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

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  School starts in about three weeks in Quincy, and at the same time a construction project in Quincy will come to an end.

Thursday, May 10, 2012  A bid has been approved to rebuild the entrance to Quincy Senior High School off Maine Street.

Monday, January 19, 2009  Five members of the Illinois National Guard unit based in Afghanistan are injured by a suicide bomber. One of the guard members is from Prairie City Illinois

Thursday, November 20, 2008  Three thousand of the Illinois National Guard's 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team are heading to Afghanistan by the end of this month. Right now they're training in Fort Bragg, North Carolina preparing for their mission to train and mentor Afghan security forces as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.  While they're not training, they're back at camp.  KHQA's Melissa Shriver found out how they spend their time and how it brings them together.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008  Right now the Illinois National Guard's 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of three thousand soldiers is wrapping up training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Officials say that training is always evolving as information is gathered, as does the gear they use to stay safe.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008  Right now three thousand citizen soldiers from across Illinois, including here in the Tri-States, are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan with the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Of the entire combat team, an increasing number of the soldiers are women.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008  A Quincy resident and citizen soldier with the Illinois National Guard leads three thousand citizen soldiers from across Illinois who are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan with the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. These soldiers make up the largest overseas deployment of Illinois National Guardsmen and women since World War Two.

Monday, November 17, 2008  The State of Illinois is in the midst of its largest overseas deployment of Illinois National Guardsmen and women since World War two. Right now about 3000 citizen soldiers from 30 units across the state including here in the Tri-States are preparing for deployment to Afghanistan as part of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Friday, November 14, 2008  The Illinois National Guard is gearing up for the largest overseas deployment of the state's citizen soldiers since World War II.

Thursday, March 01, 2007  Storm damage at 33rd and Broadway in Quincy.