Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Local COVID roundup 7/10: one-fifth of cases in home isolation
PEORIA, Ill. -- 28 cases of COVID-19 reported Friday brought the tri-county's overall total since the start of the pandemic to 835. Peoria County reported the biggest gain, with 19, for a total of 625...
Jul 10, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 7/9: big case increase
PEORIA, Ill. -- In keeping with the trend the state of Illinois is seeing with a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county from Wednesday to Thursday saw a jump of 35, from...
Jul 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 7/9: 1,000 mark surpassed for first time in a month
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For the first time since June 4-5, Illinois has broken the 1,000 COVID-19 case mark over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a count of 1,018 for t...
Jul 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria Schools roll out details on fall plan, take public feedback
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools District 150 called a special meeting Wednesday night to update parents and students on the status of the fall back-to-school plan. While no changes to the plan h...
Jul 08, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 7/8: biggest uptick since early June
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported its largest 24-hour increase of statewide COVID-19 cases in over a month. 980 was the highest number since the 1,156 rep...
Jul 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 7/8: double-digit increase, no new deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- A local increase of 15 COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday brought the area's total to 772. Peoria County saw the biggest jump, 10, to bring its total to 579. 100 of those cases were in ...
Jul 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
'Strike for Black Lives' to highlight racism
NEW YORK (AP) - A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic ra...
Jul 08, 2020 Mike Bailey/Village of Peoria Heights
Confirmed coronavirus cases in US hit 3 million and climbing
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus has hit 3 million, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. But U.S. health officials say the real number of infecti...
Jul 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
East Peoria sees movement on Intersection Improvement Project
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A new traffic project will likely begin soon in East Peoria. Commissioners voted unanimously at Tuesday night's City Council meeting to move forward with its discussion regarding ...
Jul 07, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 7/7: slightly fewer tests coming back positive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's rolling seven-day positivity rate for COVID-19 has decreased slightly. The Illinois Department of Public Health said the rate declined marginally, from 2.6% to 2.5%, fr...
Jul 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
