West Burlington News

Burlington area teenagers are being asked to make a difference this summer by collecting school supplies and dropping them off at the West Burlington Staples store, 104 W. Agency Road.

On one hose, three members of the West Burlington Volunteer Fire Department fought to preserve their pride.

Organizers had planned to hold the event outside near the band shell in Crapo, the Independence Day celebration was moved indoors due to rain.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Burlington firefighters, from left, Deputy Chief Gene Wilkerson, Acting Capt.

Bar owner Lynn Wells originally opposed Iowa's smoking ban, but the Iowa cigarette smoker acknowledged Tuesday -- a day before the ban's one-year anniversary -- that she's softened her stance.

Seniors who've visited the center for years had no idea when the city turned the building over to them.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Jeffery Manes' motorcycle lies crumpled against a barricade at the Main Street ramp on U.S. 34 Friday in Burlington.

Screams have been heard from downtown Burlington all week. Delighted screams from old friends reuniting.

Alison Hart, a Davenport-based aide to Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat, visited West Burlington's Community Health Center Monday afternoon to hear from health care stakeholders ranging from the intentionally uninsured to insurance agents.

The seven day liquor license suspension the state imposed against Alibi's in Centerville for violating Iowa's Smokefree Air Act is over, having concluded June 7. The owners also paid a $1,000 penalty, besides losing up to $4,000 in business during the seven days the state suspended the bar's license to sell alcohol.

Plaid shirts and suede vests. Cowboy hats and boots. A horse and wagon. A duel could break out at any moment.

Judge John Linn also affirmed the verdict rendered by another judge in District Associate Court, saying "substantial evidence exists in the record to support the associate court's finding that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." Oberly, who despite being given a suspended jail sentence, appealed his case and raised several issues, ...

Tanner Thomann had an inkling Saturday just might be Ray Raker's night at 34 Raceway.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Rose Chochley of West Burlington hugs Tiffany Clay of West Burlington, left, a student at Dayton's School of Hair Design, on its last day Friday after some 60 years at 315 N. Main St.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Jacqueline Delagadillo, 14, Fort Madison, walks across a "human ladder" during a "Becoming A Confident Leader" session of the fifth annual Youth Leadership Summit for area school children Thursday at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington.

Three businesses will lose liquor licenses for week. The Hawk Eye Three Burlington bars settled with the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division for previous violations of the statewide smoking ban.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Amy Lasswell of Burlington, far left, watches her dog veer off course in the wiener dog race at Original Cyns' sixth birthday celebration Saturday on Jefferson Street in Burlington.

Something valuable is visible, available and suddenly gone. Since Monday, Burlington police officers have been inundated with a rash of car burglaries -- most in the South Hill neighborhood.

Student suspended by school, sent to detention center by judge. By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com A 16-year-old Burlington High School student has been charged with serious assault for allegedly striking the high school principal in the face Monday.

Charges have been filed against a 16-year-old Burlington High School student accused of hitting the principal.