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Defendants file responses in school's lawsuit over Elliott taxes

MOLINE -- Four defendants in a lawsuit tied to a tax break for Elliott Aviation have answered the complaint filed by the Moline.......
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Antique car race to stop in Davenport

DAVENPORT -- Pausing in a race from St. Paul, Minn. to Mobile, Ala., nearly one hundred antique, vintage and collector cars will stop Sunday in LeClaire Park as part of the 2013 Hemmings Motor News.......
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Costs drop for Silvis water tower repainting

SILVIS -- A $10,000 deduction in the cost of painting the city's 17th Avenue water tower to resemble a golf ball has driven another dent into arguments against the project.

The.......
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NAACP to host Freedom Fund Banquet

ROCK ISLAND -- The NAACP of Rock Island County will host its annual Freedom Fund Banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Abbey.......
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Sequestration keeping Navy band from RI July 4 celebration

ROCK ISLAND -- A U.S. Navy band has been forced to pull out of the Red, White & Boom celebrations in Rock Island because of.......
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DHCU Community Credit Union celebrates ribbon cutting

Press release submitted by DHCU

DHCU Community Credit Union celebrates ribbon cutting at Bettendorf.......
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Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

Markets move higher while awaiting Fed news

NEW YORK (AP) — It's all about the Fed. Still.

U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, helped by news of a.......
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Texas, South Dakota governors court Connecticut gun makers

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers.......
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Home-builder confidence hits 7-year high

WASHINGTON — A gauge of confidence among home builders jumped in June, hitting the highest level since 2006, on.......
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Davenport man awarded new trial pleads guilty

DAVENPORT -- A Davenport man, who earlier this year was granted the right to a new trial by a court of appeals, pleaded guilty on Monday to assaulting a police officer while displaying a weapon.Read Full Story
Hearing on Pete White's visitation rights continued

A Mercer County Judge on Tuesday continued a case that could terminate parental rights for a Viola man described by authorities.......
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Tuesday head-on collision sends one to the hospital

A Tuesday morning accident sent at least one person to the hospital. Moline emergency personnel transported the driver of a pick-up truck involved in a head-on collision with an SUV in the 2000.......
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Two plead guilty in fatal heroin overdose

Two men pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute heroin in connection to an 18-year-old woman's fatal overdose.

Joseph Lee Cooper, of Rock Island, and David Alan Weber, of.......
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Police say Davenport man died from blunt force head trauma

Police said Tuesday that preliminary autopsy results indicate a Davenport man who was punched in the face Thursday at Modern Woodmen Park died of blunt force trauma to the head.

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Hampton re-elects Mayor Irby to 2nd term

Hampton Mayor Kevin Irby secured a second term in Tuesday's election, handily beating Skip McLaughlin for the top village.......
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Incumbent Johnston retains Moline Township supervisor seat

Don Johnston retained his position as Moline Township Supervisor Tuesday night by defeating Republican challenger Tony.......
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Cleveland sees change in mayor

CAMBRIDGE -- Incumbent trustee Richard Waterman is the new mayor of Cleveland, according to Tuesday's unofficial election.......
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Challenger 'Bests' incumbent for S Moline supervisor seat

South Moline Township will have a new supervisor, Republican Tracy A. Best, who beat the incumbent for the seat in Tuesday's.......
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Hagloch defeats Aledo's 3-term mayor

Citizen's Party candidate and Ward 1 alderman Chris Hagloch is Aledo's new mayor.

Mr. Hagloch defeated.......
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2 former members returning to Black Hawk board

Two former Black Hawk College school board members will be part of the board again in the wake of Tuesday's election.
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Mercer Carnegie Library referendum fails

For the fifth time, the Mercer Carnegie Library District's attempt to get voters to agree to funding for library renovation.......
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Taber upsets Junior for Atkinson mayor

Atkinson has a new mayor.

Longtime trustee Ken Taber captured 144 votes Tuesday night, and current Mayor August.......
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Pauley re-elected RI mayor; Hotle, Clark win

Dennis Pauley has been reelected to a second term as mayor of Rock Island after soundly beating David Levin and Rick Cassini in Tuesday's election.

There was an upset In the 1st Ward election, where incumbent Terry Brooks was defeated by Ivory Clark, who works as the principal of a.......
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Editorial: Time to take path toward pension solvency

Our state representatives and senators have been called back to Springfield for what could be little more than an exercise in.......
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Children need roots, wings to overcome evil

It was just after 9 a.m. on a sunny Tuesday, and I sat down to catch the news on one of the national morning talk shows while.......
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Letter: Local weathermen battling storm of egos

The other evening we had bad weather north of us. I know these people have to be warned, but why do all three of our local.......
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Letter: There's more to the PrideFest story

The June 2 edition of The Dispatch gave an informative summary of thisyear's QCA PrideFest. This gathering of homosexuals,.......
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Letter: Race for the Cure important to Floreciente

Thanks to all the Floreciente Neighborhood volunteers who so willingly came forward to help out withthe decorations in harmony.......
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Madigan gets guns delay; speaker wants bill OK'd

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted an extension Tuesday for Illinois's attorney general to decide whether.......
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Quinn, Illinois lawmakers plan pension talks into July

KERRY LESTER,Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Unable to overcome a stalemate on the state's $97 billion pension.......
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CUB: Illinois residents waste $1.4B on data plans

CHICAGO (AP) — A consumer advocacy group says Illinois residents are wasting as much as $1.4 billion a year by signing up.......
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Illinois Senate debates university pensions

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A pension reform proposal developed by a group of education experts has been debated in an Illinois.......
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Wisconsin monk's Illinois abduction trial delayed

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The trial has been delayed for a Benedictine monk from Wisconsin charged in Illinois with trying to.......
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