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

2 hours, 16 minutes ago  Hannibal residents continue to haul mounds of storm debris away from their homes and into a city-wide dump pile.

Yesterday at 9:15 PM  Aerial Video Added: County emergency director says it could be weeks before things in the city return to normal.

Yesterday at 2:30 PM  Hannibal residents woke up to a different city this morning. Last night's storm filled streets with debris, damaged homes and tore down power lines. KHQA Kristen Aguirre shows you how America's Hometown is recovering.

Yesterday at 11:50 AM  Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

Yesterday at 8:00 AM  Residents report hearing a loud strike. The went outside to find a brick chimney collapsed into the parking lot for nearby apartments.

Yesterday at 7:45 AM  School hit hard by Tuesday storm damage.

Yesterday at 7:33 AM  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

Yesterday at 7:00 AM  The National Weather Service amended its report that a tornado struck Hannibal Thursday night. Meteorologists from the St. Louis office determined that straight-line winds between 80 and 100 mph struck Hannibal Tuesday.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Residents of Perry, Naples, Rushville, Hamilton, Meredosia and Niota, Ill. and in Macon County and LaGrange, Mo. are looking for volunteers to help sandbag.

Monday, April 22, 2013  While the Mississippi is slowly dropping ... the opposite is true for the Illinois River. See what's going on in Beardstown, Meredosia and Naples Illinois.

Friday, April 19, 2013  U.S. 54 in Pike County, Ill. at the Champ Clark Bridge will be closed at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 20 due to current crest predictions.

Friday, April 19, 2013  The Mississipi closed bridges and buildings along the Mississippi River Friday. Learn more about the Sny Levee, mudslides in Hannibal, sandbagging in Clarksville and more here.

Friday, April 19, 2013  The Illinois Department of Transportation closed the Memorial Bridge today as a result of high waters.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A Payson business owner is picking up the pieces and then some after Wednesday night's storm ripped off the roof of his building.