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

Thursday, May 23, 2013  School is almost out and that means hot summer nights are near. Before you start putting on that mosquito repellent there may be one bug you'll want to get bit by ... the acting bug!

Friday, March 15, 2013  Missouri's paddlefish-snagging season opens Friday, March 15. Meanwhile at least eight people face federal charges for illegally trafficking paddlefish caviar from the Show-Me-State.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Have you been bitten by the acting bug? Or have you always been told to go into theatre? Put your skills to the test this spring and try out for a play.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  It's a new year which means new classes at the QCT. Also, read this story to find out how to enter and win two tickets to see Wanda's World!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  With the New Year many people will be taking on home improvement projects. It can be stressful.

Monday, October 17, 2011  Investigators say shortly after two Monday morning, a victim called into 9-1-1 saying two people in a black Chevy Impala said they were police officers.

Friday, September 30, 2011  In our Facebook Story of the Day for September 30, NASA reassures us that we're safer from asteroids than previously thought.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Independent panel says as much as $60 billion lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan

Monday, June 27, 2011  A clan of grizzlies has been keeping rangers busy in Grand Teton National Park as the bears attract tourists

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  In our Facebook Story of the Day for June 8, we're talking about pets predicting natural disasters.

Sunday, May 01, 2011  Keokuk stepped back into the 1860's this weekend as a tribute to the Civil War. Dating back 150 years ago, more than a hundred men reenacted battles between the north and south on the front lines of Rand Park.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  Residents of St. Louis are still sifting through the aftermath of a tornado that took out homes and forced the city's only passenger airport to shut down. Lambert-St. Louis International Airport reports that approximately 70 percent of flight operations have resumed.

Thursday, April 21, 2011  Keokuk's Roquette plant and its union employees soon will take another shot at coming to a contract agreement.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010  Gov. Pat Quinn is getting a new government lawyer.

Thursday, January 07, 2010  The indictment includes Jimmy LaCost’s son, Michael W. LaCost, 40, as a co-defendant with his father in the alleged illegal gambling charge.