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An estimated 3,000 Quad-Citians already plan to sit down at the Quad-Cities Big Table next week to get to know each other and their community, but the invitation is still open for more.

Augustana College has announced it will be spending $1 million on beautification projects the next few years.

EAST MOLINE — Money from Illinois’ new evidence-based funding formula has begun arriving at local schools.

There could be a role for the Rock Island Arsenal’s factory in the new Army Futures Command, top military officials said Friday, as they toured several parts of the island with Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Cheri Bustos, both Illinois…

Two people were treated for non-life threatening injuries after a three-vehicle crash that included a school bus Friday, according to a Davenport Police Department news release.

MetroLINK is continuing to drive its clean air initiative forward with the launch of a new battery-electric bus fleet.

Here is a Hazardous Weather Outlook for our region from the National Weather Service:

To submit an event for the Outdoors calendar, contact Quad-City Times reporter Jack Cullen at jcullen@qctimes.com.

Trout fishing may fall easily into most outdoor writers’ wheelhouses, but not mine.