Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Why you're paying more: local trucking experts address cause-and-effect of driver shortage
PEORIA, Ill. -- The recent pipeline outage that caused gas prices to spike in certain parts of the country brought to the top of many economists' minds another looming problem related to gas prices. T...
Rick Hirschmann May 21, 2021 Credit: G&D Integrated
State COVID roundup 5/21: vax numbers once again hit six digits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Bucking a recent trend of fewer people getting the COVID-19 vaccine than when the shot was first made available, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 126,02...
Rick Hirschmann May 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Dozer Park upping capacity
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Chiefs will begin to sell tickets for 60% of seats at Dozer Park. The team announced Friday night's game against Quad Cities would be the first game at that capacity, after ...
Rick Hirschmann May 21, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Israel-Hamas truce takes hold after 11 days of fighting
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the U...
Rick Hirschmann May 21, 2021 REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
2 14-year-old girls among suspects in Peoria carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four suspects, including a pair of juveniles, have been arrested for a Wednesday morning armed carjacking in Peoria's West Bluff. A woman said the suspects drove away around 10:30 in h...
Rick Hirschmann May 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/20: area man in 30s succumbs
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county during the most recent COVID-19 reporting period passed away from conditions related to the virus. A Peoria man in his 30s died...
Rick Hirschmann May 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Israel and Hamas to observe Gaza truce from 2 a.m. on Friday
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 2 a.m. on Friday (2300 GMT Thursday), a Hamas official and Israeli media said, bringing a potentially tenu...
Rick Hirschmann May 20, 2021 REUTERS/Baz Ratner
State COVID roundup 5/20: nearly 50% fully vaxed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Almost half of all Illinois adults have reached full vaccination status. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 47% of the state's adult population as of Thursday had r...
Rick Hirschmann May 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pekin holding large item disposal event
PEKIN, Ill. -- The City of Pekin this Saturday will be holding a bulk disposal event. Big items may be dropped off at one of three locations: 1208 Koch St., the corner of Second and Susannah, and N. 1...
Rick Hirschmann May 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/19: Peoria man in 30s among dead
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four Peoria County people between Tuesday and Wednesday succumbed to COVID-19 complications. Among them were a man in his 30s, a man in his 50s, a woman in her 60s, and a man in his 70...
Rick Hirschmann May 19, 2021 Midwest Communications