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Thursday, May 02, 2013  More than a dozen students, staff and parents from Washington School donated hair to the Pantene Beautiful lengths project Thursday.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Officials say they don't know what killed a Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville student from Quincy last week.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  If some local students are ever invited to eat a meal with heads of states or at the White House, they're better prepared to do just that after Wednesday.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The city of Quincy will move ahead with improvements to a street where a Quincy University student was hit by a car last month.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Hundreds of Quincy school children received a surprise gift Monday from none other than Santa.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  One-on-one interaction outside of the classroom--that's the idea behind the Quincy Public School District's mentor program.

Monday, October 15, 2012  A 50-year-old water line burst and caused power outages Monday.

Monday, October 15, 2012  School district officials will decide Monday afternoon whether school will be held Tuesday. That determination will be based on the extent of the repairs needed to fix the broken 50-year-old water line.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  The Quincy School Board approved the new two-year contract for Quincy teachers Thursday after hearing all the details.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  The Quincy Federation of Teachers has voted to accept a two-year contract offer from the Quincy Public School District.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Eight high school students with the Vancil Performing Arts Center will perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

Monday, November 14, 2011  For the third year, Quincy's Turner Hall rocked out to help make Christmas brighter for children a part of the "Make a Merry Christmas" campaign. The event sponsored by the Quincy Public School Transportation Department aims to select less fortunate families from each of Quincy's public schools and then make their Christmas brighter by delivering a school bus full of goodies to that family's home.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  For our Facebook Story of the Day for August 17, we're talking about JWCC and what they did for one student's family.

Friday, February 11, 2011  Adams County high school students teach seventh graders the importance of staying drug free.

Friday, December 10, 2010