Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Local COVID roundup 5/18: experimental drug comes to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A COVID-19 drug being used in clinical trials has become available in the tri-county. UnityPoint Health and OSF HealthCare have both recently received a limited supply of remdesivir. Dr...
May 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/17: another decrease in positive cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - For a third day in a row, state COVID-19 numbers on Sunday went down. 1,734 was the reported number, down from Friday's 2,432 and Saturday's 2,088. There were 51 newly-reported dea...
May 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 5/17: ICU bed capacity increases slightly
PEORIA, Ill. -- Having passed May's midway mark, the Peoria City/County Health Department continues to monitor the region's COVID-19 statistics to see whether the area will be able to move to phase th...
May 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
Governor says move to phase three looking possible
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,088 new cases of coronavirus from Friday to Saturday. There were 74 new deaths, one of which occurred at the Illinois Manteno V...
May 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Recovery rate remains same as local leaders await Pritzker input
PEORIA, Ill. -- Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported Saturday in the tri-county area, bringing the total to 233. Three of the new cases were reported in Peoria County, giving the county 156. The o...
May 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Foot chase, shootout lead to one death
PEORIA, Ill. -- One shooting suspect is dead and another is at-large after a Friday night shootout with Peoria Police. Officers responded just before 10:00 to multiple calls of multiple shots fired in...
May 16, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID cases rise
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county went up Friday to 228 total cases of COVID-19. Peoria reported 153 confirmed cases, Tazewell reported 60, and Woodford remained at 15. The death...
May 15, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID recoveries hit 70%
PEORIA, Ill. -- Tri-county COVID-19 cases went up Wednesday by four, to 221. Three of those new cases were reported in Peoria, giving the county 148, while Tazewell had one new case, making its total ...
May 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria judge rules in favor of Pritzker venue change request in RC Outfitters case
PEORIA, Ill. -- In a small victory for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Peoria County Judge Derek Asbury has ruled the lawsuit filed by RC Outfitters and owner/operator Adam White must be heard in Sangamon County ...
May 12, 2020 MWC (file)
Tri-county cases increase as Pekin prepares new testing site
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county region's COVID-19 case total has risen to 217. 145 have been recorded in Peoria, 57 in Tazewell, and 15 in Woodford. There were no deaths report...
May 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
