EAST MOLINE, Ill. — Education programs are part of prison systems across the country. Data shows that people who are incarcerated and take the opportunity to go through them have a 43% lower chance of ...

Graduation festivities looked different for four Augustana College students and their families this Tuesday. Instead of gathering in an arena, guests of the graduates were shuttled to the gymnasium of ...

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Marija Ristic kept her cell phone close as she and her fellow Augustana College graduates waited for the signal to begin processing into the i wireless center, Moline. At any moment, she knew her ...

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) - It’s an opportunity the graduates never thought they would have. Four inmates have graduated from Augustana College after taking classes while behind bars at the East Moline ...

In many ways, it looked like any college graduation. There were balloons, flowers and squares of frosted marble cake. Rows of family and friends faced a lectern in the fluorescent-lit gymnasium. But ...