Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Home stretch: IL to enter Bridge Phase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have announced the state of Illinois on Friday will officially enter the Bridge Phase of Restore Illinois. Capacity...
May 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/12: another sub-100 case day
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the second day in a row, the 24-hour Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford COVID-19 case count remained below triple digits. 74 people tested positive. 34 live in Peoria, 30 are in Tazewell, an...
May 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Council looks to fill open seat
PEORIA, Ill. -- Since former At-Large Peoria Council Person Rita Ali was elected Peoria Mayor, her seat has become vacant. The City of Peoria has officially posted for the seat. The posting says anyon...
May 12, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. CDC panel backs COVID-19 vaccine now cleared for adolescents
(Reuters) -U.S. states are set to begin using the vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to inoculate younger adolescents against COVID-19 after advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
May 12, 2021 REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
U.S. fuel shortages worsen on Day Six of pipeline outage
(Reuters) -Fuel shortages worsened in the southeastern United States on Wednesday, as the shutdown of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline network entered its sixth day and Washington officials pledged to h...
May 12, 2021 Martin Brossman via REUTERS
State COVID roundup 5/12: another sub-2k case count
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 1,795 Illinoisans between Tuesday and Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19. 26 died. 1,899 COVID patients as of Tuesday night were in hospital beds throughout the sta...
May 12, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Land Bank a go
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria will soon have a land bank. City Council voted on Tuesday night by a 9-1 count to adopt the ordinance that will establish it, thanks in part to a $300,000 grant from the Illinoi...
May 11, 2021 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Busch Stadium to double fans allowed
ST. LOUIS -- When the Route 66 Rivalry resumes, the St. Louis Cardinals will enjoy double the home field advantage they would have previously enjoyed. The St. Louis city health department has okayed t...
May 11, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Local COVID roundup 5/11: hospital beds in use drop below triple digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county on Tuesday added four deaths to its overall totals. A Tazewell woman in her 70s died. Peoria accounted for the other three, with a man in his 50...
May 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Schools prepare fall launch of LGBTQ curriculum
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the goal of providing more LGBTQ-friendly education to grades kindergarten through 12 starting in fall 2021, the Peoria School District 150 Board of Education on Monday night rece...
May 11, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
