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Evening News for Wednesday, October 4, 2017

headlines for Wednesday:

  • threats on social media against Davenport schools are considered "not credible,"
  • a gift from a graduate will help Saint Ambrose University expand its health programs,
  • two final murder convictions for Nicholas Sheley,
  • and students and staff at a Rock Island schools collect money and donations for an elementary school in Houston damaged by Hurricane Harvey.

the forecast for tonight: cloudy with a low near 52. Tomorrow: showers, high around 68. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.