Local News

Wednesday might be St. Patrick's Day, but you don't have to be Irish to be favored by fortune.

James Harrison, of Hillsboro, Missouri, won a second Owl Hooting Championship at the 34th Annual National Wild Turkey Federation's National Convention and Sport Show last month in Nashville, Tennessee.

Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five months.

East Alton Superintendent Virgil Moore said the school board voted Thursday night during a closed session to eliminate 11 teacher positions for the 2010-2011 school year. More cuts could be coming.
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After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.

Click on the video link to see highlights of the Oakville-CBC boys Missouri Class5 basketball semifinal in Columbia, Missouri, March 11, 2010.

An Alton police officer claims he shot and killed a pit bull to save his own life, now the dog's owner is in jail.

Dr. David Finlay, a vascular surgeon at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, joined NewsChannel 5's Art Holliday to discuss why some people need dialysis.
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