Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
COVID case temporarily closes local restaurant
PEORIA, Ill. -- After an employee received a positive COVID-19 test, Double A's Pizza announced Monday it would be closing for an undetermined amount of time, while management figured out its course o...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 8/3: out of the woods, for now
PEORIA, Ill. -- Hospitalizations for Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties went down over the weekend, as the region looks like it will be spared for the time being from being bumped back to phase t...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 8/3: IDPH reports Peoria death
PEORIA, Ill. -- The death of a Peoria County woman in her 70s was one of ten COVID-related deaths to have occurred between Sunday and Monday, reported the Illinois Department of Public Health. That br...
Aug 03, 2020 Midwest Communications
Jail reports new COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- After a round of COVID-19 retesting of Peoria County Jail inmates who originally tested negative, Sheriff Brian Asbell on Friday reported three new cases. That brought the number of de...
Jul 31, 2020
White House signals support temporarily extending $600 jobless benefit
The White House appears keen to endorse a temporary extension of a $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit as the popular boost to both the economy and family budgets is about to expire. The i...
Jul 31, 2020 Midwest Communications
Fauci to tell House panel 'unclear' how long pandemic lasts
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top government health experts will tell Congress on Friday. "While it remains unclear how long the pa...
Jul 31, 2020 AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File
Financial report: CAT profit-per-share below $1
DEERFIELD, Ill. - Caterpillar, Inc. saw a 31% decline in sales and revenue from the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same time period of 2019, numbers released Friday show. The company took in $...
Jul 31, 2020 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
COVID hospitalizations make rollback to phase three a distinct possibility
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker spoke Thursday at the Peoria City/County Health Department to address a local COVID-19 situation that has become more dire. The region has seen seven consecutive day...
Jul 30, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
PPD, U.S. Marshals nab IA juvenile murder suspect
PEORIA, Ill. -- A juvenile wanted for murder out of Des Moines, IA was handcuffed Tuesday morning by Peoria Police. The 17-year-old had a Material Witness Warrant out for their arrest for three counts...
Jul 29, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/29: worry over positivity rate looms
PEORIA, Ill. -- Area hospital bed usage for COVID-19 has gone up to 35, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Peoria City/County Health Department. 11 confirmed cases and one possible case we...
Jul 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
