A former Rock Island County employee accused of stealing more than $900,000 of public funds made her first appearance in court on Friday. Rock Island County authorities announced in a Wednesday ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - Ashley Harris took the oath to take office at Monday’s City Council meeting. Harris won the election with about 51% of the vote over two-term incumbent Mike Thoms.

When Charles Buford moved to Rock Island from Kentucky seven years before the start of the Civil War, his intent was to build a grand home resembling those found on plantations in the antebellum ...

ROCK ISLAND CO., Ill. (KWQC) - Leisa Streeter entered the courtroom for the first time on Friday after she was accused of stealing more than $900,000 over 21 years. During her court appearance ...

The last of the men accused of setting the 2024 fire at the Rock Island Livestock Auction Barn pleaded guilty after negotiations with prosecutors. The fire, on Feb. 24, 2024, engulfed the facility ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Quad Cities leaders and members of the Rock Island Arsenal Defense Alliance (RIADA) held a press conference Tuesday morning to address the future of the Rock Island Arsenal.

Hundreds of jobs at the Rock Island Arsenal are on the chopping block, union leaders for arsenal employees told a crowd of labor supporters Tuesday night. "I want you to know, they're on the ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - Empowering Rock Island community members to improve the area they live in is all part of the West End Revitalization Project committee’s goal to make the west end of ...

Alcatraz isn’t the only Bay Area island to have received screen time over the years. Another cinematic favorite is Treasure Island, where everything from “Hulk” (2003) to “James and the ...

Those living outside of the host site’s gates were not invited to join. The town hall was held on Dataw Island, a private, gated community of about 1,000 homes east of downtown Beaufort.

Georgia Southern transfer defensive lineman Troy Pikes announced his commitment to Shane Beamer and South Carolina on social media Tuesday. Pikes will join the Gamecocks after two years with the ...

One person was killed Sunday when a motorcycle ran off a road and crashed, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The single-vehicle collision happened at about 10:30 a.m. in Darlington ...