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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Billie Spaid remains in the Macon County Jail.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  A Macon, Missouri woman accused with having sex with a relative and the family pet will spend seven years in state prison.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Military health care costs have nearly tripled since 2001

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Efforts to avoid government shutdown move to Senate as Obama seeks talks on bigger budget deal

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of the U.S. deficit commission, calls failure to agree on a plan to reduce the national debt "the most disappointing thing in my life."

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  Pearl, Ill. man is accused of providing heroin to woman who later died.

Monday, November 26, 2012  Budgetary difficulties have forced the Adams County sheriff's office to make some personnel cuts.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  The Macomb School District faces a big budget deficit for the year.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  JWCC 2013 budget is 4% lower than the 2012 budget.

Monday, July 23, 2012  Drivers in Illinois have four new laws to pay attention to in the coming year.

Monday, June 04, 2012  Esential service were in danger if state pension plan had gone through.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  Corporate Personal Property Replacement Tax, or CPPRT, provides about $3 million in funding in to the City of Quincy. That money was threatened by a recent house bill that could have cut funding to cities across the State of Illinois.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  The struggling U.S. Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  Sixty-six positions in the Quincy Public School District will be eliminated next school year.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  A trial date is now set for a Macon County, Mo. woman accused of having sexual relations with a minor and family dog.