The State of Illinois has a new research project: cannabis. It recently launched the Cannabis Research Institute (CRI) in ...

SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - A bill making it easier for a child’s relative to become their foster parent is closer to becoming law in Illinois. The state Senate unanimously passed a the Kinship in Demand ...

Lakeside Fire and Rescue, Stoughton Fire Department, and both Dane and Rock County Sheriffs' Offices, were all at the scene. A young chef took a chance 25 years ago when he created Mexican-Louisiana ...

(AP) - Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94. Harris’ wife, ...

A Florida man from Brevard County survived a swarm of bees and a 30-foot fall during a tree-trimming job. (WESH, SHANAE CHRISTIAN, GRANT THOMAS, CNN) ...

QUINCY (WGEM) - Temperatures running pretty close to average for this time of year will change as we head into Sunday. Overnight Saturday will see temperatures that are pretty seasonable, in the upper ...

QUINCY (WGEM) -The Quincy Service League celebrated the true spirit of the holidays by giving back to the community with their 56th annual Holiday Gift Show. “I’d say about 5,000 people come through ...

(CNN) - It’s official: one of the country’s most iconic brands has changed its name. Campbell’s Soup shareholders have agreed to allow the company to drop “soup” from its corporate moniker. It will be ...

QUINCY (WGEM) - It’s that time of the year to begin spreading Christmas joy, and one local high schooler is doing just that. Xavier Richardson, a Quincy Senior High School freshman, took the ...

HANOVER, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - Archeologists are enlisting the help of a “barkeologist” named Abby to identify unmarked graves in Virginia. Abby is a six-year-old chocolate lab trained to sniff out ...

FORT MADISON (WGEM) - After extensive repairs, the Fort Madison Bridge has finally reopened Friday. The bridge has been closed for repairs since August. Crews worked on the bridge’s floor beams and ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President-elect Donald Trump announced Brooke Rollins as his Secretary of Agriculture nominee Saturday. Rollins is the CEO of the conservative America First Policy Institute and ...