When I was a kid, I wanted to be … a teacher. I used to play “school” with my stuffed animals.
The steering wheel brands my palm with the searing heat of the summer sun. I breathe in oven-hot air and emit steaming curses while I wait for…
When I was a kid, I wanted to be … a fireman and a grocery store clerk. Like every little kid, I saw firefighters with the big truck making lo…
Fifteen minutes after artillery fell silent on July 27, 1953, 24 notes on a bugle could be heard at the United Nations Truce Camp in Panmunjom…
Matt Hopf
Assignment Editor
When I was a kid, I wanted to be ... a veterinarian. I was/am an animal lover and enjoyed babying our families’ pigs, cows, dogs and cats. My …
SIGNS OF life returning to “normal” have been popping up all around us lately. Much to everyone’s relief, to be sure. Most businesses have reo…
ALL THE hard work has paid off for area schools.
THE PREVIOUS decade in many ways has been a difficult one for Quincy and the surrounding area, as the region’s retail base has shrunk, leaving…
Four officeholders in Quincy Township and the city of Quincy are up for re-election. Each serves the public well and is endorsed in the April …
AMERICA’S POLITICAL divide very often is illustrated when big news stories get twisted into “teaching moments” by people with different opinions.