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

(CNN) – The Donald Trump Administration’s new tariffs will raise the U.S. effective tariff rate from 2% last year to 17%, according to Fitch Ratings. That is a high not seen since the Great Depression ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV /Gray News) - A senior living facility helped an 85-year-old woman achieve her dream of going skydiving. Charlotte Wozinski stays pretty active. “I like art, I like to paint, I like to ...

(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 ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue teams found a body inside a section of a Chilean copper mine that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine’s director said Saturday. Rescuers ...

The non-profit group was formed in February after Keokuk Cares President Calvin Stevens realized many residents were being fined for having unkept yards.

MACOMB (WGEM) - The Macomb Public Works Department is asking residents to conserve water after multiple water main breaks. City officials said residents and businesses should immediately limit using ...

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 ...

Smoke forecast has hazy conditions persisting through Saturday (Brian Inman) QUINCY (WGEM) - Smoke will still plague the region at least through Saturday. We are seeing some signs of improvement by ...