Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Another attempt to move ahead on virus aid package snags
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump expressed qualms Monday about extending the current 15-day shutdown recommended by the federal government, even as his officials warned that the coronavirus cr...
Mar 23, 2020 MWC
Peoria Heights grants unilateral powers to mayor
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- The Peoria Heights Village Board has granted temporary emergency powers to Mayor Michael Phelan. This gives him such powers as entering into contracts on his own, employing tem...
Mar 20, 2020 peoriaheights.org
Pritzker: 3 new deaths
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday three more people in Illinois have died from COVID-19. One of the three was a Florida woman visiting Sangamon County. The other two deaths were in Cook Coun...
Mar 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bradley goes online-only
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University has announced it will move all classes the rest of the spring semester to online-only. The scheduled May 16th commencement ceremony has been canceled, too. "I know t...
Mar 18, 2020
Biden wins Florida, Illinois as coronavirus disrupts voting
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden won the Florida and Illinois primaries on Tuesday, building on a remarkable surge as he barrels toward the Democratic presidential nomination at a time when the nation is g...
Mar 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Can't find hand wash? Local drug store making own
PEORIA, Ill. -- With sanitizer becoming a hot commodity during these coronavirus times, one local pharmacy is stepping up its game. Preckshot Compounding Pharmacy has added to its product line a hand ...
Mar 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Second positive COVID case in Central Illinois confirmed
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria area has its second confirmed case of coronavirus. An e-mail to OSF employees and obtained by WMBD News said the case was confirmed late Sunday at OSF PromptCare at Glen Par...
Mar 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Restaurant reax: eatery owners sound off on shutdown
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local restaurateurs have been left to wonder "what's next?" after Governor J.B. Pritzker's Sunday declaration all bars and restaurants are to halt dine-in options as of Tuesday at 12 a...
Mar 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Diocese suspends mass
PEORIA, Ill. -- As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Catholic Diocese of Peoria has suspended public masses. In a statement issued Friday, Bishop Daniel Jenky states that funeral masses schedu...
Mar 14, 2020 (Courtesy of Peoria Diocese)
Tests pending, but no positive cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- As of the Peoria City and County Board of Health's Friday afternoon news conference, there still had been no cases of a positive COVID-19 test in Peoria. That being said, Public Health...
Mar 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
