Read through the obituaries published today in The Quad-City Times.
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A day after tornado-producing storms rolled through eastern Iowa and northern Illinois, meteorologists with the National Weather Service, Davenport, were still trying to count how many tornadoes touched down and survey the damage.
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Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest. The storms tore a path through the Arkansas capital and collapsed the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois. People throughout the region were stunned with the scope of the damage. Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and lay waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country. The dead included nine in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, four in Illinois and three in nearby Sullivan, Indiana. Other deaths were reported elsewhere in Tennessee and in Alabama and Mississippi, along with one near Little Rock, Arkansas.
With tornadoes hitting the Midwest and the South, some survivors say that they emerged from their homes to find buildings ripped apart, vehicles tossed around like toys, shattered glass and felled trees. Residents in towns in northeastern Arkansas and Belvidere, Illinois are recounting the damages this weekend from storms that dropped dozens of tornadoes. In Belvidere, the last time the town was devastated to this extent from a tornado was in 1967. They survived, and — like so many others in several states — emerged to see devastation outside.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued a disaster declaration for five counties heavily affected by Friday night's severe weather, a move that opens state resources for storm recovery.
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A Davenport man already charged with providing marijuana to a 14-year-old is facing allegations he sexually abused the teen.
Rock Island Police are investigating two gunshot incidents that occurred late Friday, one in which a man was wounded during an altercation, and a second where a juvenile suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while mishandling a gun.
The residents of the quiet Molette neighborhood in Moline were stunned Thursday when they heard about a shooting in one of the little homes on 40th Street.
Coroner releases name of man found dead in Moline home.
The forum will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon April 15, at the Bettendorf Public Library.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued a disaster declaration for five counties heavily affected by Friday night's severe weather, a move that opens state resources for storm recovery.
Report recommends Scott County move forward with county-run ambulance services.
Demolition is drawing closer for the historic Rock Island County Courthouse.