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On Midwest Week, local police face a lawsuit over their encounter with a young African-American man last year. Other Episodes December 30, 2022 Ballot Counting Problems in Scott County On Midwest Week, some of the numbers from the November election in Scott County still don't add up, but the counting is over. ... Read More

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. Had the Illinois Department of Transportation been better historians, they never would have tangled with the women of Meredosia. In the past, women with a plan have stopped wars and brought down dictatorships, so the good old boys at the state capitol were easy pickings. Other Episodes December 27, 2023 The Special Edition ... Read More

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. The cities around Rock Island have contributed their share of performers to the nation’s media—to Hollywood, Broadway, to newspapers, radio and television. But none was more successful or colorful than Harry R. “Tim” Moore. Other Episodes December 27, 2023 The Special Edition This is Roald Tweet... Read More

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. “No prophet is without honor, save in his own country,” says the Good Book. In the past ten years, Rock Islanders have learned just how true that is. Other Episodes December 27, 2023 The Special Edition This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. ... Read More

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. You remember the opening number of Fiddler on the Roof ? “Tradition,” Tevye cries, frightened by the changes the Russian revolution is bringing to his small Jewish community, “without tradition, we are all as shaky fiddlers on the roof.” Other Episodes December 27, 2023 The Special Edition ... Read More

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. Of the thousand or more island sprinkled on the Upper Mississippi River, only one is fit for that Biblical wise man: the solid limestone bed of Rock Island. Foolish men have their choice of any of the others, from St. Paul to St. Louis, all of them made of slippery silt or sand. As the Sunday School song says, “when the rains come down and the floods come up” . . . watch out foolish man. Other Episodes ... Read More

Other Episodes April 25, 2024 The Rising Costs and Policy Changes: Why Arrowhead Ranch Had to Close In this episode, we delve into the closure of Arrowhead Ranch, a long-standing residential facility for troubled youth in Illinois. Dr. Luis Moreno, the executive director, provides a comprehensive... ... Read More

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