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By a vote of 6 to 1, Rock Island City Council on Monday approved an ordinance to expand the Parkway/I-280 TIF district.
The crescent-shaped archipelago of sand dunes, beaches and rugged cliffs in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is unspoiled and foreign enough without needing a passport ...
Establishing Rock Island as a port district could be a game-changer for a city the governor’s office describes as “economically distressed.” When some people think of ports, they imagine ...
Take a tour of a little-known barge terminal in Rock Island.
Rock Island police are investigating after a body was found in a motel.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court by Dytanya Robinson, the first Black woman police officer in Rock Island history who was hired in 1998.
The Long Island Nets, the Brooklyn Nets' G League developmental team, kicked off their first stretch of games playing at home — but in in Laval, Quebec, Canada.
The Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson has released the identity and cause of death for a man shot by police on Sunday who later died.
Across the 120 total Rock Island County precincts, voters re-elected Democratic incumbents April Palmer and Kelly Fisher to their respective auditor and recorder seats.
The city of Rock Island held a ribbon cutting Wednesday for the reopening of Douglas Park along with its party in the park celebration.
Red Rock Island, the San Francisco Bay’s only privately owned island, has hit the market for $25 million. That’s a hefty price for a hunk of rock — there’s not much on the 5.8 acres of land.
One of Quebec's natural treasures, which holds ancient evidence of the first global mass extinction of animal life on Earth, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.