Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann

The Missouri Valley Conference released its men's basketball schedule on Tuesday, completing the 2019-20 Bradley slate. The Braves once again host all nine MVC schools in the league's traditional 18-g...

A Farmington woman was killed Friday after a car drove through a building. The Fulton County Coroner said the woman died just before 11 a.m. after a car drove through the first level of a building at ...

Nexstar Media Group and AT&T said they reached a deal that will end a two-month blackout of the broadcaster's stations to AT&T's pay-TV customers. The deal covers about 97 markets and customer...

Illinois Medicaid department announces 40 new dementia care sites throughout state, including in Tazewell and Knox counties. Nearly 1600 Medicaid members with dementia will have the opportunity to liv...

Gas prices continue to fall in the Peoria-area and nationwide. The average across the Peoria area is $2.56 per gallon. The drop is 1.3 cents cheaper thaN last week and just over 31 cents lower than a ...

Peoria is in for a rough winter if the Farmer's Almanac is correct. The Farmers' Almanac released its annual extended forecast for winter 2019-2020. The Almanac is predicting a "freezing, frigid, and ...

A Peoria pediatrician is doing her part to fight childhood obesity. One in five children under 18 years old is considered obese, a number that has held steady in recent years. Eight percent of childre...

Bradley University will be welcoming thousands of students Saturday. It is move-in day on campus. Expect considerable delays on University Avenue between I-74 and campus especially between 8 a.m. - 3 ...

A traffic stop early Thursday morning in Livingston County led to the seizure of more than 38 pounds of cannabis and a Peoria woman facing drug charges. Illinois State Police report a trooper stopped ...

A Peoria nurse will spend more than two months behind bars for leaving the scene of a fatal traffic accident. Circuit court judge Kevin Lyons imposed a 75-day jail sentence for 26 year old Amanda Boye...