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Davenport to Host Teen Job Fair at the River Center

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

The City of Davenport will host a Teen Job Fair at the River Center in Davenport Wednesday, May 29th. Mayor Bill Gluba and a host of local business owners will be on hand for workshops and Q & A's with Davenport High School students. The event wi...

East Moline Police Have Three Men in Custody Following a Tuesday Night Brawl

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

East Moline Police have three men in custody following a brawl Tuesday night. Jeremy Munday and Juan Pizano of Rock Island, along with an unnamed juvenile offender were arrested following a fight that broke out in the 2300 block of 7th street on Tues...

Billboards Going Up In Search For Kathlynn Shepard

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation and the FBI are putting up billboards around Iowa in the search for 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard. She was abducted off her school bus Monday afternoon along with a 12-year-old girl, who managed to e...

Tornado Relief Volunteers Urged To Wait

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

The Red Cross is advising Quad Cities residents who want to volunteer with recovery efforts in Oklahoma City not to go there on their own. Erin Miller of the Red Cross in central Illinois says people should volunteer through a recognized relief...

No Charges For Former Buffalo Assistant City Clerk

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

There will be no charges filed against former Buffalo assistant city clerk Kim Kauffman. She was fired in September 2010 after it was discovered she had not been withholding federal income taxes properly from her own checks, and had been actual...

Grassley Grills Former IRS Head

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

Senator Chuck Grassley wants answers from the Internal Revenue Service on political activities beyond the Tea Party scandal. The Iowa Republican grilled former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman when he appeared before the Senate Finance Committe...

Three East Moline Teenagers Arrested in Series of Burglaries

2013-05-22T05:00:00Z

Three East Moline teenagers have been arrested for a series of burglaries in the city. 19 year old Jesse Hurtado, 18 year Nathaniel Stiner and an unnamed 16 year old accompice have been charged with multiple counts of burglary related to car, residen...

Mid Morning in the Cities Susan McPeters from Blackhawk College

2013-05-21T17:00:00Z

Susan McPeters from Blackhawk College was Sean Patrick's guest today on Mid Morning in the Cities. Susan was on hand to talk about an Adult Information session that Blackhawk College is holding May 30th at the Moline campus. The session is aimed at s...

Helping Oklahoma Through Red Cross

2013-05-21T05:00:00Z

People who want to reach out to Oklahoma tornado survivors can do so through the Red Cross as it works to assist those affected by Monday's deadly twister. The Red Cross says in the immediate aftermath of the storm, the best way to help i...

Cheap Vitamins Can Delay Dementia, Study Says

2013-05-21T05:00:00Z

An inexpensive daily regimen of common vitamins can delay the start of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a new study says. Researchers found that vitamins B6 and B12, combined with folic acid, slowed the decline of gray matter in brain areas af...

Oklahoma Twister Leaves Trail Of Death And Destruction

2013-05-21T05:00:00Z

Overnight, helicopters shined spotlights above, while Oklahoma National Guard troops climbed over rubble, calling out for any response in areas left devastated by yesterday's monster tornado. Twisted power lines and street signs wrapped a...

Tanning Ban Headed To Quinn

2013-05-21T05:00:00Z

Tanning could soon be a thing of the past for teens in the Illinois Quad Cities. Lawmakers passed a bill that would ban anyone 18 and under from using indoor tanning beds. The idea is to reduce the number of cancer cases in the state.&nbs...

Record Streak Of Days Without A Tornado Ends

2013-05-21T05:00:00Z

Iowa's record streak of the number of days without a tornado is over at 359. The National Weather Service confirms three tornadoes hit Iowa during Sunday's storm. Before Sunday, the last time there was a confirmed tornado in Iowa was May ...

Farmers Make Huge Increase In Corn Planting

2013-05-21T05:00:00Z

Corn and soybean planting continues to move along, but remains behind the normal pace in Iowa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn planting is now 71-percent complete, while soybeans are 16-percent done. At this time last year, 9...

Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dead at 74

2013-05-20T05:00:00Z

Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek is dead at the age of 74. A post on the band's Facebook page says the rocker passed away today at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer. Manzarek&...

Quad Cities in Line for Another Night of Storms

2013-05-20T05:00:00Z

The sun may have been shining much of today but don't let it fool you. There's still a very good chance other nature will dump more rain on parts of the state. Areas from Quincy to the Quad Cities can expect severe thunderstorms tonight.&...

Quinn Says No Action On Gambling Without Pension Reform

2013-05-20T05:00:00Z

Governor Pat Quinn says he will not take action on any gaming expansion bill until the legislature addresses pension reform. Quinn told the City Club of Chicago this morning that the state must get its finances in order before he will consider ...

Church Van Crash Kills Five, Injures Six

2013-05-20T05:00:00Z

There's an investigation underway into what caused a church van to flip over this morning on I-70 near Vandalia, killing five passengers. The state police say the accident happened shortly before ten this morning in the eastbound lanes about fo...

City of Bettendorf Announces Closings for Memorial Day

2013-05-20T05:00:00Z

The City of Bettendorf will be mostly closed for Memorial Day Monday. In a release to the media today the City announced that it will delay garbage service on Monday by one day. The release goes on to say that City run Bettendorf Library, Family Muse...

Sandy Hook Parents In Illinois Today

2013-05-20T05:00:00Z

Parents who lost their kids in the Sandy Hook school shooting are in Springfield today. They're making a stop at the capital, asking lawmakers to crack down on high-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 bullets. Lawmakers have already...