veterans

The final honor flight of 2023 visited Washington D.C. on Tuesday.

An opportunity for veterans to meet face-to-face with representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other organizations.

There were 288 registered Corvettes for the event which raised thousands for QC area veterans.

Healing the world one lambchop at a time.

The flights that take veterans from the Quad Cities to Washington will start back up this week after being halted for coronavirus concerns.

It's easy to get caught up in the 'to do' lists and frenzied shopping this time of year.

It's almost Veterans Day and many QC restaurants are offering special discounts, deals and free meals to veterans, active service members and, in some case, their family members and first responders to honor their service.

There are larger, more ceremonious events we undertake to thank those who have served, but Honor Flights are purely about them - about giving them an experience.

You can help do so by volunteering to place flags on the graves of fallen soldiers at the Rock Island National Cemetery today.

Let's face it, for all the wonders of the internet, it has given us social media, which can be pretty nasty. So, it's nice when we see folks helping each other online rather than carping. A local example of people banding together to help others is happening locally after Habitat ReStore found a military ring in their parking lot in mid-December...