Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
State COVID roundup 8/21: record testing numbers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- COVID-19 cases throughout Illinois rose back above 2,000 as the state broke its own record between Thursday and Friday for the most tests ever conducted in one 24-hour period. The...
Aug 21, 2020 1470 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
SBA loans approved for area counties hit by flood
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Help is on the way for residents and small business owners who had havoc wreaked on them in a July storm. The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved assistance for people...
Aug 20, 2020 MWC
Local COVID roundup 8/20: another death, over 100 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. - Thursday brought a COVID-19-related death and another case count in the triple-digits to the tri-county. The death was a Peoria County long-term care facility resident in his 80s. The m...
Aug 20, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 8/19: Peoria woman dies, area tops 3,000 cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- A female Peoria County resident in her 80s has passed away from complications related to COVID-19, the area's latest casualty from coronavirus. The Peoria City/County Health Department...
Aug 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Multimillion dollar housing structure approved
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A residential facility is coming to East Peoria that will mean a minimum of a $13 million investment. City Council on Tuesday night voted to move forward with the Riverfront Midri...
Aug 18, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 8/18: triple digits over 24 hours
PEORIA, Ill. -- A batch of 104 new COVID-19 cases highlighted the 24-hour reporting period between Monday and Tuesday for the Peoria City/County Health Department. 51 of those cases stemmed from Peori...
Aug 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Postal Service halts some operational changes amid outcry
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Postmaster general says he is halting some operational changes until after the November election. Democrats contended that the changes threatened mail-in voting, and some states ...
Aug 18, 2020 FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, is escorted to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Postal Service has sent letters to 46 states and the District of Columbia, warning it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, The Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 14. DeJoy, a former supply-chain CEO and a major donor to President Donald Trump and other Republicans, has pushed cost-cutting measures to eliminate overtime pay and hold mail until the next day if postal distribution centers are running late. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Local COVID roundup 8/17: weekend increase of just under 200
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell Counties notched 197 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, to go along with eight additional hospitalizations on top of Friday's count. Of the 197 new ...
Aug 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 8/14: no deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- No deaths from coronavirus occurred between Thursday's and Friday's reporting period after three straight days of local COVID-related deaths. However, the Peoria City/County Health Dep...
Aug 14, 2020 Midwest Communications
US budget deficit climbs to record $2.81 trillion
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - The U.S. budget deficit climbed to $2.81 trillion in the first 10 months of the budget year, exceeding any on record, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. The nation's bud...
Aug 12, 2020 AP Photo/LM Otero, File
