Rock Island police said the alert was issued at 6:42 a.m., however, many people didn't receive the notification on their phones until hours later.

PBS and your local public television station play a crucial role in protecting communities by ensuring uninterrupted distribution of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs), including severe weather ...

Earlier this week, the California Highway Patrol sent an Amber Alert ... the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in its range.

The Quad Cities community is questioning an apparent delay in Thursday morning’s Amber Alert ... However, the mobile notification system did not send the alert to many people's phones until ...