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Chris Minor

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

“Dog Whisperer” says banning breeds not the answer

Posted on: 2:53 pm, March 22, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 09:08pm, March 22, 2013

Nationally known dog trainer Cesar Millan says banning pit bulls or any breed of dog is not an answer to preventing dog attacks.
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Some local Head Start pre-schools will take furlough days

Posted on: 4:02 pm, March 21, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 04:52pm, March 21, 2013

Federal budget cuts are already being felt in some local preschool programs. Head Start classes in Scott, Clinton, Cedar, and...
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Stepson of man who shot and killed pit-mix had to undergo rabies shots

Posted on: 4:47 pm, March 19, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 04:50pm, March 19, 2013

Nolan Doxsee says he was trying to protect his two little dogs, when a pit bull mix he’d never seen...
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Mother of little boy killed by pit bull hopes for criminal charges in the case

Posted on: 5:09 pm, March 18, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 05:16pm, March 18, 2013

The mother the 7-year old boy killed by a pitbull in Galesburg says she is hoping some kind of criminal...
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Update from police on sexting incident among students at MHS

Posted on: 3:51 pm, March 15, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 05:26pm, March 20, 2013

Moline police and school administrators are warning parents and teens about the dangers of sexting and what can happen when you press send.
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Rock Island Arsenal changes leaders

Posted on: 4:59 pm, March 14, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 05:37pm, March 14, 2013

There’s a changing of the guard at the Rock Island Arsenal. Lt. Gen. Mick Bednarek relinquished command of First Army...
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Coal Valley Fire District to consider legal challenge to permanent tax break for Elliott

Posted on: 5:00 pm, March 12, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 09:54am, March 13, 2013

The Coal Valley Fire Protection District will weigh the pros and cons of joining a legal fight to try and...
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University of Iowa grad student killed in shootout with police

Posted on: 4:00 pm, March 11, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 06:15pm, March 11, 2013

A University of Iowa graduate assistant was shot and killed Sunday night after authorities say he opened fire on police...
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Human trafficking workshop opens some eyes

Posted on: 2:44 pm, March 8, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 06:29pm, March 8, 2013

The Quad Cities is not immune to the issue of child sex trafficking and on Friday, some Quad Cities students got an eye-opening lesson.
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Legal battle over tax break for Elliott Aviation, more to follow?

Posted on: 4:16 pm, March 7, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 09:20am, March 8, 2013

Two local attorneys are challenging the property tax exempt status given to Elliott Aviation last month.
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Family of victim killed in drunk driving crash says it should be three strikes you’re out

Posted on: 4:43 pm, March 6, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 11:42am, March 7, 2013

Even at the age of 33, Brad Nitsch called his mom down in Alabama every day, just to chat. On...
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Pitbull that attacked and killed little boy “went for his throat, then his face”

Posted on: 5:40 pm, March 5, 2013, by Chris Minor, updated on: 05:41pm, March 5, 2013

The pit-bull that attacked and killed Ryan Maxwell, a 7-year old boy from Galesburg went straight for his throat, and...
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