Rowing Machine
Sam Dancer, owner of Q-Town CrossFit takes advantage of sunny skies to workout outside next to the gym at 723 S. 8th St., Quincy, Wednesday afternoon. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
2013 Dogwood Little King and Queen
A champion boxer, Javier Klossing, works out as the littles kings are interviewed during the 2013 Little King and Queen of Dogwood contest at the Quincy Mall Thursday. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
The 2013 Little King Gunnar Derhake gets his crown from last year’s king Zykel Miller. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
This year’s Dogwood Little King and Queen are Gunnar Derhake and Kyndle Paige Icenogle.
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QHS vs Edwardsville Girls Soccer
Quincy’s Kaleigh Kuhlman, center #11, gets mobbed after kicking a 35 yard bomb just over Edwardsville’s keeper and under the crossbar with 21.6 seconds left in the first half.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Kayla Bunch kicks a bicycle kick over her head up field. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QHS vs QND Girls Soccer
QND’s Cassidy Foley fires a shot from the right side past Quincy’s Nicole Carman for the lone goal against QHS in the fourth minute of the first half. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Jordan Frericks tries to punch the ball past QHS keeper Alex Boyd during the first half. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
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Quincy Invitational Track Meet
QHS’s Carson Gay during the Long Jump at the Quincy Invitational Track Meet. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Hannibal’s Wyatt King takes first in the 4 x 100 just ahead of Rushville’s Austin Gardner, left, and Quincy’s Carson Gay. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Hannibal’s Markell Strickland warms up for the hurdles. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Mrs. Wishy Washy
Monroe School kindergarten teacher Pat Arnold-”Mrs. Wishy Washy” scrubs down the muddy kindergartner, Kendalyn Ruxlow, in her wash tub Wednesday. Arnold who retires at the end of the year, gave her last performance as “Mrs. Wishy Washy”, a character in several books that she reads to her students. (H-W photo/Michael Kipley)
Garage Fire on No. 6th, Between Elm and Chestnut
Quincy Firefighters respond to a garage fire on No. 6th St. between Elm and Chestnut around 7:30p.m. Monday. (H-W photo/Michael Kipley)
Quincy Firefighters respond to a garage fire on No. 6th St. between Elm and Chestnut around 7:30p.m. Monday. Two firefighters use a heat scope to see hot spots through the heavy smoke. (H-W photo/Michael Kipley)
Lights out at the Library Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Amy Slaughter holds close her two reindeer that she brought the Quincy Public Library’s first stuffed animal sleep over. the kids got to dance to music, listen to books being read, make a name tag for their stuffed animals then tuck them in for the night. The children will return Saturday for a small breakfast and the staff will play a slide show of what their animals did when the lights went out. Leo the library lion will also make an appearance. (H-W photo/Michael Kipley)
JWCC Beats Danville in Region 24 Championship
Jon White goes past Danville’s Evan Blackmon to the basket for two. (H-W photo/Michael Kipley)
JWCC’s Brad Hamilton takes a pass on the parameter and drives past Danville’s Chris Whitehead. (H-W photo/Michael Kipley)
John Wood’s A’Darius Porter center, battles Evan Blackmon, left, and Ronnie White for the loose ball (H-W photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Class 3A Championship Experience
QND watehes the third place game as they wait for the girls Class 3A state championship Game. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Jordan Frericks drives on Vernon Hills Lauren Webb. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Kassidy Gengenbacher drive the baseline around Vernon Hills Sydney Smith during the first half. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Cassidy Foley steals the ball from Vernon Hills Sydney Smith and throws the ball up court. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Mary Beth Hugenberg goes up between Lauren Webb, left and Meri Bennett-Swanson. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Kassidy Gengenbacher eye’s the basket for one of her 5 three pointers.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Kristen Gengenbacher steals the ball from Vernon Hills Lauren Webb and is fouled by Webb. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Kassidy Gengenbacher steals the ball from Vernon Hills Brie Bahlmann. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND’s Jordan Frericks steals the inbounds pass from Vernon Hills Lauren Webb and is fouled in the process. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Jordan Frericks gets her 4th foul, 17 seconds into the 4th quarter and Head Coach complains that the Vernon Hills girl was holding Frericks.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
QND girl’s basketball team leaves their finger print on the Girls 3A first place trophy. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Three players from last years championship game, left, Gracie Barnes, Shannon Foley, and Kate Genenbacher, waiting for this years champions to start. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Liberty High School Pep Band played at Redbird Arena Saturday during the class 3A and 4A girls championships. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Three time state champion Lombard Motini had 13 fans in their fan section. #underappreciated! (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Payson-Seymour tops Unity in Class 1A Sectional Championship
Payson-Seymour players celebrate their Class 1A Sectional Championship win over Unity with students and cheerleaders Friday night in Mount Sterling. View online video coverage at www.whig.com. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Payson-Seymour’s Hunter Flesner, back left, tries to grab a loose ball during the Indians’ Class 1A Sectional Championship game against Unity Friday night in Mount Sterling. View online video coverage at www.whig.com. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Payson-Seymour fans Erica Buhlig, left, and Tracy Fuqua react as the Indians beat Unity to win the Class 1A Sectional Championship Friday night in Mount Sterling. Buhlig is the mother of Payson junior guard Lance Buhlig. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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Payson-Seymour fan and mother Erica Buhlig shares a tender moment with her son, Payson guard Lance Buhlig, after the Indians beat Unity to win the Class 1A Sectional Championship Friday night in Mount Sterling. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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Palmyra vs Blair Oaks, Girls Class 3 Sectional
From left, Emily Bross, Allie Dietrich, Lexi Losson, Brianne Caldwell, and Audrey Miles explode off the bench, along with the fans, as the buzzer sounds at the end of the Girls Class 3 Sectional in Mexico. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Lexie Losson steals the ball from Blair Oaks’s Amanda Rackers during the second half of the girls class 3 Sectional in Mexico.(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Palmyra’s Megan Hooper gets blocked by Blair Oaks Amanda Rackers as she tries to drive to the basket. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
EXTRA’s
Herald-Whig photo’s by Michael Kipley
Tuesday’s Snow Storm in Quincy.
A cyclist makes his way through the snow early Tuesday morning in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Nicholas 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
Dennis Rischar, route driver, Prairie Farms, delivers milk products at Dollar General Tuesday morning, Maine Street, Quincy. Photo by Steve Bohnstedt
Rita 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
Illinois Kids Count 2013
Shanna Swearingen spends quality time with two of her children, Lakyn, 4, and Camron, 8, as they munch on their after-school snacks recently at their home in Indian Hills Quincy Housing. Swearingen, a single-parent mom of three with a below poverty-level income, is building her life again after a divorce over a year ago set her back financially. See Illinois Kids Count story in Thursday’s Herald-Whig. View Online Photo Gallery here. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Patriotic Path
With a decorative U.S. flag fastened to his chair, Nate Parker of Quincy, makes his towards the Quincy Senior and Family Resource Center during a break in the rain Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.
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60 Doves
Paul and Joan Mast celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 with the release of 60 white doves and a ride in a Clydesdale-drawn carriage down 18th Street. Wayne Mast, a cousin of Paul Mast, brought the Clydesdales to Quincy from his home in Maryland. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt) Online video coverage at www.whig.com
WWII Memorial
Participants of the “Day of Honor” tribute to the WWII veterans of the Illinois Veterans Home view the “Pillars of Honor” original model of the World War II Memorial at the IVH in Quincy, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Online video coverage at www.whig.com (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Early Morning Fire
Tri-Township Fire Department responds to early morning chimney fire at 1415 Silverthorne Drive, Quincy. See online video coverage here.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is welcomed by the student body at Canton R-V School District where he visited Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 to talk about education funding. Online Coverage: Video of Gov. Nixon’s hoops challenge against Canton’s Austin Hoewing at www.whig.com (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Birds Eye View
Against a backdrop of brilliant blue sky, a crow passes over a building in the 700 block of Hampshire Wednesday afternoon. Sunny skies and warming temperatures are expected through Saturday. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
‘Tis No Longer the Season
Erik Denton carefully removes a strand of Christmas lights from the fascia of the Paul Obrock Dental office as he took down holiday decorations Wednesday afternoon at 334 South Eighth. Denton, who said he’s put up the display as a favor to his “good friend” Obrock for the past 10 years or so, said he was waiting for favorable weather to take down the decorations. “I knew we had a warm spell coming up, so that’s why I waited,” he said. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
QU Men’s Hoops
Quincy University’s Scott Hahn looks for room under Southern Indiana’s Taylor Wischmeier during Saturday night basketball action at Pepsi Arena, Quincy University.
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Quincy Firefighter Rescues Woman from Burning Home
A dramatic scene unfolded late Wednesday morning after a fire broke out at at 633 State, the white brick house seen at far left. One man was reportedly helped from the building by an unknown rescuer, and Lt. Jack Ray of the Quincy Fire Dept. rescued a second occupant from a second-floor window. This is how the scene appeared looking east from near 5th and State. The following photographs detail Ray’s rescue as it happened. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Lt. Jack Ray attempts to remove the window from a second-floor window Wednesday morning at 633 State. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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Ray uses his bare hands to knock out the remaining pieces of window glass. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Ray reaches for the woman, and helps her to the window opening. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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Ray loses his protective helmet while helping pull the woman from the window. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
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Ray keeps one arm wrapped around the woman as they lower themselves to a group of waiting firefighters and EMT’s. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Adams County EMT’s give the woman oxygen before transporting her to Blessing Hospital. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Here Comes the Sun
The sun finally broke through the clouds to shine briefly in this reflection of Quincy Memorial Bridge, Monday afternoon. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
