,  Paul Hellstern)

Severe WeatherRebekah Stuck hugs her son, Aiden Stuck, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary after a tornado struck south Oklahoma City and Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. Aiden Stuck was inside the school when it was hit. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Nate Billings)

Severe WeatherResident Kim Schwab looks over her destroyed home in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)

Severe WeatherMary Barnhill, left, sits next to her daughter-in-law Brenda Barnhill after a tornado destroyed the home of Brenda Barnhill and her husband Larry Barnhill, Mary’s son, near SW 149th and Vicki Dr., when a tornado struck south Oklahoma City and Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Nate Billings)

Severe WeatherRachel Hilton holds stray kittens she found in the debris of her parents’ home at SW 149th and Stone Meadows Dr. after a tornado struck south Oklahoma City and Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Nate Billings)

oklahoma tornadoKay James holds her cat as she sits in her driveway after her home was destroyed by the tornado that hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla.  (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger)

tornadoKay Taylor stands with her dog Bailey in front of her house that was destroyed after the tornado that hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla.  (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger)

Severe WeatherA man and a woman assist a state trooper carry a large tarp to cover a tornado victim found in a field across the street from the Madison Place Addition, near SE 8 and Tower in Moore, on Monday, May 20, 2013.    (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

Severe WeatherTwo men attempt  to pry open a door on this car to check for victims in a business parking lot west of I-35 south of 4th Street  in Moore, on Monday, May 20, 2013.A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

Moore TornadoA tornado moves past homes in Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

APTOPIX Severe WeatherTeachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)

 


Mobile Home Fire in West Quincy

SA-Trailer FireA Palmyra, Mo., firefighter runs into position to put water on a mobile home blaze Wednesday afternoon in West Quincy, Mo. The blaze destroyed the mobile home of Northeast Missouri resident Dyas Roberts, who was in Quincy at the time the fire began. Firefighters from the LaGrange (Mo.) and Tri-Township departments assisted Palmyra in battling the blaze. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

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Quincy Fire on Harrison Plaza

Fire HarrisonPlazaQuincy firefighters sprays down hot spots in the garage of the house at 1214 Harrison Plaza. The QFD arrived just before the noon hour on Wednesday.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)


Flood-ClemensThe perimeter of Clemens Field is swallowed up by floodwaters Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Hannibal, Mo. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)


Rollover Accident

SA-AccidentAn unidentified man sets up caution markers at the scene of a rollover accident at the northeast corner of Ninth and Broadway Monday, April 22, 2013. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)


Regional Flooding

FloodingDustin Morrison, a policy staff member for Gov. Pat Quinn, captures a picture of the rising Mississippi River while waiting for Quinn to arrive Friday afternoon at the Clat Adams Park boat launch. Quinn was in Quincy to announce his state disaster declaration and offer assistance to communities in West-Central Illinois hit by the flooding. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

ILQHW103 ILLINOIS FLOODINGLois Dailing, right, visits with Lenny Brown as the pair look out at the Mississippi River covering what’s normally acres of farmland outside Dailing’s home Friday in Marbleheadl. Dailing said she heard the river was sitting at 25 feet Friday, and was expected to crest about three feet higher in the coming days. “We’re gonna start calling it Lake Marblehead,” she said with a laugh. (H-W Photo/ Phil Carlson)


Storm Damage in Monroe City

Storms Monroe CityAaron Whelan, left and Dustin Jarman lift up a section of roof from the sidewalk of the Ben Franklin store in the 100 block of South Main St. Thursday April 18, 2013, in Monroe City, Mo. The roof blew off from a historic building across the street from the variety store. Jarman’s mother owns the building that lost the roof, and he and Whelan were helping with the clean-up efforts. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Storms Monroe CityA chimney cap and portion of roof sits on the sidewalk in front of the Ben Franklin store in the 100 block of S. Main St. Thursday April 18, 2013, in Monroe City, Mo. The roof came from the center section of the building at right. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Storms Monroe CityA highway sign directing eastbound traffic on U.S. 36 is seen Thursday April 18, 2013, in Monroe City, Mo.  (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Storms Monroe CityStorm damage seen Thursday April 18, 2013, in Monroe City, Mo. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Storms Monroe CityScraps of metal litter the alleys and streets of Monroe City, Mo., as lineman work to connect utility lines to a new pole Thursday. Numerous areas of the town were without power after Wednesday’s severe weather. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Storms Monroe CityLineman work to connect utility  lines to a new pole Thursday April 18, 2013, in Monroe City, Mo. Numerous areas of the town were without power after Wednesday’s severe weather. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Storms Monroe CitySevere weather toppled this billboard on U.S. 36 east of Monroe City, Mo., shown Thursday April 18, 2013. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)


Severe Storms Roll Through Area

StormsA bolt of lightning snakes to the ground Wednesday evening in West Quincy, Mo., as severe storms rolled through the area. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Storms 2Twelve-year-old Leandre Whitner comforts her 10-year-old sister Erica in the fellowship hall of Calvary Baptist Church as storm sirens sound Wednesday evening in Quincy. At left is Peggy Cumby, who said the church was having a children’s program on the upper floors when the sirens went off and the children were moved to the basement. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)


Boston Explosions

Boston Marathon ExplosionsAn injured woman is tended to at the finish line of the Boston Marathon,  in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe,  John Tlumacki)

knocked down runnerBill Iffrig, 78, lies on the ground as police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., was running his third Boston Marathon and near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki)

APTOPIX Boston Marathon ExplosionsPeople react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions went off at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)

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Boston Marathon ExplosionsA firefighter tends to an injured man following an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Boston Marathon-ExplosionsTwo Boston Marathon volunteers hug each other, at right, as an injured person is loaded into an ambulance in the aftermath of two blasts which exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston Marathon-ExplosionsOne of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon is investigated by a person in a protective suit in the wake of two blasts in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston Marathon ExplosionsMedical workers aid injured people at the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)

APTOPIX Boston Marathon-ExplosionsAn unidentified Boston Marathon runner is comforted as she cries in the aftermath of two blasts which exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

APTOPIX Boston Marathon ExplosionsMedical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)

Boston Marathon ExplosionsMedical workers aid injured people at the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)

Boston Marathon ExplosionsMedical workers aid injured people at the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)

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Boston Marathon ExplosionsWomen react as they walk from the area where there was an explosion after the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

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Boston Marathon-ExplosionsAn unidentified Boston Marathon runner leaves the course crying near Copley Square following an explosion in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Boston Marathon-ExplosionsIn this image from video provided by WBZ TV, spectators and runners run from what was described as twin explosions that shook the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston.  Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/WBZTV) MANDATORY CREDIT

Boston Marathon-ExplosionsAn unidentified Boston Marathon runner, center, is reunited with loved ones near Copley Square following an explosion in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)


Truck Stalls on Broadway Shutting Down East-Bound Lanes

Stuck TruckQuincy police control east and west traffic on Broadway as a truck stalls on the sharp incline at Air Specialist blocking the East bound lanes for about an hour Thursday. (H-W photo/Michael Kipley)


Tuesday’s Snow Storm in Quincy.

Spotlight awardA cyclist makes his way through the snow early Tuesday morning in Quincy.    (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)

dpiIMG_0459Nicholas Johannes, 13, of Quincy, shovels snow from the First Mid-Illinois Bank parking lot in Quincy, Tuesday morning.  Out of school for the day, Johannes is helping his grandfather, Chuck VanCamp, with snow clearing jobs.  Photo by Steve Bohnstedt

dpiIMG_0447Dennis Rischar, route driver, Prairie Farms, delivers milk products at Dollar General Tuesday morning, Maine Street, Quincy.  Photo by Steve Bohnstedt

dpiIMG_0528Rita Hopkins of Quincy, waits at the door of Christ Lutheran Church, while her husband Dick Hopkins parks their truck.  The two are among those turning out to vote at the polling place located at the church. Photo by Steve Bohnstedt

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Firday Snow Storm Quincy Coverage (H-W Photos by Steve Bohnstedt)

John and Martha Pappenfoht work at breaking through the last yard of snow to free their vehicle from their driveway along South 17th Street in Quincy, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.  (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)

Protecting from possible overnight freezing rain, a motorist placed their windshield wipers in a vertical position in Quincy, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.  Hundreds of cars are socked in deep snow banks throughout Quincy.  (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)

Mail carrier Jesse Sommers makes his way through deep snow drifts while walking his route along South 8th Street in Quincy, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.  (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)

Jenna Mosby, 7, Quincy, makes her way back to the top a steep embankment  while playing in the snow with friends Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)


Thursday’s Quincy Snow Storm Coverage (H-W Photos by Michael Kipley)


Thursday’s Quincy Snow Storm Coverage (H-W Photos/Steve Bohnstedt)

 


Thursday’s Snow Storm Hannibal/Missouri Coverage (H-W Photos/Phil Carlson)


Tuesday Standoff

Quincy police officer P.D. Hummel stands watch Tuesday morning across from the house at 1718 Center Granview, Quincy, pictured in the background at right, where a man secluded himself Monday.   (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)

Salvation Army workers serve coffee to law enforcement officers from their emergency disaster services truck at the scene Tuesday morning.  (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)

Quincy police escort Donald Rick Pruett from his home at 1718 Center Granview Tuesday morning after a nearly 21-hour standoff.  (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)


Rollover Accident South of Palmyra

The Jeep Wrangler, traveling South on US 61 swerved to avoid the white car crossing over southbound 61 to Route F. The white car didn’t stop and the Jeep hit the car and and overturned.  (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)


Early Morning Fire

Tri-Township Fire Department responds to early morning chimney fire at 1415 Silverthorne Drive, Quincy.  See online video coverage here.


One of the Biggest Meth Lab Busts in Quincy History

Over 500 one pot, shake-and-bake method meth bottles found at 412 Spruce Monday.  (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)

Adams County Sheriff Brent Fischer and Master Sargent Pat Frazier, from the Illinois State Police, West Central Illinois Task Force talk about the over 500 one pot, shake-and-bake method meth bottles found at 412 Spruce Monday.  (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)


Quincy Shooting

Adams County Sheriff Deputies use a K9 dog to search the area around a home at 219 S. 11th thursday afternoon after a shooting at the location. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

A bystander looks on as a Quincy Police officer stands guard outside a home at 219 S. 11th after a shooting at the location early Thursday afternoon. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)

Bystanders watch as law enforcement officers work the scene of a shooting Thursday afternoon at 219 S. 11th in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson


Fire at 422 Maiden Lane

Fire rolls from the front door of a two-story house Wednesday night at 422 Maiden Lane in Quincy. Dan Dietrich, 52, was killed in the blaze. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)

 


Bank Robbed

K-9 Unit tries to pick up the trail of the suspect who robbed First Mid Illinois Bank & Trust, Quincy.  (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)