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 ...
NEW LONDON, Mo. (WGEM) - A local food pantry is getting more room for food just in time for Thanksgiving. Last week, Douglass Community Services donated two new freezers and a large refrigerator to ...
PITTSFIELD, Ill. (WGEM) - Pittsfield saw the opening of a new partnership between two local businesses Wednesday evening. The Sugar and Smoke restaurant and Layla Bug Boutique held an opening for a ...
Are you planning on hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday? Be prepared. AAA is predicting another record-busting year. (Source: CNN Newsource) Smith is serving a life sentence after a jury ...
(CNN) - A Texas-based skin care company is recalling some of their products because they could cause skin irritation. Drunk Elephant announced the voluntary recall for the brand’s Beste No. 9 Jelly ...
(CNN) – A South Korean national was arrested trying to smuggle hundreds of spiders and insects out of Peru. The 28-year-old was stopped at a Lima airport because his stomach area looked “bulky.” ...
BUSHNELL, Ill. (WGEM) - Gov. JB Pritzker was in Bushnell, Illinois, on Wednesday where he helped announce a $5 million grant to enable the expansion of Marshalltown Hammer. According to the State of ...
The Thanksgiving turkey isn’t even in the oven yet - but in Washington it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. This year’s Capitol Christmas tree is en route all the way from Wrangell Alaska.
The precautionary step came after Russian officials promised a response to President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets on Russian soil with U.S.-made missiles. A 30-year-old man has a ...