Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Tier 3 mitigation restrictions to take effect Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Stricter COVID-19 mitigation will take effect this Friday across all of Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday all 11 regions of the state will have to adhere to tier thre...
Nov 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Catholic schools going remote through end of 2020
PEORIA, Ill. -- All schools within the Catholic Diocese of Peoria will switch to all-remote learning starting Mon., Nov. 16, through Jan. 18, 2021. Superintendent Dr. Sharon Weiss explained in a state...
Nov 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump hails progress on vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday hailed developments in the race for a vaccine for the resurgent coronavirus. Trump spoke from the the Rose Garden as the nation sets records for conf...
Nov 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 11/13: nearly 400 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county experienced 394 new COVID-19 cases between Thursday and Friday, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. Tazewell accounted for th...
Nov 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria City Hall to close for public business
PEORIA, Ill. -- Starting Wed., Nov. 18, Peoria City Hall will be closed until further notice to the public. Citing Illinois Department of Public Health guidelines, the city said the move will be made ...
Nov 13, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
State COVID roundup 11/13: case record surpassed by nearly 3k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For the third time in a week, Illinois's 24-hour COVID-19 case count set a record. Illinois Department of Public Health said 15,415 people between Thursday and Friday received pos...
Nov 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Pritzker hints another mandatory stay-at-home could be coming
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn't mince words Thursday during his daily COVID-19 news conference. Speaking about the state's numbers which, this week, have seen record numbers, P...
Nov 12, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 11/12: area reaches 14 days
PEORIA, Ill. -- After being placed last Wednesday into tier one COVID-19 mitigation protocols, Region Two's numbers have kept rising. On Thursday, the region reached 14 consecutive days of a rolling s...
Nov 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
The Weeknd to perform at Super Bowl halftime show
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the three-time Grammy Award winner wi...
Nov 12, 2020 Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File
State COVID roundup 11/12: over 5.2k in hospitals
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide grew from Wednesday to Thursday by a couple hundred. Illinois Department of Public Health said 5,258 people as of Wednesday night were in hospi...
Nov 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
