News headlines for the morning of December 5, 2017
- Voters in Rock Island County will have just one local primary race to decide next year. Following th end of the filing period Monday, the only contested party primary will be for sheriff — between Democrats Gerry Bustos and Jeff Boyd.
- State Representative Jeannie Ives will challenge Governor Bruce Rauner in next year's Republican primary.
- The holidays are a time of food, family, and fire hazards. The Davenport Fire Department is reminding people to prevent fires over Christmas and New Year's.
- One day after Illinois officially began its bicentennial celebration, Rock Island joined it. Monday, city and state officials raised the state's bicentennial flagoutside city hall.