Focus groups in Rock Island are helping the city consider effective uses for COVID relief funds that would help combat mental illness and homelessness while supporting tourism.
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Blackhawk Bank & Trust has reversed course on the controversial donation of a statue depicting Sauk warrior Black Hawk from the city of Ro…
Several shooting incidents have spurred the city of Rock Island to form a task force to deter and reduce crime downtown.
Rock Island plans to proceed with the donation of a controversial statue depicting Sauk warrior Black Hawk, despite pleas from Native American…
Rock Island City Council members on Monday voted to reject a controversial Black history trail grant awarded to the city by the National Park …
An iconic landmark associated for decades with the city of Rock Island will soon be moved to Milan.
Chaos followed by calm seemed to be the theme in many of the stories that came out of Moline, Rock Island and Rock Island County in 2021.
Tensions between Rock Island city council members escalated into shouting Monday night as they bickered over shifting $100,000 in next year's …
Rock Island is on a path toward major public improvements such as street repairs, water, sewer and utility upgrades.
A small business owner who was forced to relocate his shop out of Rock Island is upset to learn the city recently sold a city-owned lot with a development agreement for $1 to another small business owner.
Rock Island residents will likely see an increase in their water bills beginning Sept. 1 for each year through 2025.
Rock Island sells community orchard to woman who planted it
Rock Island city council members on Tuesday debated how the city will spend $27.5 million it will receive from the federal government as part …
A street protest against the April 1 shooting death of DeShawn Tatum carried into Rock Island City Hall Monday night as a large group of frien…
Rock Island city officials have agreed to look into a foot pursuit policy for the police department.
Families packed into Rock Island City Hall Monday night to witness three aldermen and Mayor Mike Thoms take their oaths of office after winning their elections April 6.
More than 50 uniformed Rock Island police officers stood along the back and side walls of council chambers during Monday's meeting to protest recent comments made by Alderman Dylan Parker.
Rock Island Alderman Dylan Parker, Ward 5, is facing fallout after referring to police as "agents of state violence" in a post on his official alderman Facebook page.
Alderman Dylan Parker says questions remain about police pursuit policies in wake of Black man's killing by police.
Rock Island's 5th Ward will see a matchup between incumbent Alderman Dylan Parker and challenger Laurie Figley in the April 6 municipal election.
It's final. Closing time for bars in the city of Rock Island will permanently change from 3 a.m. to 2 a.m.
The city of Rock Island has reversed course and will not increase the tax rate after proposing a property tax hike of 6.24% last month.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Friday that would legalize recreational cannabis nationally and expunge the criminal re…
Dozens of people dialed in or logged on to a virtual meeting of the Rock Island City Council to provide ideas as to what possibly can be done to improve the downtown and its image.
Council members would like to hear from residents, business owners, property owners and anyone interested in the future of the District and downtown Rock Island.