A lot has happened over the previous months, so I have a many things to catch readers up on.
The John Deere Classic is dialing up yet another blockbuster event. On top of PGA caliber golf and other activities, we learned recently two country stars in Blake Shelton and Darius Rucker will perform.
Racist and hateful ideas, words or images have no place in our publications, much less our society.
While fatherhood is a gift, it also has no instruction book. Those choices made by father figures are carried with us forever. The impact is deep.
Three people are still missing and families of two believe them to be dead inside the rubble of the partially collapsed building at 324 Main St. in downtown Davenport.
We balance our willingness to surrender our time and personal information with the necessity or convenience of the technology.
Many things could be said about the 116-calendar-day Iowa legislative session that just ended. We see two words that seemed left out: local government.
As the Mississippi River recedes to its banks, we can breathe a sigh of relief. The floodwaters claimed no lives, and our downtown areas were spared major damage. We can thank good planning and a bit of luck with the weather for that.
🎧 The hosts discuss the importance of good sportsmanship and why, unlike in politics, sports almost always rewards the people with the most skill.
Quad-Citians in search of uplifting news in March needed to look no further than high school basketball. Two teams from the area were crowned state champions after long, arduous journeys.
The last time Bettendorf voters approved bonds to upgrade schools was 1997.
Remember that deafening cry from Iowa students about the books in their classrooms and in their libraries?
A couple of good news items from the Quad-Cities happened earlier in February. Dot’s Pots of Moline and Boetje’s Foods of Rock Island were inducted into the Illinois Made program and West Lake Park beach and boathouse will reopen after three years of restoration work.
Our stories outlive us.
Runners and bicyclists far and wide will converge on the Quad-Cities this summer ... on the same day.
What began as a task force in 2014 will now become a reality. Congratulations to Friends of MLK and everyone who has worked to bring about the MLK Park on northeast corner of 5th and Brady streets in Davenport.
Illinois sheriffs who said they won’t enforce the new gun law have stepped across an ethical legal line. Laws are made in the House and Senate, signed into law by the governor, tested in the courts and enforced by police and prosecutors. Everyone has a job to do and is expected to do it, whether they agree with every task or not.
Executive Editor Tom Martin publishes a third round of responses from readers about the Quad-City Times and Dispatch-Argus. See what readers had to say.
Executive Editor Tom Martin is publishing another batch of readers weighing in on news coverage by the Quad-City Times and Dispatch-Argus. Martin is asking readers what they would like to see in the publications.
Executive Editor Tom Martin publishes part 1 of readers responses to the question: "What stories are we missing" in the Quad-City Times and Dispatch-Argus?
I’ve survived three weeks as executive editor of the Quad-City Times and Moline Dispatch-Argus, which could be, depending on your perspective, a cause of celebration.
Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:
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This editorial is from the Chicago Tribune.