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

Monday, August 06, 2012  'Touchdown confirmed': NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars, beams back photo of own shadow

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Tuesday night, the Tri-State area had a chance to see the planet Venus make its final trek across the face of the sun as seen from Earth until the year 2117.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Get some filtered glasses and look up: That dot slowly moving across the sun is Venus

Friday, June 01, 2012  Planet crossing: Venus to crawl across the face of the sun; won't happen again until 2117

Thursday, May 17, 2012  First 'ring of fire' eclipse visible in US in nearly 20 years; also can be seen in East Asia

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  A Quincy couple bought the old Brew House and has worked to get it up and running as an art gallery by June. Chris and Liz Solaro say their future plans will include living areas, art studios, shops and possibly a restaurant.

Sunday, April 01, 2012  Space Camp sounds like something out of a Disney movie. But for two Quincy Junior High students, it's all very real.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth, could disrupt power grid, GPS and more

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, were seen in the Tri-States on Monday evening!

Thursday, April 07, 2011  Curbing nuclear power worldwide: bad news for climate change or window of opportunity?

Thursday, February 17, 2011  Scientists say a Valentine's evening solar flare is causing radio disruptions and may put on a cool sky show Thursday and Friday nights in some northern regions.

Friday, December 17, 2010  The city of Macomb has a new system for trash collection. Six new solar-powered trash compactors were put in on different corners of the square.

Monday, October 11, 2010  Illinios Governor man sion set to go green.

Friday, May 28, 2010  Environmentalists are beaming over legislation meant to encourage the use of solar energy in Illinois.

Monday, March 01, 2010  The school doesn't know how much it will save, but more solar panel heaters could be on the way.