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

Former lobbyist and Quincy lawmaker Mike McClain was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday afternoon, according to the ...

Ralls County, Missouri (WGEM) - One person was killed and four others were injured following a crash on U.S. 61 Thursday ...

A man was arrested after threatening emergency personnel and law enforcement during a water rescue in the Mississippi River ...

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 ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has expanded its $100 bounty on black carp. The “Keep, Cool, Call” program offers $100 per fish, up to a maximum of $1,000 per month, subject to funding ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says a third child has died nearly a week after a barge struck and sank a boat during a sailing camp near Miami.

QUINCY/HANNIBAL (WGEM) - According to the National Endowment for the Arts, less than half of adults in the U.S. reported reading a book in the last year. But, Tri-State public libraries have found a ...

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 ...

Two men were arrested for allegedly helping murder suspect Austin Drummond, who is accused of killing four people in Tennessee.

Authorities in Chile say they have found and identified the bodies of all five miners trapped in a collapsed shaft at the world's largest underground copper mine.

A viral TikTok video captured the jaw-dropping moment a 12-year-old Texas wakesurfer came face-to-face with an alligator, but played it cool despite the scare.