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

Yesterday at 2:50 AM  Organic industry's political clout grows on Capitol Hill as consumers demand organic foods

Monday, May 13, 2013  A Prairie City, Illinois man is behind bars Monday after police say he engaged in sexual conduct with a 15-year-old female.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Niemann Foods announced Friday it will renovate the former Kroger in Louisiana, Mo.

Friday, May 10, 2013  A group of Drury University students have presented a plan for a demonstration house that supporters hope could help make Joplin a model of environmentally sound rebuilding from disasters.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Jonathon Pollock constructed a homemade levee to protect his house from rising floodwater.

Friday, April 26, 2013  City crews and business owners in Hannibal are ready to get to work.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged as a civilian and will be tried in federal court for conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property resulting in death.

Friday, April 19, 2013  U.S. 54 in Pike County, Ill. at the Champ Clark Bridge will be closed at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 20 due to current crest predictions.

Sunday, April 14, 2013  A former Joplin resident has pleaded guilty to disaster fraud for benefits she received after a deadly tornado hit the city in 2011.

Friday, April 05, 2013  More than 200 inches of hair was collected for the Pantene Beautiful Lengths Project.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The student faces charges of making a terrorist threat.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  In slayings of Texas district attorney and wife, suspicion shifts to white supremacist gang

Monday, April 01, 2013  A northern Missouri "missing person" case may be solved with Friday's discovery of human remains in a field.

Saturday, March 30, 2013  Missouri lawmakers approved legislation last year designating March 30 as a day of special recognition for Vietnam veterans.