ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 8, 2025) — Get ready to make a splash this Halloween season at the YWCA Quad Cities Spooky Swim on Saturday, October 11, 4–8PM!

There will be inflatable games, fun goodies, like bloody popcorn, and a pumpkin relay race, starting at 6PM, and more at our Aquatic Center!

As part of Downtown Rock Island’s Back from the Dead celebration, guests can also take advantage of a free trolley ride, with the YWCA as a featured stop.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 8, 2025) — On Saturday, October 18, 11AM, Quad Cities residents will meet at Vander Veer Botanical Park (215 W Central Park Ave, Davenport) and join “No Kings 2” in what is expected once again to be the largest single-day mobilization since President Trump returned to office — a mass, nationwide protest rejecting authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of our democracy.

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA (October 8, 2025) — Marshall University President Brad D Smith announced today that the university is on pace to record its third consecutive year of enrollment growth, continuing the institution’s upward trajectory following more than a decade of declines.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 8, 2025) — Sony Pictures Television and Right Angle Entertainment have announced that Wheel of Fortune LIVE!® will be stopping at Capitol Theatre on Thursday, October 16, as part of its sixty-city national tour. Hosted by a celebrity guest host, Wheel of Fortune LIVE! brings the excitement of everyone’s favorite TV game show to life, giving fans the chance to solve puzzles, win prizes and possibly become a Wheel of Fortune® TV contestant.