RURAL AMERICA — Some like it hot. I do not. Heat and humidity are hanging on out here and, if the good-looking young people in the television …
Worrying about your kids’ safety is at the top of any job description for parents. No surprise then that many are fretting a return to school.
At least 39 human beings living in Scott and Rock Island counties have died from COVID-19.
Thumbs Up … to the decision in Scott County District Court this week that hopefully puts to rest the long-simmering controversy over who right…
Last Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it would make public more information about businesses that received loans from the Payche…
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's attempt to end the DACA program, which provides legal protections for …
Last week, the Bettendorf City Council took steps to adjust its budget for the revenue losses due to the coronavirus-damaged economy.
Thumbs Up ... to those who are working to keep an African-American literature course part of the curriculum in the Rock Island-Milan School Di…
Over the past two weeks, we have been reminded just how unprepared in some ways we were for COVID-19. The week before last we learned two inma…
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday that she will sign an executive order restoring voting rights to people with past felony convictions.
By now, we all know the disproportionate toll COVID-19 has taken on nursing home residents and staff.
Could it be that the sale of the Hope Creek Care Center will finally happen?
Thumbs Up ... to Augustana College's fishing team. It was only two years ago that the bass fishing club became officially sanctioned, but as J…
For people who watch politics in Iowa, the June 2 primary results couldn't have been more surprising.
Quad-Citians have gathered by the hundreds twice in the past week to peacefully protest the killing of George Floyd, a black man suffocated by…
Thumbs Up ... to the 24,259 Scott County residents who voted in Tuesday’s election. That was enough to account for 19% turnout, the highest fo…
The Davenport School District has struggled for years with how it disciplines minority students.
Thumbs Up … to Lynn and Dennis Quinn, of Bettendorf, who have pledged to match $50,000 in donations to the Quad-Cities Disaster Recovery Fund.
The Illinois General Assembly did what it had to do last weekend. It passed a budget.
Have you checked the mail?
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Thumbs Up ... to the decision to remove the federal prison at Thomson, Ill., from a list of quarantine sites to monitor inmates entering the p…
In early April, after President Trump said he intended to fire Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community, Sen. Ch…
Someday, we hope to fully understand the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States; where it began and how it spread so quickly an…
Many in this community believe the Quad-Cities is joined, not separated, by a river. But that notion is being put to the test now.
Thumbs Up ... to the state of Illinois for its $25 million grant program aimed at fast-tracking construction projects. The grants, which were …
On Tuesday, the Iowa Secretary of State’s office reported that more than 356,000 Iowans had asked for absentee ballots for the June primary.
Thumbs Up ... to the 21-year Augustana College coaching career of Grey Giovanine, who announced this week he is leaving.
