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

Thursday, June 06, 2013  John Wood Community College is offering a two week STEM class for high school students and they're getting up close and personal with science, technology, engineering and math.

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.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes 12 years after similar Monsanto push failed

Thursday, April 04, 2013  Former STLPD criminalist brings her expertise to biology classes at QJHS to show how science can help solve crimes and how the students can use science to make themselves a career.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  John Wood Community College Partners with Western High School to prepare students for college.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Science is a subject that not every student takes to. But at Central Lee High School and Middle school kids are flocking to the class.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  Junior and Senior High School students from around the Tri-States gathered Saturday for a healthy science competition.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Meteor falls in Russia's Chelyabinsk region; 500 injured by explosions

Friday, January 25, 2013  Study Island program helps instill personal responsibility

Saturday, December 15, 2012  After 7 years, a fallen soldier received his degree from Western Illinois University.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she's ready to file legislation allowing greater use of electronic devices by airline passengers.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  By eighth grade, American students have fallen behind their Russian, Japanese and Taiwanese counterparts in math, and trail students from Hong Kong, Slovenia and South Korea in science.

Monday, September 24, 2012  'Science Guy' Bill Nye says religious-based dismissal of evolution endangers US science

Thursday, September 13, 2012  This weekend is your chance to help a Rushville baby diagnosed with a one of a kind genetic disorder.

Monday, July 02, 2012  Missouri is one of five more states granted waiver from parts of the No Child Left Behind law.