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Rock Island County Courthouse creates forever families during National Adoption Day celebration

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - It’s National Adoption Day and several Quad Cities Area families decided to give some kids the ...

Rock Island Arsenal to get $4.25M weapons testing facility

Rock Island Arsenal will replace five aging buildings with a $4.25 million facility to test U.S. Army equipment and ensure ...

State's attorney reviewing board vote on Rock Island High School interim dean

On Oct. 28, the school board voted 4-3 to approve Dr. Yolanda Grandberry-Pugh to serve as interim dean at the high school.
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State’s Attorney investigating Rock Island Board of Education

Rock Island County State’s Attorney Dora Villarreal confirmed that her office is investigating the Rock Island-Milan Board of ...

Rock Island Arsenal Defense Alliance, Quad Cities Manufacturing Institute partner

The Rock Island Arsenal Defense Alliance (RIADA), an affiliate of the Quad Cities Chamber, and Quad Cities Manufacturing ...
Trains

Rock Island Rocket passenger trains

Find out which of the Rock Island Rocket passenger trains held the fitting “Rocket” name and where they went into the history books.
Lancaster Guardian

Turning turtle, dead good reads and spooky thrills by various authors – children’s book reviews

Meet a brave turtle who turns tide to save her brother, dive into a brilliant new series of quick and easy thrillers for ...
The Dispatch–Argus

Mentally ill people are stuck in jail because they can't get treatment. Here's what's to know

Fernando Clark spent the last 10 months of his life in a jail cell, waiting for psychiatric treatment a court ordered he undergo after he was arrested for stealing cigarettes and some fruit from a gas ...