• Being green gets easier in Silvis

  SILVIS -- Next month, Silvis will upgrade its curbside recycling program.
  
  For residents, this will mean receiving 65-gallon wheeled recycling totes to replace the current 18-gallon bins,.......
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• What's in your propane tank? Maybe less than you think

  Exchanging a 20-pound propane tank for Fourth of July grilling? If the tank you purchase feels lighter than it ought to, there's a good chance you didn't get the amount you thought you were.......
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• Exclamation point: Aerial artwork ends a busy Q-C day

  Susanna Jackson and her three kids perhaps had Friday's best, closest view of the fireworks over the Mississippi River.
  
  They leaned over the railing of the Centennial Bridge, right across.......
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• Q-C offers many ways to celebrate red, white and blue

  Looking for a way to celebrate July 4th? Here's a list of Independence Day events in the Quad-Cities and surrounding areas:Read Full Story

• East Moline mulls weapons ordinance

  A proposed ordinance would make it easier to prosecute misdemeanor weapons offenses, EastMoline Mayor John Thodos said.......
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• Honeyboy Edwards brings nearly a century of blues to town

  David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the last living links to Robert Johnson, performs Friday July 3, 2009 during the 25th annual IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival at LeClaire Park in Davenport. Read Full Story

• State budget could threaten treatment agencies

  Local human-service agencies that depend on state funding face fiscally uncertain futures as state budget haggling between the.......
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• Thunderbird forced to land Thursday at QC Airport

  The pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon that made an unscheduled landing at the Quad City International Airport Thursday afternoon said he landed in Moline as a precaution.
  
  "It's harder to.......
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• Dispatch/Argus office hours modified for holiday

  Office hours for departments of The Dispatch, The Rock Island Argus and Quad-Cities Online will be altered in observance of the.......
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• Kidney patient keeps help in the middle
• Today in history for Saturday, July 4, 2009
• Daily planner, July 4, 2009
• Scott Area Landfill closed Saturday
• Fireworks carry local penalties, but many users are never cited
• 25th Blues Festival off to a smokin' start

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• State police: People aren't learning; DUI arrests skyrocket

  Illinois State Police District 7 has issued 255 DUI arrests so far this year -- a 90 percent increase compared to the number of DUI arrests made by early July 2008.
  
  ISP Capt. Jeffrey.......
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• Four brothers plan to make October Honor Flight

  Four brothers from Alexis long have shared the status of proud World War II veteran.
  
  Thanks to Honor Flight of the Quad Cities, the Moore brothers soon will share the experience of.......
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• Boil order lifted for Port Byron

  Press release submitted by Village of Port Byron
  
  Boil order for Bluff St., Oak Blvd and 306 Ravin St. in Port Byron.......
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• Colona City Hall closed on Friday

  Press release submitted by the City of Colona
  
  The Colona City Hall will be closed July 3rd for the holiday. There.......
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• Erie Flying Club montly meeting July 11

  Press release submitted by Erie Flying Club
  
  The Erie Flying Club will hold it's monthly meeting on Saturday the 11th.......
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• Henry and Stark County Sports and School Physical Exam clinics

  Press release submitted by Henry and Stark County Health Department
  
  The Henry and Stark County Health Department.......
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• Henry County 4-H Barrow sale results
• Cambridge extends property purchase option
• Alpha flea market planned July 11
• Beg your pardon
• Aledo HS grad receives first Curry SMART Bus Scholarship
• Special needs participants sought for pageant

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• Ford's new Taurus creates stir in Davenport

  
  
  Davenport businessman Wayne Montgomery twice drove his Corvette past the new super-high output Ford Taurus Friday before stopping to see the full-size sedan up close.
  
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• Mountain of debt: Rising debt may be next crisis

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the.......
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• Job seekers seek solace with fellow faithful

  BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear.......
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• Malt-O-Meal recalls oatmeal made with dry milk

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be.......
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• Bank failures explained by FDIC

  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. typically steps in once a bank is declared insolvent and closed by government regulators........
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• Bank failures accelerate with more troubled loans

  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Community bank failures are accelerating and some experts believe as many as 100 may go under this.......
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• Suspect arrested in Davenport stabbing

  Davenport police arrested a suspect who allegedly stabbed a man Friday night outside Do-Dah Tap, 702 W. 3rd St.
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• Blue Grass woman sentenced for federal theft

  DAVENPORT (AP) -- A Blue Grass woman has been sentenced to two years probation and six months home confinement for stealing.......
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• Rock Island police report for July 2, 2009

  Rock Island Police Department Incident Report Summary for Public Printed 7/3/2009 7:25:14AM 2009-012044 On 7/2/2009 12:30.......
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• Moline congregation sues Episcopal Church, bishop

  An ongoing split between parts of the Anglican Communion has spilled into the Rock Island County court system.
  
  The.......
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• Suspect named in Monday's Davenport shooting

  Charges have been filed against a man believed to be the gunman who killed one man and wounded another Monday on a Davenport street.
  
  Robert Floyd Mason, 24, Davenport, has been charged.......
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• Moline man acquitted of attempted murder, convicted of battery

  CAMBRIDGE -- A Henry County jury Thursday acquitted Joshua Beckett, 21, of Moline of the Class X felony attempted murder, but.......
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• Felon possessing firearm sentenced

  A Davenport man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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• Man may have died before Port Byron crash

  A man found dead after his vehicle crashed Wednesday near Port Byron may have had heart trouble, according to Rock Island County.......
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• Rock Island police report for July 1, 2009
• Moline police report for July 1, 2009
• Moline police report for June 30, 2009
• Moline police report for June 29, 2009
• Jury rules man's death in crop-duster crash an accident
• Davenport man gets life for distributing cocaine

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