Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
Peoria Schools prepare fall launch of LGBTQ curriculum
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the goal of providing more LGBTQ-friendly education to grades kindergarten through 12 starting in fall 2021, the Peoria School District 150 Board of Education on Monday night rece...
Rick Hirschmann May 11, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Indian states impose stricter lockdowns as COVID deaths hit record high
CHENNAI (Reuters) -India on Saturday reported its highest ever single-day COVID-19 death toll, as cases continued to rise and states imposed stricter lockdowns. India's health ministry reported 4,187 ...
Rick Hirschmann May 08, 2021 REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Fire destroys Peoria eatery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Sharkey's, also the former site of Big JJ Fish & Chicken, was deemed a total loss after an early Saturday morning blaze. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called at 12:30 to 913 S...
Rick Hirschmann May 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
1 hurt in West Bluff blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- A house fire that broke out Friday afternoon has landed one woman in a hospital. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called around 12:30 to the 1200 block of N. Bourland Ave. They obser...
Rick Hirschmann May 07, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 5/7: 4 Peorians pass
PEORIA, Ill. -- COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday claimed the lives of four Peoria County residents. Three were in their 70s, one woman and two men, while a man in his 80s also died. A total of 137...
Rick Hirschmann May 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 5/7: vax count down, test count up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 3,321 Illinoisans between Thursday and Friday tested positive for COVID-19, while 36 died. Rolling seven-day average for vaccines administered per day has dwindled sign...
Rick Hirschmann May 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
CAT, CAT Foundation to gift over $3M to COVID relief efforts
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Caterpillar, Inc. and the Caterpillar Foundation have pledged $3.4 million worth of COVID-19 relief dollars to foreign countries struggling with the virus. The foundation said $1 mi...
Rick Hirschmann May 06, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 5/6: double digit drop in bed usage
PEORIA, Ill. -- A total of 119 residents of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties between Wednesday and Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. 71 of those residents are of Peoria, 41 live in Tazewel...
Rick Hirschmann May 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
3 nabbed in shooting near Glen Oak School
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Tuesday morning shooting in Peoria's East Bluff has landed three men in Peoria County Jail. Peoria Police responded around 8:00 to the 1000 block of E. Republic on two ShotSpotter al...
Rick Hirschmann May 05, 2021 Peoria Police Department
Local COVID roundup 5/5: 4 deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The tri-county of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford between Tuesday and Wednesday added four deaths related to COVID-19 to its totals. A woman from Peoria in her 40s died, and was not rep...
Rick Hirschmann May 05, 2021 Midwest Communications
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