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

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Nothing says spring quite like your allergies. Sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose ... but how do you know if your nose problems are a cold or seasonal allergies?

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Company aims to strike it rich by mining asteroids. Tycoons say gold and other minerals could be mined.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  McDonough County Sheriff Rick VanBrooker reports that Eric A. Hardt, 26, of Macomb has been arrested following an investigation involving the Department of Homeland Security and the McDonough County Sheriff's Office.

Friday, September 30, 2011  In our Facebook Story of the Day for September 30, NASA reassures us that we're safer from asteroids than previously thought.

Thursday, April 14, 2011  After a 12-day trial and four days of deliberation, a jury had deadlocked on three charges he lied under oath.

Thursday, February 25, 2010  Mark McGwire's estranged younger brother says he injected the home run king with a variety of steroids and thinks his sibling gained obvious strength from the drugs.

Saturday, January 23, 2010  According to excerpts released Friday, Curtis Wenzlaff -- arrested in 1992 for steroids distribution -- told ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that McGwire's goal was to get "bigger, faster, stronger."

Monday, January 11, 2010  Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.

Monday, February 16, 2009  IHSA: No students athletes test positive for drugs

Tuesday, January 15, 2008  A state senator is toning back a plan to test high school athletes for steroids.