Dear colleagues,The recent news about the FBI's seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States.  We reject the government's efforts to criminalize the pursuit of investigative journalism and falsely characterize a Fox News reporter to a Federal judge as a "co-conspirator" in a crime. I know how concerned you are because so many of you have asked me: why should the government make me afraid to use a ...

Even though it is cooler in the Hawkeye State, Cruise-Ins, Car Shows, and more are going to happen. Around here that usually include the disclaimer ‘may be cancelled if it rains’. So the good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, here is a week full of events. Later today is the Mobile Wiring-Fast 6 […]

  Elder James Smith   James Lemen, Sr., his wife and several of his neighbors, having been converted to the Baptist faith by an itinerant preacher from Kentucky, organized themselves into a Baptist church at a meeting held in the … Continue reading →

According to news articles I have read; a 15 year old boy and two 16 year old boys took a 12 year old girl into a basement with intentions to sexually assault the young girl. The boys not only sexually assault the girl – they tape the attack while also flashing gang signs and then […]

Rock Island Mayor Dennis Pauley's most recent appointments ( which were not officially confirmed by the city council) repeats the pattern of his predecessors as colonial rulers. Regardless of who local ethnic groups choose or designate as their representatives, colonial rulers choose their "leaders."� The "in your face"� decision sends a clear message to the group as to whose views matters when it comes to consideration of decisions affecting the community. Not wanting to make a "surprise"� announcement, Mayor Pauley informed city aldermen before last Monday night's meeting, May 4, ...