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7-Day Forecast: Macomb

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Currently in Macomb as of

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  • Sunrise: 06:46
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  • Humidity: 86%
  • UV Index: 10.00

7-Day Forecast: Jacksonville

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Currently in Jacksonville as of

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  • Sunrise: 06:43
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  • Humidity: 78%
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7-Day Forecast: Quincy Muni

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Currently in Quincy as of

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  • Wind: SSW @ 3 mph
  • Barometer: 29.48 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:48
  • Sunset: 17:49
  • Humidity: 59%
  • UV Index: 10.00

7-Day Forecast: Kirksville

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Currently in Kirksville as of

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  • Barometer: 29.48 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:53
  • Sunset: 17:55
  • Humidity: 70%
  • UV Index: 10.00

7-Day Forecast: Keokuk Municipal

Thursday
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Currently in Keokuk as of

  • 37°(Feels like 35°)
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  • Wind: SSW @ 3 mph
  • Barometer: 29.47 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:49
  • Sunset: 17:50
  • Humidity: 75%
  • UV Index: 10.00

Regional Conditions

Macomb
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Jacksonville
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Quincy
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Kirksville
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Keokuk
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Henke becomes center of attention for Lady Hawks

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Senior Linsay Henke has made the most of her increased minutes this season for the Quincy University women's basketball team. She's become a force in the post for the Lady Hawks. She leads the Great Lakes Valley Conference in rebounds and field goal percentage and is about to set QU's single-season blocks record. More>>

Extra shooting practice benefits Raider

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BEARDSTOWN, Ill. -- Evan Klene decided to compete in the Country Financial Three-Point Showdown just to have a little fun. The Quincy Notre Dame senior didn't really plan on using it to get warmed up for Tuesday... More>>

Area Roundup: Liberty boys roll to regional win

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Liberty had no problem making itself at home Tuesday night during its opening round of the Class 1A boys basketball regional it is hosting this week. More>>

West Hancock boys roll to regional win

BEARDSTOWN, Ill. -- West Hancock showed Tuesday night that it doesn't need to have Paxton Harmon score all of the time. Harmon, who is averaging close to 20 points per game, was shut out in the first quarter Tuesday... More>>

Area Roundup: Tornadoes earn rematch with Indians

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The rematch is set. Two weeks after the Griggsville-Perry boys basketball team spoiled Senior Night for Payson Seymour with a two-point victory on the road, the Tornadoes earned the chance... More>>

Toppmeyer: 'Crazy year' of boys hoops could get wilder as postseason begins

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Toppmeyer: 'Crazy year' of boys hoops could get wilder as postseason begins More>>

Pittsfield, Hannibal wrestlers finish second

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Pittsfield wrestler Coltyn Pease was 10 seconds away from forcing the Class 1A heavyweight state championship match into a second overtime. That's when time stopped. Byron's Reid Sealby took Pease down to score a 5-1 victory... More>>

The art of the press: Lady Raiders' full-court pressure gives opponents fits

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Shannon Foley doesn't envy opponents who have to inbound the ball past the long arms of Jordan Frericks, who runs the point of the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team's full-court press. "I would hate to have... More>>

Sunday Round Table: Weighing in on spring training

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Welcome to "The Round Table," where Herald-Whig sports writers will offer their takes on various topics each week. This week's question: "With pitchers and catchers reporting to camps... More>>

Lady Hawks shake off horrible start, hold off Maryville

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It would have been hard for the Quincy University women's basketball team to start a game worse than it did on Saturday afternoon against Maryville at Pepsi Arena. Over the first 5 minutes, 51 seconds of the Great Lakes Valley Conference contest, the Lady Hawks... More>>

Belger, Hawks take out frustration on Saints

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Courtney Belger needed to unleash his fury. Belger, Quincy University's senior point guard, was still stinging from an empty trip Thursday night to his hometown of St. Louis. He turned the ball over five times and went 0 for 4 from the free-throw line... More>>

  • Sunday, February 19 2012 1:03 AM EST2012-02-19 06:03:40 GMT
    The Culver-Stockton College women's basketball team played nearly perfect defensively for 11 minutes Saturday afternoon. The final 29 minutes weren't as spectacular...
  • Sunday, February 19 2012 12:48 AM EST2012-02-19 05:48:41 GMT
    Grant Surprenant doesn't have a lot of coaching experience. So he's probably never been as nervous as he was during the second half of the John Wood Community College women's basketball game against Lincoln...
  • Sunday, February 19 2012 12:22 AM EST2012-02-19 05:22:10 GMT
    Getting revenge was on the minds of the John Wood Community College men's basketball players Saturday afternoon. On Jan. 25, the Trail Blazers lost by 16 points on the road to Lincoln College, starting a stretch in...
  • Saturday, February 18 2012 1:27 AM EST2012-02-18 06:27:00 GMT
    Plan A wasn't working, so Quincy High School boys basketball coach Sean Taylor went to Plan B. That's better known as Mike Davis. Determined to slow Rock Island Alleman gunner Tyler Yeocum with a double team,...
  • Saturday, February 18 2012 1:24 AM EST2012-02-18 06:24:21 GMT
    Pittsfield's Coltyn Pease and Hannibal's Chandler Fohey will wrestle for state titles on Saturday.
  • Saturday, February 18 2012 1:21 AM EST2012-02-18 06:21:08 GMT
    Nic Reynolds shredded the Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball team's defense Friday night and put the breaks on the Raiders' winning streak. The Peoria Notre Dame junior guard had 22 points and six assists, both game...
  • Saturday, February 18 2012 1:19 AM EST2012-02-18 06:19:58 GMT
    Andrew Doyle and Matthew Duesterhaus combined to score 15 points in the fourth quarter as the Unity boys basketball team rallied for a 53-49 non-conference victory over Brown County at Mendon, Ill.
  • Saturday, February 18 2012 1:18 AM EST2012-02-18 06:18:40 GMT
    Brady Baker made two free throws with 1.9 seconds left to give the Monroe City boys basketball team its first Clarence Cannon Conference victory of the season with 47-45 victory over Palmyra Friday night at home.
  • Saturday, February 18 2012 1:17 AM EST2012-02-18 06:17:26 GMT
    The Palmyra girls basketball team stayed undefeated in the Clarence Cannon Conference with a 57-53 victory at Monroe City on Friday night.
  • Friday, February 17 2012 6:43 AM EST2012-02-17 11:43:04 GMT
    By STEVE OVERBEYSpecial to the Herald-Whig
  • Friday, February 17 2012 3:10 AM EST2012-02-17 08:10:23 GMT
    BEARDSTOWN, Ill. — Eleven seconds into Thursday's Class 2A Beardstown Sectional championship, the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team had a 4-0 lead, and Bullets coach Jon Hampton wanted a timeout.That
  • Friday, February 17 2012 3:04 AM EST2012-02-17 08:04:50 GMT
    The Lady Hawks dominated Missouri-St. Louis on the boards and limited the Tritons to 27 percent shooting in the second half en route to an 80-57 Great Lakes Valley Conference victory at the Mark Twain Building.
  • Friday, February 17 2012 3:04 AM EST2012-02-17 08:04:07 GMT
    Long took full advantage of the little bit of daylight he'd been given. He weaved his way up the left sideline and drove along the baseline before lifting up a shot from 6 feet out that splashed home with three-tenths of a second left to give the Tritons a 58-56 victory in a key Great Lakes Valley Conference game.
  • Friday, February 17 2012 3:02 AM EST2012-02-17 08:02:37 GMT
    The Hannibal High School wrestling team had a solid first day of competition at the MSHSAA Class 3 state meet in Columbia. The Pirates got wins from six of their seven wrestlers on the first day of the three-day meet and sit in 10th place with 13 points.
  • Thursday, February 16 2012 11:20 AM EST2012-02-16 16:20:45 GMT
    PALMYRA, Mo. -- Katie Serbin had a nearly perfect final season to her Palmyra softball career last fall. She was an all-state third baseman, and the Lady Panthers went 29-2 and won the Class 2 state title. Still, there was...

Today's Poll

Which small-school Illinois boys basketball team will be the last one standing in the postseason?

Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far:

Illini West
23%
Pittsfield
18%
Quincy Notre Dame
20%
West Hancock
18%
Unity
3%
Brown County
1%
Liberty
8%
Griggsville-Perry
4%
Payson Seymour
5%

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