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Western Illinois University Quad-Cities Nominated For Best College in The Quad-Cities
MACOMB/Moline, IL – – VOTING IS ON! The Quad-City Times Best of the Quad-Cities 2024 has nominated Western Illinois University-Quad Cities for the category of “Best University/College in the Quad Cities.”. Western Illinois University is honored to be nominated among the Quad Cities area colleges and universities...
Nominations open for Rock Island Citizen of the Year
Rock Island’s 37th annual Citizen of the Year awards need nominees! The city is asking community members to submit nominations for people who inspire or mentor others or have made selfless contributions of service to the City of Rock Island. There are nine categories available for nomination: Individual; Youth; Education; Professional; Artist or Creator; Veteran; […]
East Moline Public Library Celebrating Harry Potter With Events Today
East Moline Public Library, 745 16th Ave., is holding a celebration of all things Harry Potter today!. See the library transform into Hogwarts! Enjoy trivia, crafts, Butterbeer, and more! Registration is required. We will be having TWO Harry Potter parties this year, one for tweens in grades 4-8 and one...
Peoria Heights restaurant begins accepting cash again, updates branding
Customers again have the option to pay with cash at Brienzo’s Pizza + Bar. In a statement, the Peoria Heights business said the change was made “in response to the feedback we have received.” The restaurant − located at 4450 N. Prospect Road − previously moved to cashless operations and applied a surcharge...
Eastern Iowa Man Wins $50,000 Lottery Prize From Scratch-off Game
It never hurts to win some cash, especially in these times. A Quad Cities man scored himself a large chunk of change the other day after we won big with the Iowa Lottery. To be exact, he scored $50,000 and the place he bought the ticket from is right down the road from the Quad Cities metro.
Illinois teenager battling Kansas heat with next Great Bend mural
Maddie Deiters is making her splash in the art world at a young age. The Illinois native has already completed nearly two dozen murals in Illinois, North Carolina, Missouri, and soon, in Montana. For the next two weeks, the 17-year-old Deiters will be battling temperatures well above the century mark in downtown Great Bend with a mural on the former NAPA building just south of the 10th and Main Street intersection.
AI is Reportedly Coming to Illinois Taco Bell Drive Thru Lanes
Do you love tacos? Do you trust robots? Those are both important questions to answer as there are multiple reports that artificial intelligence is coming to Illinois drive-thru lanes. I saw this taco report shared by Nation's Restaurant News. It says that Taco Bell already has artificial intelligence deployed in...
Does Illinois Even Allow A 4-Day School Week?
The school week isn't a whole 5 days for everyone in the country. The new school year is just about upon us and the debate resumes: do we like 4-day school weeks or not? Several districts in Iowa are signing on for it for the 2024-2025 school year. Like anything...
Illinois player wins $1 million Mega Millions prize playing online
The Illinois Lottery announced Wednesday an unidentified Illinois player has won $1 million playing Mega Millions online. The winning Illinois iLottery player matched five numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the Tuesday night drawing to score the $1 million prize. The winning numbers were 19-23-30-33-50. The Illinois Lottery did not identify the...
In the wake of Sonya Massey's death, advocates want the state to act
Calls of “Justice for Sonya” rang through the sanctuary of a church on Chicago’s West Side on Tuesday at a rally hosted in response to the death of Sonya Massey on July 6. Massey, a Black woman, was killed in her home by Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy...
Listeria outbreak prompts Kroger recall of produce, dips sold in 5 states
A possible listeria contamination has prompted a flurry of recalls recently of vegetables, salsas and deli meat. Kroger shoppers in five states are once again being asked to check their fridges for products that may be contaminated.
Illinois Bug Warning: The Lone Star Tick Can Make You Really Sick
You're probably sick and tired of hearing and talking about bugs in Illinois after nearly a year of being pelted around the clock with information about the upcoming (now gone) historic cicada emergence in Illinois. Spoiler alert: Cicada-geddon totally lived up to the hype in some areas, while other areas...
Illinois study looks at health toll of homelessness
(WIFR) - People experiencing homelessness are more likely to have a reduced life expectancy and have a greater risk of being the victim of a violent assault or murder, a study from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health finds. The “Illinois Homelessness Morbidity and Mortality Report...