Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann

PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county region has seen its eighth death from COVID-19. The Tazewell County woman in her 90s with comorbid conditions was transported to a local hospital where she later died. T...

WASHINGTON - Vice President Mike Pence says the White House coronavirus task force could wind down its work by early June. Pence tells reporters at a White House briefing that the U.S. could be "in a ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A South Peoria double shooting early Sunday morning has left one dead and another critically injured. Peoria Police responded at 2:59 to the 1500 block of Westmoreland Ave. on multiple...

CHICAGO -- The Illinois Department of Human Services is offering three-month advances and more than $1 million in additional funding to provide enhanced support to people who have experienced domestic...

WASHINGTON - Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, said she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not explici...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region has reached 158 cases of COVID-19. Peoria County reached the triple-digit mark after Saturday's reported 103 total cases. Tazewell checke...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has reached 149 cases of COVID-19. Peoria County went up six, from Thursday's 89 to 95, while Tazewell remained at 41 and Woodford remained...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- UnityPoint Health stands ready to provide emergency care. UnityPoint Health asks patients that are experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrest or stroke, to call 911 or come to the eme...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Organizers of Red, White, and Boom have decided not to hold the event on the Fourth of July, as scheduled. With uncertainty looming over how long restrictions on large gatherings becau...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County has seen its third death from COVID-19. The deceased, a man in his '70s, raised the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county death toll to seven. Three deaths a piece have tak...