The island is home to more than 60 beaches and “the world’s happiest critter”: the quokka.  Read more at straitstimes.com.

Kids explored nature at Hauberg Civic Center's Earth Day event, creating seed bombs to support native plants. ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Ahead of Earth Day, Quad Cities kids came to Rock Island’s Hauberg ...

Scientists are investigating for the first time how dangerous the island's next big one could be.

Readers of all ages can find great ways to stock up on spring and summer reading and benefit the library at the Rock Island ...

Carnitas made for Aldi by one of the nation’s largest food producers “may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically pieces of metal .” ...

Joking about Trump’s frenetic rollout of tariffs has become a common response to the altogether serious issue of an economic ...

How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s ...

Participants carried crosses for about three miles.

A $1 million resurfacing project on Illinois 5 in Rock Island is scheduled to begin Monday, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.

A golf course on an Army installation near the Mississippi River that's been lying dormant for seven years is scheduled to re ...

A brush fire continued to burn Saturday in the Hanging Rock area of Roanoke County, as high winds and steep terrain challenged firefighters. As of 1:30 p.m., the blaze was about 60% contained ...

The Rock Island County Board unanimously approved a resolution this week in support of the Chicago-to-Moline passenger rail initiative currently under consideration by the Governor and Illinois ...