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

Today at 5:00 AM  High crop prices entice farmers to expand planting into old golf courses, wildlife preserves

Yesterday at 6:00 AM  Consumer watchdog group warns that most sunscreens meet FDA standards, but questionable SPF ratings persist

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Two of the Mark Twain Lake public swimming beaches will be open later than usual because of the flood debris that needs to be cleaned up before the area opens to the public.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The Missouri Highway Patrol said that Hazel Martin died Wednesday at her home two-miles south of Wyaconda.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Tri-Township, LaGrange and Palmyra fire departments have been called to the scene of the trailer fire next to Fergie Autoparts located in the far west end of West Quincy.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  These days, many schools are taking soda out of the hands of students, but at Quincy Senior High, hundreds of liters of soda were brought to the school ... all in the name of science.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Once the girl with the Billy Bob tattoo, Jolie now inspires with mastectomy revelation

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Hearing that you have cancer is devastating, but imagine that you heard you have a high risk of developing cancer.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Glenn Head, 59, of Novelty, is charged with second degree murder armed criminal action in connection with the shooting death of 67-year-old William “Bill” Bacon in December.

Monday, May 13, 2013  A New London woman is in the hospital after a one-car crash Saturday afternoon.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Iowa is close to breaking a state record for the longest stretch without a reported tornado.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  K-9 unit swept the building and parking lots, according to a school official.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The admnissions office at John Wood Community College says they're seeing more applications from soon to be graduates of Quincy Senior High School for enrollment next fall.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The National Weather Service is expanding an experimental warning project to include more states in the middle part of the U.S.

Friday, May 03, 2013  A young man who was a passenger in a distracted driving car accident brings his message of no texting and driving to Liberty High School students