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MICHAEL PENN

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Sep 9, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · By MICHAEL PENN, Executive Editor

    Quincy Police Department defends Flock license plate cameras - whig (opens the original)

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    Published 11:27 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 QUINCY — Addressing growing community chatter and heightened social media scrutiny, Interim Police Chief Mike Tyler delivered a comprehensive presentation to the City Council on Tuesday night defending the Quincy Police Department’s use of Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras. Describing the technology as a game-changing force multiplier for law enforcement, Tyler outlined how the system operates, detail-oriented internal over

  2. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · By MICHAEL PENN, Executive Editor

    Mayor Moore: 'Disagreement does not give anyone permission to terrorize their neighbors' - whig (opens the original)

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    Published 10:45 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 QUINCY — Mayor Linda Moore opened Tuesday’s City Council meeting with an appeal for civil behavior, warning residents that rising hostility, harassment, and personal threats targeting community members have gone too far. Addressing a tense chamber, Moore condemned recent behavior occurring online, across local neighborhoods, and directly outside public officials’ and citizens’ private residences. Her remarks came amid growing local unrest, as she u

  3. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · By MICHAEL PENN, Executive Editor

    A Quincy love story - whig (opens the original)

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    Published 10:23 am Thursday, August 13, 2026 QUINCY — Visitors to Enchanted Books on the 500 block on Maine Street may come across an attractive display featuring “The War, the Wait, & The Suitcase,” a self-published book, recounting the love story of a local couple, Richard and Kathleen Peters, during the tumult of World War II. The couple had children, and one of them, James Edward Peters, conceived of the idea of using 508 letters found after Kathleen’s 2008 death in an attic suitcase, recoun

  4. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · By MICHAEL PENN, Executive Editor

    Bailey pledges to lead Illinois with integrity - whig (opens the original)

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    Published 11:37 am Saturday, August 8, 2026 QUINCY — Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey (R), visiting the offices of The Quincy Herald-Whig, pledged to lead the state with integrity should he prove successful in defeating JB Pritzker in the November elections. “Since I started running,” he said, “I don’t think anybody can look at me and say, you know, I didn’t believe in what I was fighting for, and I didn’t hold true to those values.” He sees such integrity as key to return Illinois

  5. Article · Jul 25, 2026 · By MICHAEL PENN, Executive Editor

    Lieutenant governor candidate calls for grace - whig (opens the original)

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    Published 11:38 am Saturday, July 25, 2026 QUINCY — “In politics, the enemy of today could be your best friend tomorrow. And I think that people hold on to too many grudges and are incredibly adversarial to each other.” Aaron Del Mar, running for lieutenant governor as part of the Republican ticket led by Darren Bailey, cited “grace” as the ethical principle or character trait he would like to bring to Illinois, should he be elected. This week Del Mar visited the offices of The Herald-Whig in do

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