Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Local COVID roundup 12/11: region ICU bed capacity continues decline
PEORIA, Ill. -- A combined five residents of Woodford and Tazewell Counties died between Thursday and Friday from coronavirus complications. In Woodford, a female and male who were both in their 70s d...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Congress passes 1-week funding bill to avert gov't shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress shipped a temporary government-wide funding bill to President Donald Trump on Friday, averting a government shutdown at midnight and buying time for on-again, off-again talk...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/11: almost 200 deaths again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Nearly 200 Illinoisans for a second consecutive 24-hour reporting period passed away from COVID-19 complications. The Illinois Department of Public Health said 190 deaths between ...
Dec 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria launching project to comply with EPA
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria on Thursday released a long-range plan that aims gradually to eliminate its use of combined sewer overflow. The $109 million plan aims to fully reduce CSO by Dec. 31...
Dec 10, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
FDA advisers approve emergency use of COVID vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak. The Food and ...
Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
LaHood throws support behind Texas lawsuit
***UPDATE*** LaHood has released a statement: I joined over 100 of my Republican colleagues to sign onto an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the case filed by the Attorney General ...
Dec 10, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 12/10: youngest area person to date dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Metro experienced five deaths between Wednesday and Thursday related to the coronavirus, including the area's youngest COVID-related death to date. The Peoria City/County Health...
Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/10: almost 200 die
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Nearly 200 people in the state of Illinois between Wednesday and Thursday died from COVID-19 complications. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 11,101 new positive c...
Dec 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 12/9: positivity rate remains below double digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The death toll between Tuesday and Wednesday form COVID-19 throughout Illinois was a relatively high 179. That number came form the Illinois Department of Public Health, which als...
Dec 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Chiefs get promoted
PEORIA, Ill. -- While Wednesday was judgment day for 42 Minor League Baseball teams who did not receive invitations to continue their affiliations with their Major League Baseball teams, the Peoria Ch...
Dec 09, 2020 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
