Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Local COVID roundup 6/2: Civic Center testing site future unknown
PEORIA, Ill. -- No one knows when or if the community-based COVID-19 testing site at Peoria Civic Center will reopen. "Illinois Emergency Management Agency closed [the ten sites in the state] due to c...
Jun 02, 2020 Kristina Leahy/1470-100.3 WMBD
State COVID roundup 6/02: recovery rate holds
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As Illinois continued its climb Tuesday to one million COVID-19 tests performed, the state's recovery rate held steady. 934,704 tests have been performed since the pandemic began,...
Jun 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Victim expected to recover after liquor store shooting
***UPDATED STORY*** The identities of the suspected culprits have been identified. 20-year-old Ehad Asad has been charged with aggravated battery with a firearm. He was taken to Peoria County Jail. 39...
Jun 01, 2020 Kristina Leahy/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria Co. Sheriff speaks on curfew, other rumors circulating
PEORIA, Ill. -- The late hours of Sunday night and early hours of Monday brought a slew of violent acts to the area. Many rumors have been circulating social media about extreme measures the city and ...
Jun 01, 2020 Mike Wild/1470-100.3 WMBD
Police break up protest crowds
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Protests over the murderous death of George Floyd continued Saturday night across America, with early curfews even being set in many major cities. While law enforcement agencies pr...
May 31, 2020 Midwest Communications - Peoria Police are called to a protest at the University Street Wal-Mart Saturday night
Local COVID roundup 5/29: only two ICU beds in use
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county area has broken the 300 mark of COVID-19 positive cases, with 309. Meanwhile, ICU bed usage in the tri-county as of Friday was down to two, both...
May 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Joblessness up all across Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- In a stark showing of the impact of COVID-19, the Peoria Metro area was more than four times as jobless in April 2020 as it was in April 2019. Unemployment statistics releaed Friday sh...
May 29, 2020
Man admits guilt in relation to Peoria child shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man has admitted responsibility for the shooting death last Wednesday of 8-year-old Jordin Wilson. 35-year-old Robert L. Harris turned himself into police Wednesday around 11:30 A.M....
May 28, 2020 Peoria Police Department
Peoria School District drafting fall back-to-school policy
PEORIA, Ill. -- As Illinois waits to see how the COVID-19 situation progresses over the summer, Peoria Public School District 150 is busy putting together a plan for what a return to in-person instruc...
May 26, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
East Peoria changes city code to allow more outdoor alcohol service
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Ahead of Friday's presumptive advancement to phase three of Restore Illinois, which will allow bars and restaurants to serve patrons outdoors, East Peoria City Council has passed ...
May 26, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
