Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
State COVID roundup 6/25: another increase as state preps for phase four
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For the third consecutive day, Illinois has seen an increase from the day before in newly-reported COVID-19 cases. The Illinois Department of Public Health said 894 coronavirus te...
Jun 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/25: Peoria County woman dies
PEORIA, Ill. -- A female Peoria County resident in her 80s has died from COVID-19, the 27th coronavirus-related death in the county. Regionally, the death toll stood Thursday at 36. There have been tw...
Jun 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
IL jobless numbers see all-time high as economy reopens
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As the state prepares to move Friday into phase four of Restore Illinois, metro areas are hoping the move will help record-high unemployment numbers brought on by COVID-19. Data r...
Jun 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Baseball's back: MLB sets 60-game sked, opens July 23 or 24
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of...
Jun 23, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
State COVID roundup 6/19: two full weeks since last 1,000-case mark
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It's officially been two weeks since Illinois as a state has seen a quadruple digit amount of new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public Health...
Jun 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/19: two more long-term care facility residents perish
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two long-term care facility residents died from COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday, while ICU beds in use for the virus increased during the same time frame. The residents who succum...
Jun 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 6/18: Tazewell surpasses triple digits
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county reported no new deaths between Wednesday and Thursday related to COVID-19. The area's death toll remained at 30, according to the Peoria City/Co...
Jun 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Morton Police Chief announces retirement
MORTON, Ill. -- After all mentions of longtime Morton Police Chief Craig Hilliard disappeared from the Village of Morton's website earlier this week and he was not present at Monday's Village Board me...
Jun 18, 2020
State COVID roundup 6/18: going on two weeks
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If current trends hold, it will be two weeks ago this Friday since Illinois saw at least 1,000 new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public Healt...
Jun 18, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois unemployment rate drops slightly as state slowly comes out of COVID restrictions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's unemployment rate dropped an even two percentage points from April to May, 17.2% to 15.2%. Thursday's report from the Illinois Department of Employment Security showed ...
Jun 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
