Author: Nick Green

DAVENPORT, IOWA – The six new victims raised the Quad-Cities’ death toll to 69 in the first 11 days of December – that’s 22% of the Q-C’s COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Rock Island County’s total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic is 195, while Scott County has recorded a total of 116 deaths linked to the virus. The Rock Island County Health Department said the three dead were a woman in her 80s who had been hospitalized; a man in his 90s and a man in his 80s, both of whom had been…

DAVENPORT – 13-year-old Trey Gordon will be featured on the kids baking championship on the food network. A series where 12 kid chefs go head to head. The premise is to make a dish, but with a twist that the judges give halfway through the process. The season will air December 28th.

Iowa – Iowa defensive tackle Jack Heflin is right where he always wanted to be. The Prophetstown, Ill., native has turned his childhood aspirations into reality, suiting up this season for the No. 17 Hawkeys after four years at Northern Illinois. “It’s lived up to all the hype, in my head, that I had growing up as a kid,” the 22-year-old Heflin said as the Hawkeyes prepared for a season-ending showdown with Missouri in the Music City Bowl next Wednesday. Growing up an Iowa fan, Heflin didn’t receive much attention from the Hawkeyes or any Power Five program. He attended…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – A driver who hit the car of a family enjoying Christmas lights ruined a peaceful evening Saturday in Davenport. Police were at a crash shortly after 6:45 p.m. at the intersection of 13th and Division Streets after a family, including a granddaughter and grandmother, who were driving around to see Christmas lights were struck by a driver who didn’t stick around afterward. Neighbors who talked to the grandmother said someone may have written down a license plate of the driver who fled. Although an ambulance was at the scene where Local 4 News was the only station,…

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A Davenport synagogue was vandalized on Thursday, just before the first night of Hanukkah. The Rabbi said Sunday Davenport Police and the FBI are now investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. The brick walls in Davenport at Temple Emanuel surround a sacred space. Temple Emanuel was vandalized on Thursday, with spray paint citing John 8:44, a verse in the New Testament in the Christian Bible. “When I first saw the citation I thought, ‘yeah, that’s probably not going to be a happy Bible verse,” said Rabbi Linda Bertenthal. Bertenthal first saw the spray paint on Thursday,…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Multiple squad cars were in the area of the 2000 block of Gaines Street, Davenport, after a report of shots fired about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Several squad cars arrived at the scene and watched or blocked off locations in the surrounding area. Local 4 News journalists, representing the only station at the scene, were asked to stay a safe distance from the home where the police presence was focused. Police used a megaphone at one point. About 12:30 a.m. Monday, officers left the scene, and said no one was injured during the incident. No shell casings were found…

DAVENPORT, Iowa – A COVID-19 vaccine could be available in both the Illinois and Iowa Quad Cities as early as a week, according to QCA health officials. “We are asked to prepare for a possible vaccine to come to us within the next week, week and a half,” Nita Ludwig, Public Health Administrator for the Rock Island County Health Dept. said in Tuesday’s QC COVID-19 Coalition update. “The state of Iowa has been told to expect its first allocation on or about the 13th and the counties will be receiving it after that date,” Ed Rivers, Director of Scoot County…

DAVENPORT – There is no shortage of firepower in the gym for Davenport Assumption High School’s boys basketball team this winter. It has a long and athletic combo guard headed to play basketball in the Big 12 Conference next fall. It has a 6-foot-7 and 260-pound nimble post who has attracted nearly 40 Division I football offers. It has athleticism and multiple shooters on the perimeter. It has depth off the bench. “This is the most talented team I’ve had here, but time will tell if this will be the best team we’ve had,” said coach Matt Fitzpatrick, entering his…