Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Local COVID roundup 9/17: tragic streak ends
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the first time in over a week, the Peoria City/County Health Department has reported no new COVID-19-related deaths. The department Thursday said 61 residents of Peoria, Woodford, ...
Sep 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/17: another day over 50k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For the second day in a row, over 50,000 Illinoisans got tested for COVID-19. Labs statewide reported 57,800 specimens were taken between Wednesday and Thursday. 2,056 tests came ...
Sep 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
PPS announces students K-1 may resume in-person instruction
PEORIA, Ill. -- Following a Tuesday work session that lasted "all day," as Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat said, Peoria Public School District 150 announced Wednesday a plan to allow kindergarteners and f...
Sep 16, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Local COVID roundup 9/16: triple-digit case count, one additional death
PEORIA, Ill. -- A burst of 109 COVID-19 tests between Tuesday and Wednesday came back positive throughout Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell Counties, and yet another person has died. The Peoria City/Coun...
Sep 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 9/16: 50k+ tests given
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois as a state remained under 2,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday as labs took in 52,311 tests. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,941 throughout the state te...
Sep 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
EP Council addresses water bill increase concerns
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria City Council responded Tuesday night to recent concerns over water bills. Following an Aug. 1 rate hike, residents of the city have been voicing concern on social medi...
Sep 15, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 9/15: case count remains below 2k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Newly reported positive coronavirus cases throughout Illinois remained Tuesday between 1,000 and 2,000, as the Illinois Department of Public Health said 1,466 people received posi...
Sep 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 9/15: long-term care facility sees 2 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two residents of Apostolic Christian Skylines passed away between Monday and Tuesday from COVID-19, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. The department did not report...
Sep 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Trump presides as Israel, 2 Arab states sign historic pacts
WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring "the dawn of a new Middle East," President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed historic diplomatic pacts with Israel and two Gulf Arab nations that he hopes will lead to a new o...
Sep 15, 2020 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Community invited to have a seat at "The Big Table"
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's time again to set The Big Table. Whereas the first-ever such event, which took place in 2019, was a one-day in-person affair, the 2020 version will be spread out, via Zoom, over f...
Sep 15, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
