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

Friday, May 10, 2013  Iowa is close to breaking a state record for the longest stretch without a reported tornado.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The National Weather Service is expanding an experimental warning project to include more states in the middle part of the U.S.

Friday, May 03, 2013  This weekend, one of the top tournaments in the world, the U.S. and Women's Chess Championships, will take place in St. Louis, known to many as the Chess Capital of the U.S.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  New baby at St. Louis Zoo. You can help name her, but you won't be able to pay her a visit just yet!

Thursday, April 18, 2013  April 18, 2013 Kelton Christopher James Peter would have celebrated his first birthday.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Three confirmed tornadoes touched down in Hazelwood and Florissant Missouri and Alton, Ill.

Friday, April 05, 2013  A group of students from Hereford Germany make a stop at Blessed Sacrament in Quincy to continue the sister city exchange tradition.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Discount bus company Megabus is discontinuing service to and from Springfield next month.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Noel Oliver will travel across the same lands first traveled by Lewis and Clark in 1804.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Douglas Pennock pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud in August 2012.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Authorities say 10 people were taken to hospitals after the explosion Thursday at the American Steel Foundries plant in Granite City, northeast of St. Louis.

Sunday, January 27, 2013  The Quincy community came together to help Jackson Weppler, a three-year-old battling stage 3 liver cancer.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Missouri Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal has introduced a bill calling for a "common-sense response to the surge in gun violence."

Monday, December 31, 2012  Travel in the Tri-State area could become tricky at times on New Years Eve with a Winter Weather Advisory issued.

Saturday, December 29, 2012  Lucky flyer, Scott Blois, arrived at the airport looking to fly back home to Austin, Texas, but soon found out that he was Cape Air's 10,000th flyer this year.