Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
LaHood, Ackerman announce election protection grants
PEKIN, Ill. -- Tazewell County is ramping up election security efforts. County Clerk John Ackerman was joined Monday by 18th District Congressman Darin LaHood in announcing two grants totaling a littl...
Oct 07, 2019 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
IDNR awards millions for restored buildings
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Get money to restore historic buildings. That's the idea behind a new Illinois Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program. The program is available t...
Oct 05, 2019 AP Photo/LM Otero, File
White invites entries to statewide literature contest
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois students can compete for a cash prize by writing letters to authors. Secretary of State Jesse White says students in grades 4-12 are eligible to enter the statewide c...
Oct 05, 2019 AP Photo/Anita Snow
Public works violations ID'ed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois OSHA has released its fiscal year 2019 top five list of safety violations for municipal public works departments across the state. Hazard communications, or the label war...
Oct 04, 2019 AP Photo/Andy Wong
East Peoria parade to feature Bud horses
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Clydesdales are back. Weather permitting, the Budweiser horse mascots are scheduled to descend upon East Peoria for the 2019 Festival of Lights Parade of Lights. 2019's Festiv...
Oct 04, 2019 Anheuser-Busch/anheuser-busch.com
One-day rain record recorded
MINONK, Ill. -- Not lost in the wash of the end of September's rain madness was a local weather record. Woodford County recorded 9.09 inches of rain in a 24-hour span on September 27th and 28th. That ...
Oct 03, 2019 AP Photo/Orlin Wagner
Deadline looms for police academy
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's last call at the Peoria Police Department. The deadline to register for the PPD's Citizens' Police Academy was set for October 7th. A few spots as of Thursday were still available...
Oct 03, 2019 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
New abortion clinic going up in Illinois, near St. Louis
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Planned Parenthood has quietly been building a new abortion clinic in Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, as Missouri women concerned about the un...
Oct 03, 2019 AP Photo/Jim Salter
Chicago teachers set strike date
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Teachers Union said educators in the nation's third-largest school district will go on strike starting Oct. 17 if there's no deal on a contract. Union delegates met Wednesda...
Oct 03, 2019 AP Photo/M. Spencer Green
Civic Center parent merges
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Civic Center has gone Global. SMG, the venue management company that, for many years, oversaw the venue, announced Tuesday it merged with Los Angeles-based AEG Facilities to...
Oct 02, 2019 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
