Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann

PEORIA, Ill. -- Until further notice, basketball enthusiasts won't be able to play on Peoria Park District courts. To help curb further spread of COVID-19, the organization has taken down its hoops. P...

PEORIA, Ill. -- With Gov. J.B. Pritzker's extension of the stay-at-home order, schools across the state will be shifting to remote learning. The extension through Apr. 30 means the very earliest schoo...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Over 10,000 athletes from around the world will have to wait another year for their "one moment in time," as termed by the late Whitney Houston, because the 2020 Summer Olympics were p...

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count, as the deepening crisis in New York hit close to home for the governor when he di...

LINCOLN, Ill. -- The National Weather Service in Lincoln has confirmed the Saturday night storm that ripped through Central Illinois produced an EF0/low-end EF1 tornado that touched down near Peoria I...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Many are working from home during the coronavirus crisis, but for the Illinois Department of Transportation, scheduled work on the Murray Baker Bridge will go on as planned. The $42.2 ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University officials reported late Friday a student studying abroad during spring semester has tested positive for the coronavirus. The student had not returned to campus since...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Acting with exceptional resolve in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy an...

NEW YORK -- An expected record unemployment rate had stock market investors on pins and needles, wondering if a plummet would accompany Thursday's report. That report showed 3.3 million unemployed Ame...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With uncertainty looming over how long the coronavirus pandemic will last, and thus uncertainty over how long social distancing will need to be practiced, members of both the U.S. ...