News headlines for the morning of October 23, 2017
- Governor Bruce Rauner has made his long awaited announcement that he is seeking re-election.
- Just in time for October, which is Family History Month, the Rock Island County Clerk's office has expanded its services for genealogists. Indexes of births, marriages, and deaths can now be searched online.
- A visiting artist at Augustana College needs more crocheted circles to complete an expanded yarn-bombing project. Carol Hummel is a sculptor from Ohio who's one of the founders of the yarn-bombing craze.