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Big Story: 'This is my identity': Third-generation Port Byron farm prepares for change
There’s a break in the early-morning May rain, so Bob DePauw rounds up the cows meandering in a field near his barn.
Strip club vs. labor laws: Exotic dancer sues Davenport club over unfair labor practices. Debate over worker misclassification spreading across country
After a 10-hour shift stripping at Tuxedos Show Club in Davenport, Sadie Yvonne McLaren would make the required rounds, doling out a portion of the tips she earned, first to pay the house, then the bouncers, then the DJ.
'We're never giving up on any of those cases': Quad-Cities police urge witnesses to cooperate to help solve murders
On a warm summer evening a little more than one year ago, 16-year-old Jovanita “Jovi” Jones was struck by gunfire during a drive-by shooting in a liquor store parking lot. He died in the hospital the following day.