It was once a busy branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Now, coyotes prowl one of New York City’s last wild places. What will it become next?

QUAD CITIES, Ill. (KWQC) - The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved rail safety upgrades in the Quad Cities Area. These upgrades will happen at crossings in Rock Island, Henry and Bureau counties ...

Big changes are still ahead for Rock island’s West End Revitalization project, and city leaders will give an update next week. Virginia Jarrett, Thurgood Brooks and Avery Pearl spoke with ...

The Rock Island County Board unanimously approved a resolution this week in support of the Chicago-to-Moline passenger rail ...

Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and the members of its directory, attachments were issued against several of the defendants in the proceeding. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

more than 460 people were without power Wednesday morning in Rock Island County. According to the map, the outage began around 7:20 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9.

Rock Island police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man in connection with the beating death of 19-year-old Alexis Roelandt, whose body was found Saturday in a Rock Island motel. Butch Edward ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — The death of a Davenport woman whose body was found in a Rock Island motel room is being investigated as a homicide, officials said. Officers were called to the American ...

Autopsy results indicate a woman who was found dead Saturday at the American Motor Inn in Rock Island died from head injuries. Rock Island police officers responded at 11:11 a.m. Saturday to the ...

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Heard Island’s land is dominated by Big Ben, a 1.7-mile tall volcano that has erupted at least three times since 2000, according to the BBC. McDonald island is much smaller than Heard and is ...

In Tuesday’s election, he won by 51 percent of the vote, or 150 votes. Mike Thoms received 49 percent of the vote. This ends his two terms of service as mayor ...