Events this weekend include Food Truck Fight, the Rock Island County Fair, Concert in the Park at Vander Veer Botanical Park ...

The Midwest Underground Railroad Network and Chicago Association of African American Storytellers are presenting freedom ...

A Rock Island Railroad train passes over the bridge in 1980. The bridge was closed to trains later that year, when the rail line went bankrupt, but was opened a few years later as a toll bridge.

Take a tour of a little-known barge terminal in Rock Island.

Despite her failing condition, Rock Island Engine 32 had one last, very important mission -- provide firefighters with a unique training opportunity.

Jeff Dase, deputy superintendent in Rock Island-Milan schools, was placed on leave May 12 amid an investigation into a reported May 8 incident.

Rock Island Trail breaks new ground, with plans for 450-mile loop across Missouri Backers of the 144-mile railroad corridor hope it will become a destination for cyclists and hikers.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 31.—The Rock Island Railroad is to be immediately extended south to Galveston. Its present terminus is Fort Worth.

Sheriff Hart said after careful consideration he is choosing not to seek re-election as he plans to retire after serving with the Rock Island County Sheriff’s Office for 33 years.

Residents of the Burnet area are speaking out against a proposed project to develop a railroad for moving raw materials across a part of Central Texas.

Incumbent Mike Thoms and Ashley Harris are running for mayor of Rock Island in the April 1 consolidated election.