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            <title><![CDATA[Hannibal Storm Day 2: Cleanup continues]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 22:45:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Aerial Video Added: County emergency director says it could be weeks before things in the city return to normal.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mother concerned for students' safety at QHS]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajah Maples]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 22:06:48 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A concerned mother wants to protect other students after she says her daughter was sexually assaulted at Quincy High School.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[County Market stores work together during recovery]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=901157]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:19 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hannibal shoppers get groceries at Palmyra store.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Opening the KHQA Vault: Celebrating 60 years]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=891665]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tegan Orpet]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In September of 1953, KHQA made its mark on broadcast television, hitting the airwaves with its first newscast. In this fourth installment, we discuss KHQA Magazine and a world before social media.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hannibal patients remain patient despite power outage]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:17 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Power outages affected services at the Hannibal Regional Health Care System.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Broken building doesn't break owner's spirit]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=901011]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Mondlock]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 16:43:20 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Hannibal building owner felt the impact of Monday's storm in more ways than one.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mercantile Bank granting wishes for local teachers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=900949]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Aguirre]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 16:25:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[TriState school districts have been hit hard this year with budget cuts. Classrooms have lost staff, supplies and extra curricular activities. But one Quincy bank is doing its part to make up for the cash that's been cut. KHQA's Kristen Aguirre shows you how Mercantile Bank is granting teachers' wishes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former Adams Co. probation officer now charged in federal court]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:41 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[John Grotts, 59, of Ursa, Ill. Is charged with maintaining a drug-involved premises.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Truckloads of storm debris headed for Hannibal's Main Street]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=900818]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Whitfield]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 15:50:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hannibal residents continue to haul mounds of storm debris away from their homes and into a city-wide dump pile.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don't forget your dog's dental needs]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[You wouldn't go days without brushing your teeth or years without getting a dental checkup.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Light up the river for lost loved ones this weekend]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=900793]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brooke Hasch]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 09:22:13 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A local funeral home will make the Mississippi River glow this weekend.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Warsaw woman in U.S. Marshal custody after drug investigation]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=900770]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 09:09:11 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hancock County Sheriff Deputies and Hamilton Police arrested 55-year-old Carol L. Swartz inside a home at 1502 Blondeau Street in Keokuk.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ball up in the air over Westview Golf Course expansion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajah Maples]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 06:25:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Tuesday night, the Quincy Park District along with Westview's golf director outlined details to improve Quincy's sole public golf course.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vietnam veterans reunite after 45 years]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 01:26:06 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Veterans from the 126th Supply and Service Company gathered at the Cedar Creek Country Club for the 45th Anniversary Reunion since being stationed in Vietnam.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hannibal storm aerial photo gallery]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:57 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A collection of photographs from the May 20, 2013 storm.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A new location for JWCC in Mt. Sterling]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Whitfield]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 16:48:32 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[JWCC is celebrating the grand opening of its new learning center in Mt. Sterling.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Residents recover from Mother Nature's wrath]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Aguirre]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hannibal residents woke up to a different city this morning. Last night's storm filled streets with debris, damaged homes and tore down power lines. KHQA Kristen Aguirre shows you how America's Hometown is recovering.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Help storm victims in the Tri-States and in Oklahoma]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 10:16:16 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Even as severe storms and a tornado went through the Tri-States Monday night, our viewers were watching coverage of Oklahoma storms in horror as tornadoes mauled a two-mile-wide path of destruction and left people missing and lives lost.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drug court officer's drug hearing postponed]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 10:05:51 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Police discovered methamphetamine and materials used to make the drug during an April search at the Ursa home of John Grotts, the Adams County Sheriff's Department and the West Central Illinois Drug Task Force said.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lightning strikes downtown Quincy building]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Residents report hearing a loud strike. The went outside to find a brick chimney collapsed into the parking lot for nearby apartments.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[KHQA severe weather programming note]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In case you were hoping to see Dancing with the Stars and Rules of Engagement, you can find them online with these links.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HLGU hit hard by Monday night storms]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=900179]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Delk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 07:45:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[School hit hard by Tuesday storm damage.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NWS: Tornado touched down near Hannibal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The National Weather Service amended its report that a tornado struck Hannibal Thursday night. Meteorologists from the St. Louis office determined that straight-line winds between 80 and 100 mph struck Hannibal Tuesday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Big win means big plans for Lewistown woman]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=900204]]></link>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 06:27:48 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Lewistown woman says she may take an early retirement after hitting the jackpot last week.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Quincy Police talk man off Bayview Bridge]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 22:51:38 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Man on bridge taken into custody]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What to do if your child goes missing]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=900056]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Mondlock]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 18:50:22 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The QPD Pro Act Unit wants to make sure you have the right information to find your children in case of an emergency.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Undercover drug sweep in Hannibal nabs 21 people]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=899988]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Whitfield]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:48 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[An undercover drug investigation in Hannibal results in 21 people being arrested.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[QFD ready to rescue plane crash victims]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=899806]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Aguirre]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[House fires, car accidents, ice rescues...the Quincy Fire Department is ready to respond to anything. That includes airplane crashes. KHQA's Kristen Aguirre shows you how Q-F-D prepares for any kind of aircraft disaster.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[McDonough County sex offenders in compliance]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 12:02:57 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Police officers in Macomb, Bushnell, Blandinsville and Colchester report that registered sex offenders in McDonough County are in compliance.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Conceal and carry instructor charged with felonies for faked documents]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 10:10:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Macon man, Levi Hillard, is charged with three counts of felony forgery for signing the false documents.]]></description>
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