Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Commission rejects Trump push for add debate against Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has rejected a request from the Trump campaign to either add an additional general election debate or move up the calendar for the ...
Aug 06, 2020 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Non-fatal shooting in the Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Peoria Heights Police were busy Thursday morning, attending to a shooting victim. A call came in around 10:45 regarding a male with a gunshot wound to his lower body in the 500...
Aug 06, 2020
Local COVID roundup 8/6: region hospitalization metric decreases
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 69 new COVID-19 cases between Wednesday and Thursday throughout Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties. Six hospital beds were freed ...
Aug 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria residents sound off on Columbus statue
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District heard public feedback Wednesday night regarding the future of the Christopher Columbus statue that currently resides in Bradley Park. Participants were given f...
Aug 05, 2020 (Peoria Park District)
State COVID roundup 8/5: no change in positivity rate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 1,759 Illinoisans received positive COVID-19 test results in the 24-hour reporting period between Tuesday and Wednesday, said the Illinois Department of Public Health. The IDPH al...
Aug 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 8/5: dramatic increase in two metrics
PEORIA, Ill. -- A day after COVID-19 case count and hospitalizations seemed to be trending downward, the Peoria City/County Health Department reported Wednesday significant upticks in both areas. Peor...
Aug 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
East Peoria Council shoots down second pot store
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- There will, for now, be no second cannabis dispensary in East Peoria. Council voted unanimously Tuesday night not to approve the petition by Sorce Enterprises for the proposed bus...
Aug 04, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 8/4: back below 4%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois as a state had 1,471 new cases of COVID-19 from Monday to Tuesday, to go along with 19 deaths. One piece of good news: the state's rolling seven-day positivity rate, whic...
Aug 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 8/4: two major metrics swing downward
PEORIA, Ill. -- After a three-day period from Saturday to Monday that saw an average of 51 new cases of COVID-19 per day, Tuesday brought a lower total to the tri-county. The Peoria City/County Health...
Aug 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Update: Woman killed in Bartonville crash
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office was investigating a fatal Monday afternoon accident in Bartonville. The PCSO received a call at 1:17 regarding a one-vehicle crash in the 5000 block o...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
