Latest local news, weather and high school sports for Tri-State area

Sunday, May 05, 2013  Spirit Bluffs Paranormal invited Lisa Marks, curator of the Hannibal History Museum, to talk a little history and a lot about ghosts.

Friday, January 18, 2013  No children were hurt in a school bus crash Thursday in Scott County, Ill.

Monday, February 20, 2012  Nine-year-old Patty Ann Smith of Quincy was killed in 1970. Forty-two years later, her unsolved murder still haunts her father.

Monday, June 20, 2011  Just south of Bluffs on IL-100 she found a levee off a creek that had been breached in 3 spots.

Thursday, September 16, 2010  More cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in the Council Bluffs, Iowa area, prompting officials to offer immunizations.

Thursday, September 16, 2010  More cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in the Council Bluffs area, prompting officials to offer immunizations.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  A Council Bluffs man suspected of killing another man with a tire iron is in jail.

Monday, June 28, 2010  A fundraising group has put together enough money for a new exhibit at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010  The technology chief for Google is predicting that cell phones will replace computers as the predominant computing platform.

Thursday, March 18, 2010  Harrah's Entertainment Inc. is offering to pay Iowa $7 million a year to stop subsidizing purses at the state's greyhound tracks - in effect ending the racing but not the money.

Thursday, November 12, 2009  A federal judge had dismissed a defamation claim against Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber for comments he made in a 1977 murder case.

Friday, May 29, 2009  A Council Bluffs man who is accused of breaking into homes during funerals has been arrested on burglary and theft charges.

Friday, December 12, 2008  Two people accused of taking an Iowa State Patrol cruiser and a police dog for a ride have been arrested in Council Bluffs.

Thursday, January 17, 2008  The former principal of a central Illinois elementary school has been acquitted of two counts of sexual assault.

Friday, August 24, 2007  A former central Illinois high school basketball coach has pleaded guilty to having a months-long affair with one of his students last year.