- REP CHERI BUSTOS TO RUN UNOPPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AFTER PETITION CHALLENGE AGAINST SPANKY UPHELD
Center: Spanky Edwards, President of the Peoria Chapter of the ACLU of Illinois — and, until 01/09, the challenger to the incumbent-Rep Cheri Bustos
- Local filmmaker, Smithsonian Magazine writer bring new light to old story re Norman Baker of Muscatine“The Charlatan of The Ozarks Still Looms Over The Haunted Crescent Hotel,” Jeff Macgregor (photos Antone Dolezal and Lara Shipley)Chad Bishop's film, "Norman Baker — The Man in Purple"
- Gov Kim Reynolds wants to approve felon voting-rights before caucus
- Atlanta man discovers, 75 years later, that mother was famous QCA artist Ben Sunday
- QC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce office opening 05/22. . .
- Rock Island native Madelyn Putman hopes to turn former dealership building into community space. . .
- McCarthy-Bush Corp acquires Roemer Machine. . .