Quincy Notre Dame

Graduation time is here! 13-years of hard work have all come down to this. As the parent of a Senior, I couldn't be prouder. For those of you looking for information about this years area graduation ceremonies, I have taken the liberty of making the phone calls for you...

In case you football fans haven’t noticed this area is blessed with some great kicking talent as evidenced by the fabulous seasons being put together by Pat Smith at Western Illinois University and Mat Sims at Northern Illinois University.  Pat is from Quincy and Mat is from Hannibal.

Friday night was supposed to be a night that you would remember the rest of your life as the 39 members of the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon were to be in Quincy, Illinois for one performance at Quincy Notre Dame High School. This event has been cancelled due to the lack of military transport.

Tonight in St. Louis the Rams will be hosting the Baltimore Ravens in an NFL preseason football game. For most people it's just a preseason game, but for Jack Cornell it might be the biggest game of his life.

OK, I just found out that Mariah Carey will be one of the judges for American Idol next season on Fox Television. She is replacing Jennifer Lopez.  I suspect Jay-Lo will be getting a nice Christmas gift from Mariah for leaving the show. Now that leaves one judge opening left to be filled to replace Steven Tyler who also left the show. It got me to thinking of some local people who should get a sho

The sports scene in Quincy is heating up with a couple of young men making a name for themselves: Luke Guthrie in golf and Jack Cornell in football.