Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
State COVID roundup 5/5: majority of IL adults have had at least 1 shot
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported as of Wednesday, 80% of Illinois senior citizens and 60% of all the state's adults, overall, have gotten at least one dose of the...
Rick Hirschmann May 05, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/4: just over 100 new cases, no new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county 24-hour COVID-19 reporting period between Monday and Tuesday brought back overall good news. No deaths related to the virus were recorded, and a relatively low 101 peopl...
Rick Hirschmann May 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
Central Illinois county clerks launch nonpartisan effort against house bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If the proposed Illinois House Bill 3878 passes through the Senate, all documents filed through any recorder of deeds office would increase from $9 to $18. The money collected by ...
Rick Hirschmann May 03, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
2 kids killed in Peoria wreck; names now known
***UPDATE*** 5/3/21 3:45 P.M. The names of the deceased have been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said the 14-year-old's name was Bolodjawn Diego Bonkengo, and the 1-year-old's was Owe...
Rick Hirschmann May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/3: double digit death count
PEORIA, Ill. -- A total of 10 Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford County residents between Friday and Monday passed away from COVID-19. Woodford County reported two men died, one of whom was in his 40s, an...
Rick Hirschmann May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/3: RX vax data backed up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 2,049 Illinoisans between Sunday and Monday found out they have COVID-19. 28 people during that time died. A number of pharmacies during the reporting period did not re...
Rick Hirschmann May 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 4/30: vax avg drops again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Thursday-Friday COVID-19 reporting period in Illinois brought another 3,000-plus case count. 3,207 people throughout the state tested positive. 33 died. The daily average for ...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Former Bustos challenger King says she will run in '22
EAST MOLINE, Ill. -- On the same day her 2020 opponent announced she would be leaving Congress at the end of her term, Republican Esther Joy King announced her candidacy for the 17th District of Illin...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 30, 2021 Esther for Congress
Local COVID roundup 4/30: Peoria, Woodford report 3 deaths apiece
PEORIA, Ill. -- Six residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county between Thursday and Friday passed away from COVID-19 complications. A Peoria woman in her 50s and one in her 60s succumbed to ...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bustos announces she will not seek another term
MOLINE, Ill. -- 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos announced Friday her current term in Congress will be her last. She released this statement: My North Star has always been to serve my community, drive ...
Rick Hirschmann Apr 30, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD