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            <title><![CDATA[QSFA Executive Director Rob Dwyer announces retirement]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:14:46 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Rob Dwyer, the Executive Director of the Quincy Society of Fine Arts, has announced is retirement after 30 years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ralls County 911 director resigns]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=911140]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Whitfield]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Marion County 911 director will oversee operations as interim director.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Two day search for domestic disturbance suspect ends in arrest]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:15:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[An investigation by the Macon County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol K-9 Unit became a two day search for a suspect from Callaeo Missouri.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A look into the new Lincoln Park]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=911084]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Aguirre]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Quincy Park District has more than two dozen parks. Now its adding another to the list and it's housing more than a playground. Take a look inside Lincoln Park.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Illinois state gets on track with Quincy Public Schools]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brooke Hasch]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:03:40 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Quincy Public Schools will finish out the fiscal school year in positive numbers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to hire a family photographer]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:10:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We're sharing some tips for your family to remember when hiring a professional photographer.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Homeless man arrested for arson]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Shriver]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:07:02 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Firefighters and police were called to an apartment building in the 400 block of North 4th Street around 5:30 p.m. Monday night for a trash fire on the sidewalk.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Controversial pooch still in city spotlight]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Shriver]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:58:16 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hannibal's most controversial pet will be back in the city spotlight Tuesday night. The owner of "Moose" is set to address the city council.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Looking both ways is half the battle]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Mondlock]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:45:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Your summer motorcycle ride could be more dangerous than you think.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Quincy City Council approves township budget]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajah Maples]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:16:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Quincy Township officially has a new budget.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[20 applicants for airport director position]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Whitfield]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:34:29 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[After being without a full time airport director since 2009, the City of Quincy is in the process of hiring one from a pool of 20 applicants.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bethel man sentenced in child molestation case]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Shelby County man has been sentenced after pleading guilty in March to child molestation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former Kutters location undergoes chicks invasion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:33:53 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Kutters owner sold Kutter's Bar &amp; Grill to the owners of the popular Macomb restaurant Chick's on the Square.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Colorado wildfire survivors mentor Black Forest Fire victims]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:15:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Mentoring program could make adjusting to loss during the Black Forest Fire much easier.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Behind the smoke with QFD]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Aguirre]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Take a look behind the smoke at Quincy's bravest.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Flash flood claims 2-year-old boy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:02:28 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Anthony Smith, 51, of Versailles was eastbound on County Road 525 North west of Illinois Route 107 about 11 p.m. Saturday when his car was swept off the road.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Papa John's building okay after car impact, set to reopen]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Whitfield]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:58:13 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Huntsville Illinois man lost control of his car early Monday morning and struck the Papa John's Pizza in the Steamboat Bend Shopping Center in Hannibal.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[House fire, meth and police pursuit result in McDonough County arrests]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:03:47 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Bardolph man was arrested after his home at 103 S. Broadway was found to be on fire Sunday night and it didn't end there.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Miss Illinois weeks away from giving up her crown]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=910591]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brooke Hasch]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:48:56 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Megan Ervin is preparing to give up her title to the next Miss Illinois, but first, she's looking back on what a life changing experience her pageant days have meant to her.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Missouri man survives lightning strike]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:39:44 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Northeast Missouri man is in recovery after being struck by lightning Saturday night.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Quincy police investigate reported claims of shots fired overnight]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=910573]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Shriver]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:32:32 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[People on Quincy's west side say gunshots woke them up overnight Monday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hannibal firefighters battle accidental fire]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=910488]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Mondlock]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:57:14 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hannibal firefighters responded to a structure fire Sunday afternoon.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Father's Day Car show brings in large crowd]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:18:14 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Quincy riverfront was taken over today by cars, both young and old.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hotcakes and Airplanes for the dads out there]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:11:30 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[What better way to say thanks to your dad than with pancakes and airplanes. For some dads, that's what they got Sunday morning.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Happy Father's Day to dads in the Tri-States]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:25:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Everyone at KHQA would like to send a very special early Happy Father's Day to dads in the Tri-States! Check out this photo slideshow of viewer submitted photos and feel free to submit your own!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Local weight lifter breaks records while breaking a sweat]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:50:46 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The power lifting scene hit the Quincy area with full force.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Calling all art lovers: Hannibal's newest festival hits the area]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[KHQA Newsdesk]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:44:41 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This art festival is bringing in artists from near and far to America's home town.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Committee to review state agencies in Missouri]]></title>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:35:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A special committee in the Missouri House will spend the next several months reviewing the performance of state agencies.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Woman seriously injured after train, vehicle crash]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=910136]]></link>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristopher Jobe]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:25:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Randolph County woman was seriously injured after a train hit her vehicle Thursday night.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cancer survivors walk laps for a cure]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajah Maples]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:00:00 CDT]]></pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The journey to end cancer starts with a single step. That was the theme behind Friday night's Relay for Life event at Flinn Stadium in Quincy.]]></description>
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