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Rock Island County Housing Finance Corporation (RICHFC) has a new program that helps Rock Island County residents become homeowners. The program is called I‐HOPE – Independence through Home Ownership Program Equity. It will give 25 area families up to $35,000 in forgivable grant funds to help with down payment and closing costs on a primary residence, single‐family home in Rock Island County. RICHFC works with the Greater Metropolitan Area Housing Authority (GMAHA) to provide income eligible adults, families and seniors affordable, safe and friendly rental options.

Staying safe! Rod Stewart is not taking any chances with coronavirus. He was spotted wearing latex gloves when he and wife Penny Lancaster went out for some breakfast in Beverly Hills on Sunday, March 15. The 75-year-old rocker kept his hands covered at all times and he didn’t even take off the gloves when he was holding hands with Penny outside the establishment. The duo have been married since 2007 and they share two kids — Alastair, 14, and Aiden, 9.

When snow emergencies are in effect, parking is not allowed on certain routes in the Quad Cities. Here are some of the streets around the Quad Cities that are affected, according to the cities’ websites: Rock Island If two or more inches of snow has fallen, parking is not allowed on marked snow routes until the snow is removed (Section 9-41 of the Rock Island Code of Ordinances). Vehicles parked in violation of this ordinance will receive a $35 parking ticket.

This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the United Bolders Club of Western Illinois or, more commonly known as Western League Rolle Bolle. There is a week-long celebration planned from July 9-17, with events every day, culminating with the World Rolle Bolle Tournament on July 17, in Annawan, Ill. More than 100 people will compete in the World Tournament. Players are expected from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana, Canada, and (hopefully) Belgium, according to a Friday release from Visit Quad Cities.

EntertainmentBy LRU Writer | On: May 07, 2017These days, social media has been the easiest way for a celebrity or any of us to share our day to day life or our personal stories. When some celebrities are not even active in the social media, there are some of the celebrities who use social networking sites to flaunt their personal and professional life. The twenty-year-old Young Artist Award winner actor Colin Ford is one of those aspiring artists who has used Instagram to flaunt his new love interest.

Carrie Underwood couldn't sleep last night, so she spent some time shopping online — and it got a little out of hand. Underwood was online at 4:29AM on Friday (Dec. 21), and she tweeted her frustration at being awake when she didn't want to be. "Dear pregnancy insomnia," she began. "Please go bother someone else...like dads. Go bother dads. My husband sleeps so soundly and peacefully and I’ve been awake for 2 hours (so far).

'X Factor' winner Tate Stevens has signed an exclusive recording contract with Syco Music/RCA Records Nashville -- a deal reportedly worth $5 million. BIg & RIch's John Rich was reportedly one of Stevens's first profile writing appointments following the show. The singer and his entirely family are uprooting to Nashville to allow the country newcomer to focus on his forthcoming project full-time. “I know what we’re doing. I know the direction we wanna go,” Stevens reveals.

The song casts the pair as former lovers who can't resist getting together one final time -- or is it? As the lyrics say, "I could be there in five / One more one last time / We don't have to be lonely tonight." The city of Los Angeles is the real star of the video, setting a scene of yearning by juxtaposing scenes of the city at night against shots of Shelton and Monroe singing their parts separately as she takes a limo to his hotel.

Sometimes you never know where life will take you. “It was never my intention to leave America,” Elizabeth McGovern exclusively told Closer Weekly in the magazine’s latest issue, on newsstands now, at the recent NYC premiere of her new movie The Chaperone. Yet after she married British writer-director Simon Curtis (My Week With Marilyn) in 1992, Illinois-born Elizabeth, 57, relocated to the U.K. There she’s found professional success — most notably in the smash TV series Downton Abbey, soon to be back on the big screen — and personal happiness as the mother of now-grown daughters Matilda and Grace.