Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a statewide K-12 school closure to minimize the spread of COVID-19 that will last two weeks. It will run March 17-30th. "I'm speaking in the very ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The Masters golf tournament has been postponed because of coronavirus worries. The full statement from August Chairman Fred Ridley: On Wednesday, March 4, we issued a memo stating that...

PEORIA, Ill. -- With Governor J.B. Pritzker's mandate events that draw 1,000 or more people must be postponed for 30 days starting March 12 and with a nod to precautions, the Peoria Civic Center will ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The NCAA has cancelled both the men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments, bringing an abrupt end to the 2019-2020 season because of coronavirus concerns. The Bradley men wer...

NEW YORK (AP) - The National Hockey League is suspending its season, hoping to resume at play at later date. There are 189 games and three and a half weeks remaining in the NHL's regular season. "In l...

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has announced classes will switch from a classroom presence to a strictly online-based presence while the coronavirus pandemic subsides. President Gary Roberts's sta...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has a new President. Dr. Stephen Standifird has been tapped to serve as the school's 12th headmaster. He most recently has served as the dean of the Lacy School of B...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A day after Chicago and other major metropolitan areas announced they were cancelling their St. Patrick's Day festivities, Peoria has announced it's postponing its own. The annual St. ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago is canceled, the Illinois General Assembly legislative session has been postponed, and 25 coronavirus cases have been reported in Illinois....