Small business owners will get a B.O.O.S.T. on Monday, Feb. 6, with the kick-off meeting for the Moline Community and Economic Development Department’s new Business Owner Occupied Stabilization Transformation Program for small-business owners and entrepreneurs. The session will begin at 6 p.m. at Western Illinois University Riverfront Hall, 3300 River Drive, Moline. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The program is designed to provide entrepreneurs and current small business owners financial assistance, provide access to tools and skills to make the business endeavor a success, and secure direct funding in forgivable loans. Read More...
This multi-platinum smash hit for Darius Rucker was originally cut by Old Crow Medicine Show, but it came with the group's blessing. One would have a tough time arguing there was a bigger song in 2013 — Rucker has the Grammy to prove it.
While the OCMS hit was an underground success, Rucker's version with Lady Antebellum brought the nation's focus to this brand of old-timey music once again, just as the Soggy Bottom Boys did with Song No. Read More...
UPDATE, March 16, 2023, 3:43 p.m. — Today at about 2:06 p.m., Silvis Police Department officers responded to the Black Hawk State Bank, 1100 1st Ave., Silvis, in reference to a hold-up alarm.
Subsequent investigation revealed a 14-year-old boy entered the bank alone, implied he possessed a firearm, demanded money, and fled the scene on foot with an unknown amount of U.S. currency, police said Thursday.
A description of the suspect was obtained through witness descriptions as well as surveillance video. Read More...
