Tagged: Quincy

Crime
8:40 am
Tue January 8, 2013

Two Arrested In Major Quincy Drug Bust

Authorities in western Illinois say a drug bust at a Quincy home turned up more than 500 containers used to make methamphetamine.

Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Patrick Frazier on Monday told The Quincy Herald-Whig that it's the biggest bust he's seen involving such "one-pot" shake-and-bake labs. Officers also found more than 180 cans of starter fluid, cans of drain cleaner and used boxes of pills that contain a key meth-making ingredient.

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Quincy Public Radio
3:55 pm
Fri May 18, 2012

Introducing Quincy Public Radio: part of the St. Louis Public Radio network

Credit (Courtesy WQUB)
The coverage area map of WQUB in Quincy, Ill., which will become Quincy Public Radio, part of the St. Louis Public Radio Network.

We have some news of our own to share with you today.

St. Louis Public Radio announced today that it is in the process of buying the public radio station in Quincy, Ill.

WQUB 90.3 FM is currently owned by Quincy University, but St. Louis Public Radio General Manager Tim Eby says the school indicated last year that it could no longer handle the operations of the station, and wanted to focus, instead, on educational priorities.

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