Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
State COVID roundup 3/30: IDPH says Bridge Phase must keep waiting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday continued to warn residents as long as COVID-19 numbers are unsatisfactory, the state will not enter the "Bridge Phase" from Ph...
Mar 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/30: ICU metric teeters just above line
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local and regional COVID-19 numbers released Tuesday continued to show undesirable trends. 195 residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county found out between Monday and Tuesday...
Mar 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Witness to deadly arrest of George Floyd returns to stand in Derek Chauvin murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A professional mixed martial arts fighter who witnessed the deadly arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May returned to the stand on Tuesday for the second day of testimo...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Volkswagen will not change name of U.S. operations: sources
***UPDATE*** 3/30/21 3:15 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's U.S. unit will not change its name even after the German automaker issued a statement on Tuesday saying it would, three sources br...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Stephen Lam
BioNTech-Pfizer raise 2021 vaccine output goal to 2.5 billion doses
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech said on Tuesday that it and partner Pfizer expect to increase manufacturing capacity of their COVID-19 vaccine to 2.5 billion doses by the end of 2021, after bringing a ...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
PPD looking into 2 Monday shootings
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police as of Tuesday morning were gathering information regarding two Monday night shootings in South Peoria. The first happened around 7, in the area of Starr and Griswold. Two...
Mar 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Amazon union vote enters final stretch in watershed moment for U.S. labor
(Reuters) - The votes on whether to form a union at Amazon.com Inc's sprawling Alabama fulfillment center are set to be reviewed starting on Tuesday, with momentum for future labor organizing at Ameri...
Mar 30, 2021 REUTERS/Dustin Chambers/File Photo
Prosecutor tells jury that ex-Minneapolis officer betrayed badge in fatal arrest of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin betrayed his badge in the deadly arrest of George Floyd last May, a prosecutor told jurors in his opening statement at Chauvin's murd...
Mar 29, 2021 REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Local COVID roundup 3/26: everyone eligible a week early
PEORIA, Ill. -- On the day the Illinois Department of Public Health told local health departments they could open up eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone 16 and older as long as there was en...
Mar 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 3/26: IDPH opens up conditional open eligibility
***UPDATE*** 3/26/21 2:00 P.M. Peoria City/County Health Department has announced all people 16 and older will be eligible for the vaccine on Apr. 5, one week ahead of the state's Apr. 12 open eligibi...
Mar 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
