The Bettendorf-Pleasant Valley Youth Baseball registration website is now open for the 2022 spring/summer season. To sign up, visit: https://active.leagueone.com/Olr/Pages/Welcome.aspx?ClubId=14196 More information is attached, available below or at BPVBaseball.com (https://bpv.teampages.com). Exact dates will be released soon for tryouts and evaluations, but those season-starting sessions typically are the final week of March after Spring Breaks. The general calendar always […]

State Rep. Candidate Thurgood Brooks is asking the public to withhold judgment after an article was published in the Quad City Times on February 17, 2022, containing false statements about Mr. Brooks and the events surrounding the Rock Island City Councilmeeting of February 14. “When video of the events in question is made available, everyone […]

Snowstar is getting Twisted! TODAY, Saturday, Feb. 19, are the annual Twisted Rail Jam and King of the Hill events. These exciting downhill events are for skiing and snowboarding athletes who want to show off their tricks, jumps and skills for a chance to win PRIZES! Registration is open NOW through 11:30 the day of […]

The following article is part of QuadCities.com’s partnership with local music website The Echo. For more, check out theechoqc.com! By Lauren Crew Romantic holidays come with their fair share of challenges. What do we do? How can I make it different than a regular date? I don’t have a romantic partner, so do I just […]

BREAKING NEWS: Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that Rock Island County will receive $1,850,000 in federal funding to expand MetroLINK’s passenger ferry service. The funding, awarded by the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Passenger Ferry Grant Program, will support the construction of a terminal near […]

Starting, Monday, Feb. 21, RIMSD#41 will transition to “mask recommended” in all of our school buildings. February 18, 2022 Dear Rock Island-Milan School District Families, Late last night, an Illinois appellate court dismissed the school mask mandate appeal which now will allow for flexibility for masking in schools. Therefore, after further review of this development, […]

In the wake of dwindling covid numbers, and growing unrest from parents and students, Quad-Cities area school districts and others around Illinois are going to “mask optional” policies starting next week. The Moline-Coal Valley, East Moline and Rock Island-Milan school districts all announced today they will be transitioning to a “mask recommended” policy. Due to […]

The sun will come out… tomorrow! Well, maybe not the sun, but at least a show with a song about the sun coming out tomorrow — ”Annie Jr.” Davenport Junior Theatre is presenting the popular show, based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the award-winning musical, at 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday and […]

See “the funniest show in town” at Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse for less now through March 11! Welcome to opening night of community theatre troupe, Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’s newest production of an Agatha Christie-like 1920s murder mystery, “The Murder at Haversham Manor” — where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous! The […]

Looking to check out some cool Go-Karts and get ready for the racing season? Rev on up to Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport for the Viola Boyz Backroad Speedway will host a Go-Kart (and more) Swap Meet  from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Vendors from the racing kart industry and individuals offering buy-sell-trade products […]