ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - It’s National Adoption Day and several Quad Cities Area families decided to give some kids the best present of all, just in time for the holidays, the love of a family.

One of the nicest pieces of furniture to come out of the old Rock Island County courthouse is sitting on a dirt floor in a dairy barn at the county fairgrounds. Someone thought enough of the old oak ...

OTTAWA — A lawsuit to keep the historic Rock Island County Courthouse from being demolished is moving forward. An appeal of an earlier dismissal of the lawsuit will begin with oral arguments at 9 a.m.

After four years of wrangling during which judges threatened to sue, voters shot down a referendum, a committee came up with a plan that was deemed too expensive, a court expanded building commission ...