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

Monday, May 06, 2013  Morel mushrooms pop up in the spring and are fragile, highly perishable, and resist cultivation, so they tend to be pricey.

Monday, February 18, 2013  Tiger Woods joins vacationing Obama for golf round at Florida club

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  The Arbor Day Foundation recently awarded a grant to WIU to reforest the Horn Field campus.

Friday, July 27, 2012  Two corrections officers at the Clinical Care Unit at the Fort Madison prison are recovering from some injuries after being attacked by an inmate.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  Board votes unanimously to cut positions and raise tuition

Monday, June 04, 2012  Proposed budget would cut three part-time and four full-time positions.

Friday, June 01, 2012  A Keokuk grandfather is now playing "mom" to a baby fawn.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012  Beardstown Fire Chief Darin Paul says his department believes the fire began sometime around 7:45 a.m. after employees had finished using a cutting torch to remove steam pipes within the building. He says more than likely, something sparked onto nearby wood framing and began smoldering before the fire erupted.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012  An apartment building in South Jacksonville went up in flames Tuesday night due to a chimney fire on the second floor. At least four families living inside the five-unit residence at Lakeside Apartments all escaped without injury.

Monday, December 26, 2011  The local Golden Triangle Chapter of Quail Forever sponsored a special pheasant hunt for injured teenager near Mendon.

Saturday, April 23, 2011  The Jacksonville school board has a tough decision to make next week. It will discuss what to do with its facilities, including whether to close some schools.

Friday, April 15, 2011  As of Thursday, one Facebook boycott page had more than 1 million Facebook users pledging to not buy gas April 15.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011  A Missouri State trooper made three drug related arrests on the morning of Saturday, February 5, 2011.

Monday, November 15, 2010  He lived unnoticed for years despite being arrested several times.

Saturday, November 13, 2010  This past month, the town of Curryville, Missouri demonstrated the biggest act of kindness you could ask for. When a family's farm was at stake, their community stepped up and carried the load. We sat down with the Dameron family Saturday as they shared their story of a community's overwhelming support for one another.