Colona News

Frogs Invade Town After Flood Published Date: 06-27-2008 09:45 PM CT Flooding has created a new problem for one small Illinois town.

Now after the invasion of flood waters comes an invasion of a very different kind.

The presidential field has been paired from fifteen-plus candidates to just two.

Residents in one community near the Mississippi River say they've never seen anything like it.

Mayors in the Illinois Quad-Cities agree their goal of maintaining a growth rate that will add 8,760 new residents in the next decade is realistic if they work together to draw new jobs and housing.

A happy ending to the case of a missing child in Colona, Illinois.. The Henry County Sheriff's Office got a call before dawn Thursday that a 4 year old was missing from a home on 8th street in Colona.

IT'S A HOMICIDE. A HENRY COUNTY CORONER'S JURY IS RULING THAT THE FEBRUARY 3RD DEATH OF 39 YEAR OLD SHANE MC-FALLS OF COLONA CAME FROM A BLOW ON THE HEAD. via WOC-AM Davenport

“There's no nudity or profanity - there won't ever be in our movies - but there's some James Bond, kung fu style of fighting and some shooting, with no blood.”

Buddy Guard, a film opening Friday at the Maumee 18: Cinema De Lux, is not the product of a Hollywood giant, but a new film company battling movie-industry Goliaths from the unlikely turf of Colona, Ill. via Toledo Blade

A Round Lake man was arrested this week after police say he used a western Illinois woman's Social Security card to rack up nearly $300,000 in credit card debt. via News-Sun

Whether a student is unknowingly duped, or willfully tries to scam their employer, Internet-based fraudulent "schools" are alive and well, dishing out degrees to anyone with a Web browser and a credit card. via WQAD

By Jim Fitzpatrick A local insurance worker did all he could to ensure that a pilot would live another day after crashing his plane. via Http

Three people charged in connection with the beating of a Cclona man who later died from brain injuries plead not guilty in Henry County Court today. via WQAD-TV Moline

“How we raise these standards and expectations is part of my job. (PTHS) really is a quality school with quality staff.”

' Pontiac Township High School's new superintendent said Friday he has big ambitions for the district. via Pantagraph

Three people are behind bars in Henry County, charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of beating a registered sex offender as revenge for domestic violence against his girlfriend. via WQAD-TV Moline

The snowy weather was apparently a factor in a deadly crash on Interstate 80. Around 7:00 o'clock, a pick-up truck was traveling west bound on I-80 near Colona, Illinois, when it lost control and struck the ... via KWQC-TV Davenport

Christopher R. Cooper, 23, of Cambridge, Ill., was killed in a truck crash near Colona, Ill. via Quad-City Times

Illinois dug out from a heavy, wet winter snow storm that made for treacherous roads today and was blamed for at least six deaths before heading for the Northeast. via WAND-TV Decatur

One person was killed when this pickup collided with a semi on I-80 near the Colona exit. via Quad-City Times

Illinois State Police shutdown part of Interstate 80 this morning, near the Colona exit, due to an fatal accident involving a pickup truck and a semi. via WQAD-TV Moline