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Chris Minor

chris.minor@wqad.com

Chris Minor is an award-winning journalist who does her best to tell it like it is.

Covering the Quad Cities for more than 20 years, Chris was named Best Reporter by the Illinois Associated Press two years in a row, and has been honored with both Illinois and Iowa AP, and Edward R. Murrow awards.

Chris is a native of Park Ridge, Illinois where her family still lives.

When she's not breaking stories, she likes to spend time with her two nieces and twin nephews, play trivia, read memoirs and biographies, and hang out with her schnoodle named Clooney.

Recent Articles

  • Local Eagle Scout hopes gay ban is lifted

    Posted on: 4:39 pm, May 17, 2013, by , updated on: 05:08pm, May 17, 2013

    Neal Shipley can still recite the Scout’s oath, and says he’s proud to be an openly gay Eagle Scout. “I... Read More ›

  • Snakes found by Moline Police are pythons

    Posted on: 4:06 pm, May 15, 2013, by , updated on: 08:36am, May 16, 2013

    Police looking for drugs found python snakes during a raid at a house in Moline. Read More ›

  • Local G-O-P will pick a new leader

    Posted on: 4:36 pm, May 10, 2013, by

    Politics is literally part of Susie Carpentier’s DNA. “My grandfather was Illinois Secretary of State. My father was a state... Read More ›

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  • Silvis man pleads guilty to concealment of body in homicide

    Posted on: 4:28 pm, May 10, 2013, by

    A Silvis man plead guilty Friday morning to concealment of a homicidal death, for helping to dump the body of... Read More ›

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  • Illinois Senate passes pension reform bill, heads to the House

    Posted on: 4:32 pm, May 9, 2013, by , updated on: 11:05am, May 10, 2013

    The Illinois Senate gave the go-ahead to a pension reform bill that will now head to the the House. Read More ›

  • Local police talk Cleveland case

    Posted on: 4:37 pm, May 8, 2013, by

    Local police departments are backing the badge in the case of the missing women found in Cleveland, Ohio, but say... Read More ›

  • Trudy Appleby’s grandparents split on hope in Cleveland kidnapping case

    Posted on: 4:29 pm, May 7, 2013, by , updated on: 05:16pm, May 7, 2013

    Ann and Jack Eddleman of East Moline have watched the unlikely events unfold on television with the discovery of three... Read More ›

  • Charges upgraded against woman who allegedly shot and killed husband

    Posted on: 4:41 pm, May 6, 2013, by , updated on: 12:08pm, May 7, 2013

    A woman accused of shooting her husband in the head is telling police it was an accident. Read More ›

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  • Lady campers do it “vintage style” with no men allowed

    Posted on: 4:26 pm, May 1, 2013, by , updated on: 04:38pm, May 1, 2013

    Pam Fisher of Moline can’t imagine life without her 1959 Airstream. “It’s awesome, a little slice of heaven”, Fisher said.... Read More ›

  • Police resume digging for human remains of missing man

    Posted on: 3:23 pm, April 30, 2013, by , updated on: 04:45pm, April 30, 2013

    Moline investigators have returned to a wooded area in Milan to search for human remains of Jerry Wolking, a man... Read More ›

  • Sylvan Island Bridge closed until further notice over safety issues

    Posted on: 4:17 pm, April 25, 2013, by , updated on: 02:15pm, April 26, 2013

    A Quad City bridge popular with hikers, bikers, and fishermen is shut down until further notice, off limits over safety... Read More ›

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  • Excavation starts in 1990 disappearance of Moline man

    Posted on: 5:04 pm, April 24, 2013, by , updated on: 05:16pm, April 24, 2013

    Investigators are taking a new look at an old Quad Cities cold case, and are digging in rural Milan to... Read More ›

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