As a woman who stands 5-foot-3-inches tall — and that's being generous — I wasn't destined to walk any fashion designer's runway. Yet there I was one summer day in Orlando, strutting down a catwalk in stiletto boots and borrowed clothes, techno music blaring in the background, as I served my fiercest, most unbothered model face to the cameras clicking in the audience below. Those heels might have made me look 5-foot-8, but neither my body nor the clothes were the stars of this show. Read More...
WESTMONT, CALIFORNIA: A suburban public works employeetragically died after he got trapped in an underground vault that filled with water due to a water main break on Thursday, February 23. The unfortunate incident occurred at the intersection of 60th Street and Deming Place around 12:40 pm just an hour after the first responders were called to the scene. The worker, who was identified as Matt Heiden, was immediately rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Read More...
The Rock Island National Cemetery will hold a Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 29, at 10:45 a.m. Main parking will be at the Memorial Park parking lot off East Street across from Building 102; distinguished visitors and media will be directed where to park on cemetery grounds.
The keynote speaker will be Mike Matson, mayor of the City of Davenport, and retired sergeant major and U.S. Army Ranger. The Veterans Service Organization honor guard will be conducted by Moline American Legion 246. Read More...
