Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Former Peoria Rep: "I am gay"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former Illinois 18th District Rep. Aaron Schock on Thursday announced he's gay. Known among other things for his conservative voting record on social issues, in a statement on his webs...
Mar 05, 2020 (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; labor market weathering coronavirus for now
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting the labor market was on solid footing despite the coronavirus outbreak, whi...
Mar 05, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Veterans and military personnel discuss job opportunities at a military job fair in Sandy, Utah, U.S., March 26, 2019. REUTERS/George Frey
Coronavirus hit to airlines could top $100 billion, Flybe collapses
By Sarah Young and Aradhana Aravindan LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic could rob passenger airlines of up to $113 billion in revenue this year, an industry body warned on Thursday...
Mar 05, 2020 FILE PHOTO: A Flybe plane takes off from Manchester Airport in Manchester, Britain, January 13 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
What you need to know about coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about coronavirus: The outbreak is getting ever closer to the nerve centers of the world's financial system. HSBC bank has sent more than 100 staff in London h...
Mar 05, 2020 An officer holds a thermal scanner in Plaza Indonesia Mall after Indonesia confirmed its first cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Peoria opens coronavirus command post
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria health officials are taking a proactive approach in dealing with the spread of the coronavirus. The Peoria Health City/County Department has opened an emergency operations cente...
Mar 04, 2020 Public Health Adminstrator Monica Henderson
(Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Former Bradley pitcher Janssen remembered as remarkable player, person
by Kristina Leahy and Jeremy Scott PEORIA, Ill. -- Mitch Janssen was announced as one of the three who passed away in a plane crash Tuesday on I-55 near Lincoln. Janssen was a Princeville native, Brad...
Mar 04, 2020 Kristina Leahy/1470-100.3 WMBD
Bradley grad among plane crash victims
LINCOLN, Ill. -- A former Bradley University student-athlete is among three people killed in Tuesday's plane crash on I-55 near Lincoln. 22-year-old Mitch Janssen, a 2019 graduate and four-year baseba...
Mar 04, 2020
COVID-19 death toll rises
BANGKOK (AP) - Washington state has reported a 10th death from the new coronavirus and California announced its first. Health officials in Northern California say the elderly man who had other health ...
Mar 04, 2020 (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Italian coronavirus death toll jumps to 107, all schools shut
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy closed all schools and universities and prepared other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe's...
Mar 04, 2020 A man wearing a protective face mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus walks past the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
As Americans hoard food, Campbell Soup speeds up ingredients orders
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Campbell Soup <CPB.N> said it is ordering more ingredients to ensure it can keep enough soups, sauces and snacks on hand to meet growing demand from retailers ...
Mar 04, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Tins of Campbell's Tomato Soup are seen on a supermarket shelf in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
