Author: Nick Green

DAVENPORT, Iowa – No matter where your Christmas shopping takes you this year, it’s so very important to remember charities and non-profits like River Bend Foodbank this holiday season. 2020 has been so difficult because of lost employment and income leading to higher levels of food insecurity since the Great Recession. Mike Miller, President & CEO of River Bend Foodbank, is the segment guest on PSL. He said that the aftermath of the spring-season COVID lockdowns resulted in a 50% increase in need for food. People who have never relied on non-profits or food banks are lined up because they need to feed their families.…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – The Davenport Community School District’s school board has approved the retirement package of Robert Kobylski, the district’s contracted superintendent. Kobylski was hired by the district to replace Art Tate, but the state of Iowa recently put T.J. Schneckloth in charge as interim superintendent as part of an ongoing effort to address noncompliance issues identified during state audits of the district’s operations. These issues included providing equitable education for Black students. Kobylski continued with the Davenport schools afterward, but was working off site under the direction of the interim leadership. With the vote — at Monday night’s regular board meeting — Kobylski’s retirement becomes effective retroactively to…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – The big news in the Quad-Cites this week was the arrival of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that was administered for the first time Tuesday in the Iowa Quad-Cities and Wednesday on the Illinois side. Friday, Dec. 11 The city of Davenport launched its Small Business Resiliency Project to assist small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 on Oct. 1, and 10 of the 42 businesses that applied have been notified they will receive assistance. Rock Island County has had 195 people die of the coronavirus since the pandemic began, while Scott County has had 116. The six latest…

DAVENPORT – Collector cars aren’t the only objects Mecum Auctions has offered up for bidding in recent weeks as it returned to live if socially distanced sales. Mecum’s Gone Farmin’ division staged its Fall Premier auction recently in Davenport, Iowa, and reports nearly $3.6 million in sales with a 90 percent sell-through rate. That despite last-minute changes in Iowa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Due to restrictions announced by the governor of Iowa within 24 hours of the auction’s slated start time, the Gone Farmin’ team was forced to make a sudden transition, taking what was planned as a live-auction event and…

Iowa — A man was found dead at a rural intersection in Dallas County. and authorities say they are investigating the killing as a homicide. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday to an intersection in rural Adel, where they found a man with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man wasn’t immediately identified. The sheriff’s office says the public isn’t believed to be at danger from anyone involved in the shooting. The sheriff’s office and state Division of Criminal Investigation are continuing an investigation.

DAVENPORT, IOWA – A Davenport man was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Najawaun Marcus Quinn, 23, to five years in prison for felon in possession of a firearm. Following his prison term, Quinn is ordered to serve three years of supervised release, as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund. The investigation of Quinn began in Sept. 2018 when law enforcement used a confidential informant to purchase a loaded Colt .38 Special revolver from Quinn in Davenport. Quinn…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – A local non-profit says it could still use your help to help those who are homeless — or struggling — to keep warm over the winter. Luekinna Hodges from Kinna’s House of Love collected winter clothes and coats, which she handed out this weekend at The Center’s annual Christmas party. Hodges — who herself was homeless — reached out to Local 4 News today and says the need is much greater than she realized after this weekend’s event. She’s accepting more winter clothing items at The Center in Davenport.

DAVENPORT, IOWA – The Davenport Police Department issued a press release Thursday reminding the public of the investigation into the disappearance of Breasia Terrell. The 10-year-old went missing late July 9 or early July 10. “We want the community to know this case remains a priority for our investigators and we continue to aggressively investigate Breasia’s disappearance,” Davenport Police Assistant Chief Jeff Bladel said in the release. “All leads we have received have been thoroughly investigated.” In the release the department said three Davenport police investigators and one supervisor are assigned to the case, along with a pair of agents…