Adams County News

Some residents in a Hannibal Apartment complex got a shock when they opened a notice from their landlords yesterday.

Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 4:27 p.m. We have an update to the so-called Marvin the Mummy case in Adams County more than 30 years ago.

The Illinois School Facilities Tax was on the Adams County Board's agenda Tuesday night.

Records show that a Thomas William Brannon filed taxes, served time in Mississippi, married and fathered children over the last several decades.

It's like a story out of the CBS drama 'Cold Case.' After re-opening an unsolved murder investigation a few years ago, Adams County authorities have found the killer and victim's identities from a 23 year-old ...

The United Way of Adams County approved 15 thousand dollars to assist with disaster relief.

The Adams County chapter of the American Red Cross held its 91st annual meeting and volunteer recognition in Quincy Thursday night.

FROM THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF: The Adams County Sheriff's Office will begin issuing access passes to resident owners in the South Indian Graves District and also Meyer.

Emergency crews are working on and keeping a close eye on a 52-mile levee along the Mississippi River near Quincy.

Volunteers travel across the country to help flood victims From a high-tech mobile kitchen comes a massive humanitarian effort -- thousands of hot homemade meals cooked, packaged and delivered to flood victims ...

Outside this river city, a battle raged Thursday to save what so far has been spared from this week's Mississippi River floodings.

Illinois officials have set up a command center in Alton as flooding follows the Mississippi River downstream.

Levees in west-central Illinois were breached early Wednesday as the swollen Mississippi River spilled floodwaters into Hancock and Adams counties, according to a CNN report.

' Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich today toured flood preparation efforts in Quincy as that community prepared for high floodwaters that could top the all time highest level set in 1993 within the next few days.

The city of Quincy declared a "state of emergency" today and Adams County declared a "state of disaster" as local governments begin mobilizing for the region's biggest flood-fighting effort since 1993.

Officials from Adams Electric Cooperative are preparing for rising waters near the river bottom.

Lee County is sandbagging in two areas. In Fort Madison, inmates and residents are sandbagging near the train depot in Riverview Park.

Because June is National Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, the Quincy Humane Society is offering free adult cat adoptions with approved applications for the entire month of June.

Excessive rainfall is beginning to take a toll on the area as parts of Pike County were hit with between two-and-one-half inches up to more than four inches of rain Tuesday morning.

Here is a listing of road closures around the Tri-States due to heavy rainfall on Tuesday We will update this listing as needed.