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It was in the QCTimes the other day but wasn't confirmed. Just heard on radio. They said it would be at Central High School, but looks like it may have been changed to the River Center, downtown Davenport. Doors open 8:30 am; Program 10:30am. Tickets are required and will be available at Scott County Republican Party Headquarters Thursday at 9:00 am. Headquarters are located at 1880 E 54th Street, Dav, IA. The phone number is (563) 332-9666. Also have another phone number (563) 823-5854. When I pick up our tickets, if there are any changes, will post an update. I'm...

Three-time Grand Slam winner Lindsay Davenport took a winning first step at the US Open on Monday... But it may be her infant son Jagger who has the final say in how long 32-year-old mum continues her tennis career. Her experience in China was also the first time at an event without her son since his birth in June, 2007, and Davenport admits she felt the tug of motherhood. "When I went to Beijing I left him for two weeks and it was heart-breaking - not so much my husband, but my son," she said. "It's obviously not easy to...

DAVENPORT, Iowa, OCT. 12, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop William E. Franklin, 76, of Davenport and appointed Auxiliary Bishop Martin Amos of Cleveland as his successor. The Pope also named Father John Dooher, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Dedham, Massachusetts, and Father Robert F. Hennessey, pastor of Most Holy Redeemer Church, East Boston, as auxiliary bishops of Boston. Martin John Amos was born in Cleveland on Dec. 8, 1941. He studied at Borromeo Seminary College, Wickliffe, and St. Mary Seminary, Cleveland. He holds a master's in education. He was ordained a priest of the Cleveland...

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- The Vatican announced the bishop of Davenport's retirement Thursday, two days after the Roman Catholic diocese filed for bankruptcy amid dozens of lawsuits alleging priest sex abuse.Bishop William Franklin had offered his resignation when he turned 75 in May 2005, as the church requires.The Vatican said Thursday that his resignation had been approved and that he would be succeeded by Monsignor Martin J. Amos, an auxiliary bishop in Cleveland.The Diocese of Davenport on Tuesday became the fourth Catholic diocese in the United States to file for bankruptcy amid the national clergy abuse scandal, following the Archdiocese of...

(Iowa City, Iowa-AP) October 10, 2006 - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.That makes it the fourth diocese across the country to seek financial protection to deal with priest sex abuse cases.The filing comes less than two weeks before it defends itself at a trial involving a former priest accused of sexually abusing a high school student. Posted 7:11pm by Chantelle Janelle

DAVENPORT --- A developmentally disabled man riding the Ferris wheel Tuesday at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport slipped out of his car and dropped between the wheel's spokes before being rescued by six employees of Evans United Rides, which operates the ride. Caleb Hill, 31, a slightly built man, was one of 120 clients of Davenport's Handicapped Development Center attending the first day of the fair called "Special Needs Day" at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. He was not seriously injured. The dramatic incident was captured live by KWQC-TV6 in Davenport during its noon telecast, where the station was located...

Davenport’s battered barn to stay just that Sierra Club court victory ends plan for wine and cheese shopBy GENEVIEVE BOOKWALTERSENTINEL STAFF WRITERDAVENPORT — David Luers had a dream: Buy the dilapidated barn off Highway 1, demolish it and build a wine and cheese shop he’d run with his wife. Santa Cruz County officials approved the plan, as did the state Coastal Commission.But nine years after buying the abandoned structure at Highway 1, Old Coast Road and Davenport Avenue, Luers is living in Idaho, where he’s running a gift shop and wondering how he can unload the property.Earlier this month, a...

President Bush and John Kerry were within spitting distance of one another as they battled for votes in Davenport, Iowa. Photo-opping Kerry even stuck his head and arms out of his campaign bus window, ears of corn --still unshucked --in each hand. Bush opted to partake of the cuisine, and was seen dining on freshly roasted sweet corn.

August 5, 2004ON THE TRAILIn Midwest City, Bush and Kerry Cross Paths, and SwordsBy DAVID M. HALBFINGER and ELISABETH BUMILLER AVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 4 - There are battleground states, and there are swing counties.And then there was Wednesday's political equivalent of hand-to-hand combat, as President Bush and Senator John Kerry came nearly within shouting distance of each other in this small city rich with independent-minded voters, which seemed not all that surprised by the attention.The dueling campaign events gave humid Davenport the feel of a crisp day in late October, while apparently giving ne'er-do-wells the idea that the police would...

Minnesota and Iowa were the favored states as President Bush continues to campaign for re-election. He announced three important new conservation initiatives that will help protect wildlife, water, and precious land resources: Supporting America's Farmers and Conserving America's Land.Secretary Rumsfeld today on the radio. Enjoy your daily Dose of W @ Sanity Island!

President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry both campaigned in the Midwest state of Iowa Wednesday. The men spoke at the same time at separate rallies just three blocks from each other. Two campaigns running neck-and-neck in most public opinion polls came head-to-head in the Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa with competing visions of the U.S. economy and what to do about it. President Bush lost Iowa by about 4,000 votes in the last election. This year, the latest local poll shows Iowans equally divided between the candidates, with both men polling about 47 percent. President Bush told supporters...

DAVENPORT, Iowa Police say three bank robberies happened about the same time President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry were speaking at separate venues in Davenport today (Wednesday). Davenport police say the Ralston Credit Union was robbed at 10:45 a-m, shortly after the president began speaking at LeClaire Park in this eastern Iowa city. The next robbery happened at First National Bank at 11:23 a-m, followed by another robbery at 11:45 a-m at Southeast National Bank. Kerry began his economic forum at River Center at 10 a-m. Police had someone in custody for the first robbery. They are still...

DAVENPORT, Iowa Police in Davenport, Iowa, say there were three robberies today about the same time President Bush and rival John Kerry were in town. A credit union was robbed shortly after the president began speaking at a park. The next robbery happened at a bank about 35 minutes later. The third robbery happened about 20 minutes after that at another bank. Police made an arrest for the first robbery. They don't believe the robberies are related.

Accusations of gatecrashing were flying as Bush and Kerry crossed paths in the city of Davenport IN A LAND of six million square miles, 293 million people and 50 states, two rival presidential candidates desperate to avoid bumping into each other should surely have little problem keeping their distance. Yesterday, however, in one of America’s most extraordinary election year encounters, President Bush and John Kerry converged at the same time in the same south-eastern corner of one of the country’s least populated states, to strike Davenport, Iowa, with the perfect political storm. Amid mutual allegations of gatecrashing each other’s...

Bush, Kerry to campaign in Davenport DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- President Bush and his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, are scheduled to converge on this eastern Iowa city on Wednesday for separate campaign appearances. The rallies may come on the same morning -- in halls across the street from each other. "It will be the 3rd Street Duel," quipped Davenport Mayor Charlie Brooke, calling the possible tandem appearance an exciting opportunity for the city. Bush is to take part in a campaign rally at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday in Davenport before heading to Mankato, Minn., the White House confirmed late...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) _ A lawsuit claims the Diocese of Davenport ignored a former Roman Catholic priest's repeated sexual abuse of boys under his supervision which began more than 40 years ago. The suit filed in Scott County District Court seeks unspecified damages from the Rev. James Janssen and the diocese, claiming the diocese refused to take any action when the plaintiff and his mother reported the abuse to church authorities in 1990. Janssen ``engaged in repeated harmful, illegal and immoral sexual contact'' starting about 1953, when the plaintiff was 5 years old, and ending in the summer of 1962,...