History

Today is the Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray, a man with ties to the Hannibal-Quincy area.

It was a Thursday, January 15, 2009 at approximately 2:30 pm (ct) when US Airways Flight 1549 crash landed in the Hudson River.

It was the morning of January 11, 1981 and 5-year-old Alan Edward Madden awakened to what unfortunately would be the final day of his life.

Tuesday night one of Quincy’s iconic restaurants will be closing for the final time. The Patio Restaurant, after 60 years of operation, will cease operations and serving their loyal customers and friends.

It is one of the must things you must do during the holiday season and that is visit the Governor John Wood Mansion for the annual Christmas Candlelight Tours.

Two distinguished community leaders will be honored at the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting and Business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony .

America's hometown will be featured tonight nationally on the Travel Channel.

We all remember 9-11, but time has softened the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It is an event that we cannot allow Americans to forget.

These great hosts have all have wonderful people behind the scenes that helped make them who they were and still are in some cases. Believe it or not, I was actually one of those people .

Yesterday (November 19) marked the 23rd anniversary of the deadly collision of two aircraft at Baldwin Field in Quincy which led to the deaths of 14 people.