Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Cut it out: BU to offer cardboard stand-ins for basketball
PEORIA, Ill. -- Living, breathing fans won't be allowed into Carver Arena and Renaissance Coliseum to start the 2020-2021 Bradley men's and women's basketball seasons because of COVID-19 restrictions....
Nov 12, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470WMBD
Local COVID roundup 11/11: hospital bed capacity declines steeply
PEORIA, Ill. -- The area's hospital bed capacity decreased drastically between Tuesday and Wednesday, from 119 beds occupied by COVID-19 patients to 149. 33 of those 149 patients were in intensive car...
Nov 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Man arrested for 2018 Peoria murder
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested a man in connection with a 2018 murder. The incident in question took place Nov. 19 in the area of Sand and Third. Officers upon arrival found 36-year-old D...
Nov 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 11/11: another record day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois between Tuesday and Wednesday set another 24-hour COVID-19 record. 12,657 people received positive test results. 145 deaths were reported during that time. Illinois Depar...
Nov 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
NWS: Tuesday storm probably not a tornado
PEORIA, Ill. -- The National Weather Service on Wednesday was weeding through trained spotter reports from Tuesday's storm to determine whether or not there was any official tornadic activity. The ban...
Nov 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
US hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid virus surge
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days of November amid a nationwide surge of infect...
Nov 11, 2020 AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File
Local COVID roundup 11/10: day 12 above important number
PEORIA, Ill. -- 327 people throughout Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Monday and Tuesday became active COVID-19 cases. 158 of the new active cases were in Peoria. 129 of them were in T...
Nov 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bradley announces home basketball games will be without fans to start season
***UPDATE*** Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications, said fans could be permitted at some point during the season, should restrictions be lifted. _____________________________________ PEORIA, I...
Nov 10, 2020 Bradley University
COVID wreaking havoc on local hospital bed capacity, workers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local hospitalizations for COVID-19 are up, overall, and, to a lesser degree, intensive care unit capacity is down. UnityPoint Health Regional President and CEO Keith Knepp told WMBD's...
Nov 10, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
State COVID roundup 11/10: Illinois hits half million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With over 12,623 new COVID-19 cases reported between Monday and Tuesday throughout Illinois, the state has now seen over 500,000 cases since the start of the pandemic. Illinois De...
Nov 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
