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

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Filling in the bubble on standardized tests will be a thing of the past in the next two years.

Monday, November 12, 2012  Schools in Illinois are preparing for a big change in the classroom. It's a new national standard of teaching called the "Common Core."

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  It's a system that Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee-to-be for vice president, had hoped to scrap as a way to make his House GOP budget look smaller by about $10 billion a year.

Saturday, March 10, 2012 

Monday, January 09, 2012  If you want to be a teacher, you may look at Iowa, but be prepared to be ... well prepared.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011  Critics say Obama administration ignored calls to replenish disaster aid coffers

Monday, July 11, 2011  The elimination of writing sections from the PSAE means erasing the last Illinois writing exam. This comes after the state eliminated the writing section of the ISAT from elementary and middle schools last year.

Monday, November 22, 2010  Barefoot, wrapped in quilts, 29 escape flooded Chinese coal mine after rescuers pump out water

Friday, August 27, 2010  Federal money will help local government recover some of the costs of fighting the floods.