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Rebecca Smith

Anchor/Reporter
rebecca.smith@wqad.com

Rebecca Smith joined the WQAD team in July of 2010. She anchors News 8 on the weekends and also reports during the week.

Previously, Rebecca worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor in Tulsa, OK and Jonesboro, AR. Before that, she was an associate producer in Memphis, TN. She graduated in 2003 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

Rebecca's hometown is Memphis, where her family still lives.

She's excited to be in Quad Cities and is looking forward to getting to know all that the QC has to offer. When she's not giving us the news, she likes to spend time with her friends, run, work out, paint and listen to music.

If you'd like to drop her a line, her email is rebecca.smith@wqad.com.

Recent Articles

  • Plane crashes in Cordova, Illinois

    Posted on: 4:24 pm, March 23, 2013, by , updated on: 08:34pm, March 23, 2013

    A plane had to make an emergency landing Saturday in Cordova, Illinois just west of 174st. Ave. on Highway 84...
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  • Cuts hit Clinton and Camanche

    Posted on: 2:57 pm, March 20, 2013, by , updated on: 04:36pm, March 20, 2013

    State and federal agencies have to do more with less because of budget cuts.
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  • East Moline man killed in head-on crash

    Posted on: 2:11 pm, March 19, 2013, by and , updated on: 02:40pm, March 19, 2013

    Family members say a 25-year-old East Moline man died from injuries he suffered in a Davenport, Iowa wreck.
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  • A look inside the RI County courthouse

    Posted on: 3:41 pm, March 18, 2013, by , updated on: 04:09pm, March 18, 2013

    The Rock Island County courthouse has been around since before the turn of the century. Folks who work inside say...
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  • Dixon back to school after negotiations end with agreement

    Posted on: 4:06 pm, March 13, 2013, by , updated on: 04:20pm, March 13, 2013

    Dixon teachers were back in class Wednesday after nine days on strike. An agreement was made at 1:40 a.m.between the...
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  • Federal budget cuts impact local recruitment office

    Posted on: 4:44 pm, March 12, 2013, by

    The Federal Tuition Assistance Program has been suspended as a part of sequestration and it's having an impact on the local recruitment office in Davenport.
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  • Funding on the line for Dixon Schools as teacher strike enters 8th day

    Posted on: 4:09 pm, March 11, 2013, by

    Monday morning is when most kids are supposed to be in school. But, Dixon students were at home and their...
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  • Parents react to Dixon teacher strike

    Posted on: 3:32 pm, February 27, 2013, by , updated on: 06:00pm, February 27, 2013

    There’s no school in Dixon, Illinois Thursday, but it has nothing to do with the weather. The Dixon Education Association...
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  • Sweepers help airports crews clear runways

    Posted on: 2:50 pm, February 26, 2013, by

    As a passenger inside the airport, you don’t really get a look at what’s going on out on the runways-...
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  • When a “snow emergency” could cost you

    Posted on: 4:48 pm, February 25, 2013, by

    In addition to plowing, the City of Davenport conducts snow removal in the downtown area, which is done the night...
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  • All eyes on Nascar after wreck injures fans

    Posted on: 5:58 pm, February 24, 2013, by

    All eyes were on Danica Patrick Sunday at the Daytona 500. Jimmy Johnson ultimately took top prize, while Patrick placed...
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  • Crundwell jewelry auction nets money for Dixon

    Posted on: 5:50 pm, February 24, 2013, by

    The personal jewelry collection of former Dixon Comptroller, Rita Crundwell, brought in a pretty penny at auction this weekend- $258,000...
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