Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Pritzker delivers State of the State
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Employment and diversity were chief Wednesday among topics in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's State of the State address. Addressing state legislators almost exactly a year since his inaugur...
Jan 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria thoroughfare street plan in place
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the first time since 2001, the city of Peoria has a new thoroughfare street plan and map in place. The Peoria city council adopted the new plan Tuesday night during their regular m...
Jan 28, 2020
Peoria County deer kill increases
PEORIA, Ill -- Peoria County deer hunters bagged more deer during the just concluded 2019-2020 hunting seasons. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports 1,881 deer were taken in Peoria Cou...
Jan 25, 2020 A deer peers through the woods from near a tree on the first day of regular firearms deer hunting season in most of Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Fombell, Pa. The Pennsylvania firearms deer hunting season runs through Dec. 8 in most of the state.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Don't see pavement? It's policy
PEORIA, Ill. -- With three bouts of winter weather already in the books for 2020, Peoria Public Works is reminding motorists in neighborhoods those roads may not be as clear as main roads. The departm...
Jan 24, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria Heights AD resigns over inappropriate contact
PEORIA, Ill -- The Peoria Heights school district athletic director turned in his resignation after accusations surfaced regarding inappropriate contact with former students. According to a press rele...
Jan 23, 2020 Courtesy of Peoria Heights School District
Park District gets big boost
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District found out Tuesday it's the recipient of a grant worth over a half-million dollars. The Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant, which is administered...
Jan 22, 2020 Peoria Park District/Facebook
IDOT issues safety memos
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Travelers through Central Illinois will likely deal Friday night and throughout the day Saturday with some slick roadways. Paul Wappel, Illinois Department of Transportation Publi...
Jan 17, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria School District takes up marijuana
PEORIA, Ill -- The Peoria Policy Committee took up the subject of marijuana Thursday at its regular meeting. Recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois January 1, and the school district hopes to...
Jan 16, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Sounding off: area Congressional Reps explain their impeachment votes
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Illinois's 17th and 18th Congressional Representatives both voted along party lines in the U.S. House's vote on whether to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald...
Jan 15, 2020
East Peoria Zoning Board approve pot permits
PEORIA, Ill. -- An East Peoria business owner cleared the first hurdle for a marijuana business. Roy Sorce of Sorce Enterprises petitioned the East Peoria Zoning Board of Appeals Monday for two specia...
Jan 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
