The Mockingbird On Main

05/29/2024

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05/29/2024

May 28, 2024 marks one year since the partial collapse at 324 Main St. in Davenport. News 8 has spent months compiling never-before-seen footage.

05/29/2024

We call this one “Poetry at the Vigil” featuring Mayor Mike Matson.

We will give him credit for showing but immediately take it away for his lack of remorse.

The Mayor aside, it was a very powerful evening with some incredibly poignant and moving moments. May the community continue to gather and seek justice…

05/28/2024

One year later...

It’s been a year since lives and homes were lost because of the apartment building collapse in Davenport, and a few small businesses called that area home. One affected business was the theat…

05/28/2024

News 8 looks back on the devastating collapse, more than six months later.More news: www.wqad.comSubscribe to WQAD News 8 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com...

05/28/2024

"...reduced to rubble."

Remembering the Davenport building collapse

05/28/2024

The River Cities' Reader and Dr. Ezra Sidran have been doing an amazing job this past year of making sense of the chaos and showing the receipts!

Check these out:

WHAT WE KNOW ONE YEAR AFTER
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/what-we-know-one-year-after-324-main-street-disaster

TIMELINE AND RECEIPTS
https://www.rcreader.com/324-main-street-how-did-city-davenport-iowa-allow-this-disaster-to-happen

How Did the City of Davenport, Iowa Allow This Disaster to Happen? All citations below linked to source documents regarding the history and demise of the building and lives inside 324 Main Street in downtown Davenport, Iowa and were either acquired via Freedom of Information Act requests made to the...

05/28/2024

Their special - A COMMUNITY RISING - will air tonight at 6:30pm.

Many questions are still unanswered as a class action lawsuit makes its way through the court. Here's where it stands today.