Barb Ickes

Give her a (potty) break

You definitely get the idea the snippy little memo was intended for only one person.

Nov 05, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Déjà vu on State Street in Bettendorf

Déjà vu on State Street in Bettendorf

Yep, it's a do-over.

Oct 31, 2009 | 11:45 pm | Loading…

Nice rent, if you can get it, in East Moline

Nice rent, if you can get it, in East Moline

For rent: 3 bedroom house w/ 2-car garage in the center of a large city park; $300/month plus utilities. Sound like a good deal? Try this one: 3 bedroom house w/ 2-car garage in center of a large city park; $150/month, utilities capped at $100. Remainder covered by taxpayers.

Oct 28, 2009 | 11:45 pm | Loading…

It's not taxing, it's tolling

It would be insincere to offer up too much sympathy, but these sure are rugged times to work for the government.

Oct 27, 2009 | 12:25 am | Loading…

Food fight not funny (to most)

It may not be the least bit funny, but a tiny grin couldn't hurt anything, right?

Oct 25, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Love, loyalty, brotherhood, grief

Love, loyalty, brotherhood, grief

Among other things, he has a score to settle. Sure, it's about serving his country. Of course, it's about succeeding in the U.S. Army. But it's also about Jason.

Oct 18, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

An officer, 2 pit bulls and one nasty bite

Better than a week after the attack, Kevin Scott still gets a little rattled when he talks about it.

Oct 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Split lip, but safe at home

The beams from the oversized flashlights bounced off the trees outside my window.

Oct 13, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Davenport and the killer quake

Davenport and the killer quake

We'll know by now whether the skybridge over River Drive also succumbs to the killer quake in the big Davenport doomsday film.

Oct 11, 2009 | 2:15 am | Loading…

Hey, school board: Follow both rules

Hey, school board: Follow both rules

Until Tuesday night we could presume members of the Durant School Board were simply following the rules.

Oct 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

The crawl of killer evidence

It probably wasn't the official first, but it was the biggest first.

Sep 29, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Not a good way to go

Take backs!

Sep 23, 2009 | 10:20 pm | Loading…

So long, old Black Jack

His food and water dish sits atop the freshly turned dirt.

Sep 20, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Campbell's Island resident takes baby squirrel into his home

Campbell's Island resident takes baby squirrel into his home

Three neighbors were walking through the woods on Campbell's Island when they noticed something following them.

Sep 17, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Post-cleanup, a new era dawns on East Moline's Campbell's Island

Post-cleanup, a new era dawns on East Moline's Campbell's Island

This time the toads outnumbered the tires. Just a couple of days before the big do-gooder cleanup last month, Dick Southwick cleared off the passenger seat of his golf cart and drove me deep into the wet, bad-smelling, dump-like woods behind his house on Campbell's Island in East Moline.

Sep 17, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Who would steal from mourning families?

Some stories almost beg you to keep digging.

Sep 13, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

'Lowest thing you can do'

Way to go, cops!

Sep 09, 2009 | 10:25 pm | Loading…

Fill the oil, check the gas

They call those clunkers?

Sep 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

Collecting on a promise

Collecting on a promise

The Moores still don't know where their baby was for at least a two-hour period the day after she was born.

Sep 06, 2009 | 3:20 pm | Loading…

You don’t get it until you do it

No more bellyaching about a couple of dozen mouths to feed at Thanksgiving.

Sep 03, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

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Barb Ickes

Barb Ickes has worked for the Quad-City Times as a columnist and Illinois reporter since 1998. She earned a BA from Northern Illinois University and a Master's Degree from the former Sangamon State University, now the University of Illinois at Springfield.

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