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

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Some area martial arts students had a chance to learn about how to be a hero in the face of bullying and violence.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  The blaze was discovered around 10 p.m. Friday in a storage area of the wood shop.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  A Blandinsville family is counting their blessings Wednesday after losing their home to a fire on Christmas night.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  The City of LaGrange is looking for a new city administrator and police officer.

Monday, August 13, 2012  Ecologists in Kansas and Missouri say extreme temperatures are killing a large number of butterflies and could hurt their southern migration next month.

Friday, July 27, 2012  Stuff the Bus: Buses are parked at the Hannibal Walmart, the Palmyra County Market and the New London Dollar General Store and that tells us that back-to-school season is upon us.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  This year, they've elected a prom queen who stole the hearts of everyone at the school.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  A Pike County Missouri woman gets her high school diploma almost 50 years after she was suppose to graduate from Bowling Green High School in 1964.

Thursday, February 09, 2012  Deputies were dispatched to Powell home 8 minutes after 911 call was placed by the social worker

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  Autopsy: Father took a hatchet to his children before all 3 died in Washington state house blaze

Wednesday, February 23, 2011  The Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) has selected Darin Powell, principal at Bowling Green High School, as the 2011 Missouri High School Principal of the Year.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  Rumsfeld admits a few mistakes during Pentagon tenure but finds plenty of blame for others

Tuesday, May 25, 2010  Dennis Russell Powell was arrested in Marion County, Mo.

Monday, February 02, 2009  According to a Hannibal Police Department news release, an officer tried to contact 26-year-old Nicholas Powell, but he ran away.