Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:14 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:14:14 GMT
Iowa authorities are searching for a missing teenage girl they believe was kidnapped. Police say 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard and a 12-year-old girl were taken from a bus stop in the town of Dayton, IowaMore >>
Iowa authorities are searching for a missing teenage girl they believe was kidnapped. Police say 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard and a 12-year-old girl were taken from a bus stop in the town of Dayton, IowaMore >>
Monday, May 20 2013 10:38 AM EDT2013-05-20 14:38:36 GMT
Camanche Police arrested five people on meth charges over the weekend Arrested were 59-year-old Charles McKenrick, 32-year-old Kimberly Lane, 33-year old Nathan Green and 42-year old David Shamp, junior,More >>
Camanche Police arrested five people on meth charges over the weekend Arrested were 59-year-old Charles McKenrick, 32-year-old Kimberly Lane, 33-year old Nathan Green and 42-year old David Shamp, junior,More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:57 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:57:41 GMT
Those who live in the Quad Cities know that the Mississippi River can be a source of both enjoyment and treachery. It's something an avid duck hunter from Wapello knows all too well... More >>
Those who live in the Quad Cities know that the Mississippi River can be a source of both enjoyment and treachery. It's something an avid duck hunter from Wapello knows all too well...More >>
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.More >>
Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives,...More >>
On Monday afternoon, May 20, 2013, a devastating tornado ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma. We are still learning the number of lives that were lost, not to mention the lives that were turnedMore >>
On Monday afternoon, May 20, 2013, a devastating tornado ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma. We are still learning the number of lives that were lost, not to mention the lives that were turnedMore >>
Under Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's plan to stabilize that state's medicaid program, cigarette taxes would go up one dollar.
"This is not a good idea for right now," Amir Rasheed, owner of a BP Station in Rock Island, IL, told KWQC.
Rasheed says cigarette sales account for 40 percent of his business and he fears smokers would make the short drive to Iowa if the tax increase goes through.
"Who would want to pay a dollar more for cigarette in Illinois. You know you can go and get them cheaper in Iowa. Everybody is going to Iowa to buy gas in Iowa, everybody would want to buy a cigarettes there too," Rasheed says.
Smokers tend to agree with Rasheed's theory.
"There's not doubt in my mind I would try to go to Iowa," Jeff Stanley told KWQC.
Area health groups are encouraged by the news believing it could result in an decrease in smoking overall.
State Rep. Rich Morthland told KWQC he is skeptical of its passage - telling KWQC that cigarette revenue is too uncertain.
