Early 20th-century guidebooks described the Sugar Loaf as Avalon’s “sentinel rock,” and picture postcards—like the one above from the Catalina Island Museum’s collections—made the ...

As a Long Beach local, I love hopping over to Santa Catalina Island for the day. Locally called Catalina, this small island is surprisingly packed with activities, and I adore getting to experience ...

Robin Cassidy and Silver Canyon Pottery stays pretty busy making medals for signature races on Catalina Island. Robin Cassidy’s impact on Avalon can be seen all over town. Most might not even realize ...

A Moline man was arrested Monday after a large march protesting the fatal shooting of Jakarta Jackson by a Rock Island police officer. Brian K. Wingert, 58, was arrested by the Rock Island police ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - Rock Island canceled its meetings Monday evening because of protesters blocking the road. The protesters are angry at the city after an officer fatally shot a driver on ...

Bonnie Johnson and Mary Beth Loos ran in the Democratic primary for Moline Township Supervisor (Rock Island County) on February 25, 2025. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection ...

A Rock Island police lieutenant has filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against the city alleging discrimination and retaliation. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court, Rock Island ...

The pair had apparently gone missing a few hours earlier from a 34-foot sailboat in the channel between Catalina Island and the mainland, according to a news release from the Coast Guard.

The pilot of a small plane that crashed on departure from Catalina Airport last month, killing all five people aboard, ignored a warning from the island airport manager that the flight would be ...

Many before him had tried and failed to realise Frank Lloyd Wright’s proposal for a 5,000 sq ft residence on Petra Island, a heart-shaped private ... greatest masterpieces), the spectacular native ...

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