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

Monday, April 08, 2013  Candidate says the city's election rules are unclear.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The second ward city council election in Macomb has stirred some controversy.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Federal wildlife managers look to New Mexico pilot project in battle against feral pigs

Saturday, March 16, 2013  The Census data shows that Missouri's population grew by about 13,000 to 6,021,988 in the one-year period ending July 1.

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.

Monday, February 04, 2013  The city of Macomb could see a spike in population this fall. That's if the city council approves of a special census request to the Census Bureau this month.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Hannibal chose not to poison, but to capture the pesky birds. See how a local company has fared so far.

Saturday, December 29, 2012  The Missouri Department of Conservation has collected about 1700 tissue samples from deer harvested this fall, testing for Chronic Wasting Disease.

Friday, December 28, 2012  The Missouri alternative methods portion of the fall 2012 firearms deer season ran Dec. 15 through Dec. 25.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Hannibal council approves agreement with Big River Pest Control to deal wth the problem.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  After being on the endangered species list in Illinois for more then 80 years, a new law on the books now allows for the trapping of river otters.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  The Hannibal City Council has a plan to appease everyone in its pesky pigeon problem.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Squirrel population boom frustrates fruit growers and irritates invaded homeowners

Saturday, September 29, 2012  The Northeast Missouri Humane Society  held its annual fund raiser at the Mark Twain Cave Complex just south of Hannibal.

Monday, September 17, 2012  Due to deer overpopulation in the city of Keokuk, city officials legalized bow hunting on private property. Residents as well as city council members proposed the idea of alowing the hunting to take place in certain public areas as well as their own back yard.