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

Saturday, February 02, 2013  It's Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil has made his prediction. He says expect an early spring.

Friday, July 13, 2012  Tom Winking of Wink's Lawn Service predicted widespread drought for the summer. His crystal ball proved right, but boy how he wishes it were wrong.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  Persistently warm weather has left its mark on a majority of the country thus far in the year 2012, including right here in the Tri-States.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Warm temperatures this month broke records in the Midwest, but experts warn farmers and gardeners to be cautious about planting early.

Sunday, March 25, 2012  Mother nature has given us an early spring and it doesn't seem like anyone is complaining about it, especially farmers.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  Quincy's Central Services says they've used less than 10% of the salt they purchased for this year.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  In his 27 years in the lawn care business, this is the strangest weather pattern Tom Winking has ever seen.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  Mother Nature hasn't received the memo that it's still winter.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012  Many of you noticed that we quickly have gone from the greenery of Christmas to the greenery of Spring and the question is...are the plants as confused with the weather as the rest of us?

Friday, March 04, 2011  The recent warm weather has pushed some bulbs to sprout.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011  The world's most famous groundhog predicted an early spring Wednesday, but wasn't willing to go out on a limb to forecast whether the nearby Pittsburgh Steelers will win Sunday's Super Bowl.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011  Can you believe that on a day like today, some of us might be holding our breath for a groundhog to tell us we'll have an early spring?