Forward Jay Croop has signed a training camp contract with the Quad City Storm. Croop is a sixth-year pro from Glen Allen, Virginia who played for the Columbus River Dragons the last four seasons. During his professional career he has logged a point per game with 62 goals and 64 assists in 126 contests.  Read More

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Free flu shot clinics will be held on the Western Illinois University Macomb and Quad Cities campuses next month for all students, faculty, staff and retirees. WIU-Macomb Clinics Students only* (University Union Concourse): 1-3 p.m. – Tuesday, Oct. 12; Wednesday, Oct. 13; Tuesday, Oct. 19; Wednesday, Oct. 20; and Friday, Oct. 22. * Valid WIU ID required. Employees & Retirees* only (Q-Lot drive-through/walk-up – rain location: Union Heritage Room): 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. – Thursday, Oct. 21. * Insurance card & valid WIU ID required. WIU-Quad Cities Clinic... Read More

BREAKING NEWS: With Illinois covid-19 numbers finally starting to trend in the right direction, will Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker relax any of his mandates and restrictions regarding masks and other measures about the virus? Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady spoke with media today, and was cautious about any removal of mask mandates, and in fact talked about the potential for a return to more restrictions if numbers take a downtown when colder weather sends more people indoors. “First of all, as always, this is the first day we have been back down in this substantial... Read More

The Quad City Storm has signed defenseman Matt Stoia to a training camp agreement ahead of the team’s third training camp in franchise history. Stoia, 22, played with FPHL Port Huron and the Evansville Thunderbolts during the 19-20 season; his rookie campaign. Prior to turning pro the Michigan native logged minutes in the OHL, NAHL and USHL.  Read More

Western Illinois University Director of Creative and Marketing Services Jessica Lambert has been named the Al and Elaine Goldfarb Civil Service Employee of the Month for September 2021. Lambert began working at WIU in 2010 as a Web Specialist I in University Relations. She was reallocated by audit to the title of Webmaster in 2011. In June 2017, her title was changed to Creative Digital Integration Associate and again in August 2017 to Creative and Digital Integration Manager through an audit. She was named to her current title in May 2020. According to Lambert’s nominator, her outreach to... Read More

Moline Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati, along with 3rd Ward Ald. Mike Wendt, are hosting the mayor’s fourth  “Listening Post” public meeting this Tuesday, focused on charting a new vision for the I-74 corridor. City leaders will be joined by Renew Moline staff to hear ideas from the public regarding this once-in-a-generation opportunity. The meeting is scehduled for Tuesday, Sept. 28 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Heritage Church-BridgePointe, 1 Montgomery Drive, in the church’s River View Room. (Register for the meeting HERE.) Renew Moline will lead the public input portion of the meeting with... Read More

Tool will rock Moline’s TaxSlayer Center with special guest The Acid Helps on March 17, 2022. Tickets are available Friday at 10 a.m. at the TaxSlayer box office and all online ticket sellers. For more info, click here.  Read More

BREAKING NEWS: The latest Illinois weekly covid-19 numbers are trending in a positive direction, with a third straight week of slowly declining numbers after two months of spiking cases. There were 21,787 new cases over the past week, a 16 percent decrease in infections over the previous week, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Deaths due to covid also fell about 16 percent from the previous week, and across the state, the positivity rate has dropped from 4.1 to 2.7 over the last week. Hospitals across the state also saw an 8 percent decline in covid patients, although southern... Read More

Before composer Alan Menken (now 72 and an eight-time Oscar winner) became a Disney juggernaut (penning such scores as “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” Aladdin,” “Newsies,” “Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Enchanted”), he wrote the downright delightful, infectious music for “Little Shop of Horrors,” which opened in 1982 and became the highest-grossing Off-Broadway show of all time. Not only did the little musical that could get made into a popular 1986 film and launch Menken’s dazzling career, the riotous show has become a community-theater staple (done in... Read More

Looking for a place to order dinner tonight? Check out our awesome listing of area restaurants offering carry-out, drive-through and pickup options! QuadCities.com offers you a list of local restaurants, bars and cafes that serve up a number of your favorite dishes. If you have information about a businesses not listed here, please feel free to send a quick email to eat@quadcities.com. Quad City Pizza Company 2724 Avenue of the Cities Moline            (309) 797-5600 Will be offering Carry Out & Delivery (expanded temporarily to Moline, East Moline, Silvis, Rock Island and Coal Valley)... Read More