The Davenport Civil Rights Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Justice Community Relations Service (CRS), has announced the launch of the Protecting Places of Worship Initiative, a news release says. The initiative aims to provide comprehensive support and resources to ensure the safety and security of places of worship across the Illinois and Iowa […]
In a surprise announcement, Davenport Central High School’s Samuel Bevans was awarded the 2024 Kathryn Bell Tate Scholarship on Tuesday morning. This $20,000 scholarship is awarded to one Davenport senior each year through the Davenport Schools Foundation and is disbursed over a four-year period of undergraduate schoolwork. It can be used at any accredited college […]
A man from Davenport has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on drug conspiracy charges, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa. Kpangbala Benyan Blamah, 34, was sentenced on April 17 to 360 months in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and/or possess […]
A 24-year-old Davenport man arrested earlier this week in connection with a bar burglary was in custody Saturday after police allege he broke into and stole items from a Davenport church, court records show. Trenton Stewart, whose address is listed as both Davenport and Moline, faces a felony charge of third-degree burglary, an aggravated misdemeanor […]