Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann

PEKIN, Ill. -- Illinois Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, along with 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos, have penned a letter to urge all inmates and staff at Federal Correctional Institute in Pe...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Phase one of COVID-19 vaccine distribution was ushered in Tuesday afternoon on a local level, as five OSF HealthCare workers were the first on the frontlines in Illinois to receive the...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County added two deaths between Monday and Tuesday to its COVID totals. A woman in her 90s who lived at Sharon Elms and a man in his 60s with comorbidities both succumbed to vir...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations between Monday and Tuesday dropped beneath 5,000. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,965 people with the virus as of Monday ni...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Electoral College gave Joe Biden a majority of its votes Monday, confirming his victory in last month's election in state-by-state voting that took on added importance this year ...

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Bill Barr has told President Donald Trump he will be vacating his post. Trump made the announcement via Twitter: Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Just after his two-year anniversary of being named Peoria Chief of Police, Loren Marion announced on Monday he will be stepping down effective Jan. 22, 2021. "This is something my wife...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation's first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending an attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A 102-year-old East Peoria woman is back at home after being discharged Thursday night from OSF HealthCare, where she was being treated for COVID-19. The woman, who lives in her own ho...