Michelle O'Neill

06/28/2025

Lee Enterprises (owner ) faces another lawsuit after settling a class action case in March.

Lee Enterprises has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle one lawsuit, and is now facing three additional lawsuits from employees.

05/17/2025

05/17/2025

05/12/2025

This earthquake happened in Myanmar in late March. It took a couple of views to see the land move beyond the gate.

Coords: 20°52'53.3"N 96°02'07.3"EFrom: https://www.facebook.com/htin.aung.33/videos/1041579804084512

05/10/2025

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04/13/2025

Go, Zach!

It all comes down to this at the Masters Tournament.

Round 4 tee times ⬇️

02/25/2025

Spring is almost here, Moline! ☀️ But with warmer weather comes the risk of flooding – are you prepared?

The City of Moline is proud to partner with River Action Quad Cities for a FREE Flood Preparedness Workshop!

𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍: This Saturday, March 1st, 10am–2pm
𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄: Modern Woodmen Park (209 S Gaines St, Davenport, IA)

🔹 Get the Spring Flood Forecast
🔹 Explore flood proofing & defense system options
🔹 Uncover flood insurance facts & myths
🔹 Learn how to fill and place sandbags for flood defense
🔹 Access floodplain maps & city resources
🔹 Find out how to get involved in community flood response

Property owners are encouraged to take advantage of this valuable resource! Don't wait – prepare now for whatever spring may bring!

🔗 Learn more: https://riveraction.org/workshop

02/20/2025

Not sure "gangster" is the word I'd use, but it's a great piece of US history.

There are so many great stories in Black history, but this is about as gangster as it gets. On May 13, 1862 in Charleston, SC during the Civil War, Robert Smalls and some fellow slaves stole a cotton steamer ship on which Smalls was employed as a backup pilot. The men waited for the White pilot and his two officers to disembark for the evening. Once clear, Smalls commandeered the Confederate ship to a meeting point where he picked up his wife, children and other family members. Smalls hoisted the Confederate flag as a decoy and sailed out of Charleston Harbor. Once out of range of gunfire, he replaced the Confederate flag with a white flag, and surrendered the heavily armed boat to Union blockade ships.

In all, Robert Smalls delivered 17 black passengers (nine men, five women and three children) from slavery to freedom. But his story doesn't end there ... Smalls went on to fight in the war, piloting the very ship he stole and firing upon Confederate boats. After the war ended, Smalls was elected to the South Carolina state assembly and senate, and to five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from1874-1886. (source: Historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)

01/25/2025

The US DOT has granted a one-and-a-half-year extension to use $177 million in federal funds for the proposed passenger rail line connecting Moline and Chicago.