Porter McNeil was first elected in 2021 and reelected last year to the Rock Island County Board. He was 65 years old.

ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, Ill. — A Rock Island County Board member has passed away, four years after he was diagnosed with cancer.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - A Rock Island County Board member passed away after a four-year battle with cancer Friday ...

Porter McNeil had been a member of the county board since 2021. He also worked at the Illinois Statehouse and as the Illinois communications director for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign.

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On Monday, the city council voted in favor of closing the 1st Street Tax Increment Financing District for the first time.

Augustana College moved to Rock Island from Paxton, Illinois, and had its first day of classes in September 1875.

In the middle of January, Rock Island's downtown district saw the opening of a temporary winter shelter. It closed April 15, but the tremors it caused are still being felt.

Moline was awarded $11.5 million from the Defense Community Infrastructure Program to make needed repairs on the 16th Street bridge to the Rock Island Arsenal. According to a city press release, the ...

Pope Leo XIV marveled at the "huge learning curve" he took on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to jumping "in ...