Illinois Veteran's Home

Twenty-eight years ago I took my 6-year-old daughter to the Peoria Zoo and, as chance would have it, one of the Peoria hospitals was holding a stuffed animal day at the Zoo. Little did I know 28 years later, the idea that I brought back to Quincy would still be flourishing.

Y101 Radio is proud to be a sponsor for the Tri-State Lugnuts Endless Summer.  The Summer Kick-off is Saturday, May 14th at 6:30 at the Quincy Mall parking lot featuring a Car Show and a Cruise-In.

Every November the Quincy Exchange Club displays the Field of Honor at the Illinois Veteran's Home.  The display of 1000 American Flags is set up for Veteran's Day on November 11 and there is no cost to view the display.

Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day in the United States. There will be ceremonies all across this great country of ours. What makes this country great are all the freedoms each and every one of us have thanks to our Veterans. So when the opportunity presents itself to thank a veteran please do...

This year's 8th Annual Veteran's Day Parade will be held in Quincy on Saturday, November 7 at 10 a.m. The parade will begin at 12th and Maine and proceed to 5th and Maine Streets.

On 9-16-15 officers of the Lee County, Iowa Sheriffs Office and officers from the Quincy Police Department arrested 41-year-old, Stacie Haynes of Wever, Iowa on an Adams County warrant for Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person.

Health officials report two more deaths from Legionnaires’ Disease at the Illinois Veterans’ Home over the weekend.

Another Independence Day has come and gone and with it another round of Fourth of July celebrations featuring cookouts and fireworks. Unfortunately, the holiday also brought out the worst in some people.

The All Wars Museum, located on the beautiful grounds of the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy, will be conducting a brief ceremony observing the 65th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War at the Museum on July 4. This event was rescheduled from June 25.

WGEM has announced a partnership in the presentation of the 2015 Fourth of July Fireworks in both Hannibal and Quincy. WGEM has been involved in putting on the fireworks in Quincy for over 20 years, yet this will be the first time it will participate in Hannibal’s fireworks show as well.