Beavers was remembered for a lifetime of service, decades in law enforcement and later making history as Smith County’s first Black justice of the peace.

On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the Amistad slave ship had been illegally forced into slavery and thus were free ...

The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes has sparked anger across Shiite communities ...

Massive crowds have gathered in the southern Iranian city of Minab to mourn the deaths of at least 168 children and 14 teachers killed in the US-Israeli attack on a girls’ elementary school on ...

Ceremonies honoring Judge Quincy Beavers start today with a fraternity service and visitation, followed by a public homegoing service Wednesday. Mexico violence sees dozens of military troops, ...

QUINCY — Arts Quincy Executive Director Laura Hesseltine made a compelling case for how Quincy contributed to the nation’s history through its ties to the Underground Railroad in winning a state grant ...

QUINCY–The Illinois Department of Transportation says the Memorial Bridge (eastbound U.S. 24) over the Mississippi River in Quincy will reopen sometime Saturday morning, March 14. It had been closed ...

A Norfolk Superior Court judge heard closing arguments in a lawsuit over rejected petition signatures. The petition, organized by Quincy Citizens for Fair Raises, seeks to reduce a $126,000 pay raise ...

QUINCY — Two Quincy women were back in court on Tuesday for separate hearings related to charges of concealing a fugitive and obstruction of justice related to a Feb. 17 shooting death. Tuesday ...

Herb Trawick — creator, executive producer and co-host of the audio-tech podcast and YouTube series Pensado’s Place and former manager of singer-songwriter Brian McKnight — passed away peacefully in ...