Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
U.S. Congress set to vote on higher relief checks, $740 billion defense bill
WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Monday will try to push through pandemic relief payments of $2,000, in an effort to increase aid for Americans that has put th...
Dec 28, 2020 REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, averting government shutdown
PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, officials said, restoring unemployment benefits to mill...
Dec 27, 2020 REUTERS/Marco Bello
Coronavirus aid at risk as U.S. lawmakers block Trump's changes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Thursday blocked attempts to alter a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package, rejecting President Donald Trump's demand for extensive cha...
Dec 24, 2020 REUTERS/Tom Brenner
State COVID roundup 12/24: hospital bed usage down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 7,037 people between Wednesday and Thursday throughout Illinois tested positive for COVID-19. 96 deaths during that time were reported. Labs throughout the state collected 94,909 ...
Dec 24, 2020 Midwest Communications
Edwards neighborhood literally 'ringing' in the holidays
KICKAPOO TWP, Ill. -- If the year 2020 has been The Grinch in time form, the Fargo Ridge section of Edwards is set to become the real-life version of Whoville. The 20-house neighborhood will participa...
Dec 24, 2020 Brian Rezac
A Brexit trade deal at last: EU and UK clinch narrow accord
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain clinched a Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world's biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shif...
Dec 24, 2020 Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS
Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, associate Roger Stone
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued full pardons to his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, associate Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner, a real estate devel...
Dec 23, 2020 REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria fire crews rescue four stuck on church roof
PEORIA, Ill. -- Six people replacing a Peoria church's roof Wednesday afternoon got stuck on the roof, prompting a call to Peoria Fire and Rescue. Crews were dispatched around 3:00 to St. Joseph's Cat...
Dec 23, 2020 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
East Peoria Police issue phone scam warning
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- It appears East Peoria residents' generosity is under attack by a few Grinches. The East Peoria Police Department on Wednesday reported a recent barrage of phone scammers posing a...
Dec 23, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Local COVID roundup 12/23: ICU bed capacity remains below line
PEORIA, Ill. -- Intensive care unit bed capacity remained the concern Wednesday for Region Two. Of all four metrics that must be met by the region in order for the Illinois Department of Public Health...
Dec 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
