Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann

PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tazewell County man in his 70s passed away between Wednesday and Thursday from COVID-19. His living situation was not reported. Overall, 164 residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodfo...

PEKIN, Ill. -- What began Thursday morning as an apparent attempt at an armed robbery evolved into a car chase and finished with a foot chase and capture. Pekin Police responded a little before 5:00 t...

PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police responded Sunday night around 8:25 to a report of a gunshot victim in the area of the 2500 block of N. Wisconsin. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound in the area of ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria woman who had been missing since November has been found dead in the Illinois River. The Illinois State Police Department of Criminal Investigation was called Thursday by the ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- After requesting a discovery recount last Friday because he was down two votes to Democratic challenger LaTrina Leary, Peoria Twp. Supervisor Frank Abdnour has officially conceded his ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 2,380 people throughout Illinois found out between Thursday and Friday they are COVID-19-positive, while 12 died. Meanwhile, a new 24-hour high for vaccines administered was recor...

(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday updated its COVID-19 mitigation guidance to narrow the acceptable distance between students who are wearing masks to at least three feet from at least six fee...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 2,325 Illinoisans between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 34 died of virus complications. The seven-day rolling average of daily vaccines administered dipped ...

***UPDATE*** 3/19/21 4:44 P.M. Following a Friday afternoon court appearance, Rusk's charges and bond have been set. Rusk was charged by the state's attorney's office with both a class one felony and ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Case reviews revealed COVID-19 as the cause of death this past December of two Woodford County residents. The residents were a woman in her 80s and a man in his 90s, both of whom lived...