THE BURLINGTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR IS ACTUALLY TWO BUSINESSES THAT SHARE SPACE –- WEIRD HAROLD’S AND THE MEDIUM.  

IT’S BEEN DECIDED:  SUNDAY’S WALK TO RECOGNIZE THE FOUR LOCAL YOUNG-PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED IN A 2012 BOATING ACCIDENT, IS FROM GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER, BEGINNING AT 10 AM, TO THE PORT OF BURLINGTON…EXACTLY ONE YEAR FROM THE...

FOUNDER GARRY THOMAS WILL NO LONGER SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 

FORMER BURLINGTON POLICE CHIEF LLOYD PATTON HAS DIED.  HE WAS 75. 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois Senate committee has approved a concealed carry proposal that would require special permission to have a gun in Chicago.

BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A convicted Iowa bank robber serving a roughly six-year sentence at a federal prison camp in southern Illinois is accused of trying to escape.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says insurers cannot impose price caps on dentists who accept their plans for procedures that aren’t reimbursed.