BREAKING NEWS: Rock Island has stopped exploring selling off its water and sewer services to a private company. The city issued the following statement this afternoon: “The Rock Island City Council is suspending further exploration into the privatization of the City’s water and sewer utilities. The elected officials and staff of the City of Rock […]
The Rock Island Speakeasy, 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island, is presenting the Laugh Hard Challenge at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. We are pleased, once again, to be sponsoring the Speakeasy Laugh Stand Up Comedy Competition this year. We have two prelim rounds on September 11 and 18 and the finals will take place on […]
BREAKING NEWS: Vaccines could be available to schoolchildren ages 5-11 throughout Illinois as soon as later this year, according to reports out of Frankfurt, Germany. The company behind the vaccines, BioNTech will be requesting approval for its covid-19 vaccine use in kids 5-11 across the globe over the next few weeks and preparations for a […]
The Almighty Ringworm @rngwrm13 will be playing a FREE SHOW at Wake Brewing in Rock Island, 2529 5th Ave., this Friday with DUG @dug_noise – Molder @molder_official and Knoll @knollgrind. Music starts at 6 p.m. This a free show to anyone 21+ to celebrate Wake’s 3/4 Anniversary. There will be food trucks @smash_pizza and @floydsburgers […]
Ballet on the Lawn Take Two will be presented by Ballet Quad Cities September 12th at 1:00pm, 3:00pm, & 6:00pm at The Outing Club, Davenport, Iowa. Tickets are on sale now!
Waxahatchee with Katy Kirby will perform tonight at Wake Brewing, 2529 5th Ave., Rock Island. Doors at 5PM Music at 6:30PM Tickets are available at the door and HERE. COVID-19 Protocols: After careful consideration, this show has been moved from Codfish Hollow to a fully outdoor venue – Wake Brewing in Rock Island, IL. In […]
Please mark your calendars for Friday, September 10th, again from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the next family-friendly Open Mic Coffeehouse. Again, if you bring snacks, please individually wrap them. There will be a fire and skewers available for those who would like to bring something to roast. Also, bring seating if you like, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Thurgood Brooks, who recently led the charge to pass The Resolution to improve relations between police and the Rock Island community, is considering a run for lllinois State Representative for the 72nd District, which includes the Quad-Cities. The current representative, Mike Halpin, announced today he would be leaving the seat to run for State […]
BREAKING NEWS: Mike Halpin, who has served as Illinois State Representative for the 72nd District including the Quad-Cities since 2017, announced this afternoon that he’s running for State Senate. Halpin will run in the 36th district, which is currently represented by Neil Anderson. However, Anderson, who lives in Andalusia, was drawn out of that district […]
Lady Rocks Volleyball had a great day of competition yesterday! The freshman team went undefeated to win 1st place in the Rockford Auburn High School Freshman Invitational. The varsity team also took home first place at the Peoria Richwoods Invitational. Way to go Rocks! #ThisHouseRocks
