State officials ushered in the start of the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday with the annual unveiling of the butter cow.

The Department of Children and Family Services and Illinois State Board of Education are currently investigating the incident ...

MACOMB, Ill. (WGEM) - Two Macomb men were charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and obstructing justice. Police reported that 37-year-old Sean Hayes and 24-year-old Morgan Bearce were both arrested ...

Gov. Pritzker announced Friday that Brianna Rivera of Quincy will serve on the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District Board.

PITTSFIELD, Ill. (WGEM) - Pike County Sheriff’s Office and the Pittsfield Police Department responded to an explosion in an alley behind Pike County Jail, according to Sheriff David Greenwood. After ...

(AP) - Tropical Storm Dexter formed in the Atlantic Ocean late Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 11 p.m. Eastern, it was located about 300 miles west-northwest of Bermuda. The ...

Officials at the Quincy Park District say usually, the west pond of South Park has a fountain to help circulate the water.

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QUINCY (WGEM) - Quincy officials are weighing the positives and negatives of a potential annexation. Right outside of the Quincy city limits is a one-and-a-half mile buffer zone. While it may lie ...

QUINCY (WGEM) - The Quincy City Council unanimously granted a special use permit for a new hotel project. The process to bring a new hotel with a rooftop bar passed after around a year of ...

(CNN) - The Pentagon has scheduled its first major test of the Golden Dome Missile Defense System, President Donald Trump’s vision for a multi-billion-dollar space-based shield that can protect the ...