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

Friday, April 26, 2013  The director of a Fort Madison animal shelter says an escaped dog was found decapitated near the shelter grounds and police need your help.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to breaking out of the Pike County Jail.

Friday, January 25, 2013  A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to breaking out of the Pike County Jail.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Update: Fortunately, no one was injured, but four dogs were lost in the fire.

Saturday, November 17, 2012  Mettazee Morris acted out the life of Father Augustus Tolton's mother, Martha Tolton.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  Men are charged with breaking out of the Pike County, Mo. jail.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  Police: Steven Adcock walked away from a prison work detail last week.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Adcock was arrested by Missouri Highway Patrol Wednesday in Bloomfield, Mo.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  The Lee County Sheriff's Department continues to search for a Fort Madison prison inmate who escaped from his work detail Monday.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  William John Thomas Wilkerson Jr, of Florissant, Missouri was arrested Tuesday in St. Louis County after short chase from police.

Monday, September 10, 2012  Man turned himself in; says he was hungry

Monday, September 10, 2012  Three of the five escaped inmates from the Pike County, Missouri jail were arrested early Monday morning. The other two remain on the loose.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  Friends have requested help for a Louisiana family whose home was gutted by fire Tuesday.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010  1 of 2 federal defendants who escaped from an eastern Missouri jail is back in custody after being captured in neighboring Illinois.

Monday, June 28, 2010  A pilot and a passenger in a single-engine plane escaped injury after the aircraft's landing gear failed as they touched down at a southwestern Illinois airport.